Korean early childhood educators' multi-dimensional teacher self-efficacy and ECE center climate and depression severity in teachers as contributing factors

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1117-1123

  Kim, Yeon Ha ^a   Kim, Yang Eun ^b  

^a Baekseok University   (South Korea)

^b Woo Song University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Classroom characteristics; Depression severity in teachers; Early childhood education; School climate; South Korea; Teacher characteristics; Teacher self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952543146     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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