Teacher beliefs and practices survey: Operationalising the 1997 NAEYC guidelines

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 179, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1113-1124

  Kim, Kyung Ran ^a   Buchanan, T K ^b  

^a Kwangju University   (South Korea)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

NAEYC guidelines; Operationalising; Survey; Teacher beliefs; Teacher practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450048006     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430701830381     Document Type: Article

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