Developing reflective and thinking skills by means of semantic mapping strategies in kindergarten teacher education

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-72

  Lim, Swee Eng ^a   Cheng, Pui Wah Chan ^a   Lam, Mei Seung ^a   Ngan, So Fong ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Kindergarten teacher education; Reflective thinking; Semantic mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 47349099545     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443022000022422     Document Type: Article

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