No child misunderstood: Enhancing early childhood teachers' multicultural responsiveness to the social competence of diverse children

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 469-476

  Han, Heejeong Sophia ^a   Thomas, M Shelley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Multicultural responsiveness; Social competence; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952957483     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-009-0369-1     Document Type: Review

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