'Learning to live together': Training early childhood educators1 to promote socio-emotional competence of toddlers and pre-school children

European Early Childhood Education Research Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 373-390

  Rosenthal, Miriam K ^a   Gatt, Lihi ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Educators' attitudes and beliefs; Intervention programs in daycare and nursery schools; Socio emotional competence; Toddlers and preschoolers; Training early childhood educators

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958006046     PISSN: 1350293X     EISSN: 17521807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350293X.2010.500076     Document Type: Article

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