Preschool teachers' beliefs about children's print literacy development

Early Years

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-203

  Lynch, Jacqueline ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

beliefs and practice; early childhood educators; preschool teachers; print literacy; reading and writing; young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751645805     PISSN: 09575146     EISSN: 14724421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09575140802628743     Document Type: Article

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