Transition to school practices: Comparisons from Iceland and Australia

Early Years

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-60

  Einarsdottir, Johanna ^a   Perry, Bob ^b   Dockett, Sue ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Iceland; teachers' perspectives; transition to school

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955635373     PISSN: 09575146     EISSN: 14724421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09575140801924689     Document Type: Article

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