What do teacher-child interactions in early childhood classrooms in India look like? Teachers' and parents' perspectives

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 285-301

  Joshi, Arti ^a  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood education; India; Teacher and parent perceptions; Teacher child interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 69149093883     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430601078610     Document Type: Article

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