Making the implicit explicit: Supporting teachers to bridge cultures

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 474-486

  Rothstein Fisch, Carrie ^a   Trumbull, Elise ^a   Garcia, Sandra Gloria ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood professional development; Home school conflict; Immigrant Latino children; Individualism collectivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450237239     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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