Comparing beliefs about appropriate practice among early childhood education and care professionals from the U.S., China, Taiwan, Korea and Turkey

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 451-464

  McMullen, Mary ^a   Elicker, James ^b   Wang, Jianhong ^b   Erdiller, Zeynep ^c   Lee, Sun Mi ^d   Lin, Chia Hui ^e   Sun, Ping Yun ^f  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^e HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cross cultural studies; Developmentally appropriate practices; Early childhood education; Preschool education

Indexed keywords

EID: 29644432912     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2005.10.005     Document Type: Article

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