Assessing Estonian mothers' involvement in their children's education and trust in teachers

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 181, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1079-1094

  Kikas, Eve ^a,b   Peets, Kätlin ^b,c   Niilo, Airi ^b  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Child's education; Parental involvement; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961213141     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2010.513435     Document Type: Article

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