Instituting Change in Early Childhood Education: Recent Developments in Singapore

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 457-463

  Ebbeck, Marjory ^a   Chan, Yvonne Yoke Yin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SEED Institute   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Change; Early childhood education; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952040911     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-010-0435-8     Document Type: Article

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