Early Childhood Care and Education in Greece: Some Facts on Research and Policy;Éducation et accueil de la petite enfance en grèce: Certaines données sur la recherche et les politiques

International Journal of Early Childhood

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-139

  Petrogiannis, Konstantinos ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Children under 3; Early childhood care and education; Greece; Policy; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951959964     PISSN: 00207187     EISSN: 18784658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13158-010-0016-4     Document Type: Article

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