Frameworks for change: Four recurrent themes for quality in early childhood curriculum initiatives

Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-61

  Burgess, Jennifer ^a   Fleet, Alma ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early childhood curriculum; Organisational change; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650686098     PISSN: 1359866X     EISSN: 14692945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13598660802534489     Document Type: Article

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