Understanding infants: Characteristics of early childhood practitioners' interpretations of infants and their behaviours

Early Years

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 221-234

  Degotardi, Sheila ^a   Davis, Belinda ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

early childhood teachers; folk psychology; infant day care; infants; observations; teachers' beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 71849104252     PISSN: 09575146     EISSN: 14724421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09575140802393686     Document Type: Article

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