Chinese and American preschool teachers' beliefs about early childhood curriculum

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-249

  Wang, Jianhong ^a   Elicker, James ^a   McMullen, Mary ^b   Mao, Shuyang ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beliefs and practices; Cross cultural study; Curriculum beliefs; Early childhood curriculum; Teacher beliefs; Teacher training

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961241671     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430600722671     Document Type: Article

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