Singaporean early childhood teachers' responses to myths about child abuse

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 339-355

  Briggs, Freda ^a   Potter, Gillian K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Early years teachers; Myths and facts; Special education; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 39849108267     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443032000153408     Document Type: Article

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