Childcare workers' and centre directors' beliefs about infant childcare quality and professional training

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 453-475

  Brownlee, J ^a   Berthelsen, D ^a   Segaran, N ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Centre directors; Childcare; Quality; Toddlers; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 69149084625     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430701217688     Document Type: Article

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