"The value is enormous - it's priceless i think!" New Zealand preschool teachers' understandings of the early childhood curriculum in New Zealand - a comparative perspective

International Journal of Early Childhood

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-45

  Alvestad, Marit ^a   Duncan, Judith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Early childhood curriculum; Preschool; Preschool teachers' perspectives; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952952267     PISSN: 00207187     EISSN: 18784658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03165976     Document Type: Article

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