Accompaniment and quality in childcare services: The emergence of a culture of professionalization

Early Years

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-182

  Pirard, Florence ^a   Barbier, Jean Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b University of Paris Cité   (France)

Author keywords

accompaniment; culture; professionalization; quality; training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863834324     PISSN: 09575146     EISSN: 14724421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09575146.2011.642852     Document Type: Article

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