The day-to-day reality of teacher turnover in preschool classrooms: An analysis of classroom context and teacher, director, and parent perspectives

Journal of Research in Childhood Education

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-23

  Cassidy, Deborah J ^a   Lower, Joanna K ^a   Kintner Duffy, Victoria L ^a   Hegde, Archana V ^b   Shim, Jonghee ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

child care; child care quality; early childhood education; teacher turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650950520     PISSN: 02568543     EISSN: 21502641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02568543.2011.533118     Document Type: Article

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