Preschool provision and children of migrants in Beijing

Asia Pacific Journal of Education

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-89

  Nyland, Berenice ^a   Nyland, Chris ^b   Yan, Zhang ^c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Internal migrant children; Playgroup; Preschool (kindergarten)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953038812     PISSN: 02188791     EISSN: 17426855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02188791.2011.544241     Document Type: Article

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