Caregivers' Epistemological Beliefs in Toddler Programs

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 503-516

  Berthelsen, Donna ^a   Brownlee, Joanne ^a   Boulton Lewis, Gillian ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Child care programs; Epistemological beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 24344499346     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430214547     Document Type: Article

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