Teacher Mentoring and Early Literacy Learning: A Case Study of a Mentor-Coach Initiative

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 311-317

  Onchwari, Grace ^a   Keengwe, Jared ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Early literacy; Mentoring; Pedagogy; Professional development; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449153812     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-009-0346-8     Document Type: Article

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