Towards the transformation of practice in early childhood education: The effective provision of pre-school education (EPPE) project

Cambridge Journal of Education

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-36

  Siraj Blatchford, Iram ^a   Taggart, Brenda ^a   Sylva, Kathy ^b   Sammons, Pamela ^c   Melhuish, Edward ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early years; Foundation stage; Impact; Pedagogy; Transformation of practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149164156     PISSN: 0305764X     EISSN: 14693577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057640801889956     Document Type: Article

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