Preparing Early Childhood Teachers to Work With Young Dual Language Learners

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-14

  Zepeda, Marlene ^a   Castro, Dina C ^b   Cronin, Sharon ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Dual language learners; Early childhood; English language learners; Teacher preparation; Workforce

Indexed keywords

EID: 79851502461     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2010.00141.x     Document Type: Article

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