Preschool teachers' shared beliefs about appropriate pedagogy for 4-year-olds

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 433-441

  Lee, Joon Sun ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

4 year olds; Pedagogy; Preschool education; Teacher beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747745340     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-006-0059-1     Document Type: Article

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