Planning and implementing an educational programme for the smooth transition from kindergarten to primary school: The Greek project in all-day kindergartens

Curriculum Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-92

  Carida, Helen Ch ^a  

^a Ministry of Education   (Greece)

Author keywords

All day kindergarten; Innovative educational programmes; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952641826     PISSN: 09585176     EISSN: 14693704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585176.2011.550800     Document Type: Article

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