Which counts more for excellence in childcare staff - years in service, education level or ECE coursework?

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-46

  Honig, Alice Sterling ^a   Hirallal, Andrea ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Daycare teacher characteristics; Preschool interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844428575     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443981450103     Document Type: Article

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