Parental involvement and children's readiness for school in China

Educational Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-113

  Lau, Eva Y H ^a   Li, Hui ^a   Rao, Nirmala ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Early childhood education; Parental involvement; Readiness for school

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551654873     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: 14695847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131881.2011.552243     Document Type: Article

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