Towards collaborative professional learning in the first year early childhood teacher education practicum: Issues in negotiating the multiple interests of stakeholder feedback

Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-161

  Brown, Alice ^a   Danaher, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Early childhood; First year; Partnership; Practicum; Stakeholder feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650909523     PISSN: 1359866X     EISSN: 14692945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13598660801958879     Document Type: Article

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