Having, loving, and being: Children's narrated well-being in Finnish day care centres

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 182, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 345-362

  Puroila, Anna Maija ^a   Estola, Eila ^a   Syrjälä, Leena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

children; day care centre; Finland; narrative; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858123709     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2011.646726     Document Type: Article

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