"Children Learn by Doing": Teachers' Beliefs about Learning, Teaching and Literacy in New Zealand Kindergartens

New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-47

  McLachlan Smith, Claire J ^a   St George, Alison M ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Early literacy; Kindergarten; Teachers' beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346976292     PISSN: 00288276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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