Frequency of six early childhood education approaches: A 10-year content analysis of early childhood education journal

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 301-305

  Walsh, Bridget A ^a   Petty, Karen ^a  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Description of approaches; Early childhood education approaches; Frequency of approaches; Scholarly journal

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947120796     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-006-0080-4     Document Type: Review

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