Being professional? Conceptualising early years professionalism in England

European Early Childhood Education Research Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-14

  Simpson, Donald ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency; Early years; Early years professionals; Professionalism; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951071990     PISSN: 1350293X     EISSN: 17521807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13502930903520009     Document Type: Article

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