Developing pedagogy in infant classes in primary schools in Ireland: Learning from research

Irish Educational Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-70

  Dunphy, Liz ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Infant classes; Interactions; Pedagogy; Smallgroup teaching; Whole class teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349668713     PISSN: 03323315     EISSN: 17474965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03323310701837871     Document Type: Review

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