Emotion in nursery work: Work Discussion as a model of critical professional reflection

Early Years

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 129-141

  Elfer, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

emotion; nursery; professional reflection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863839563     PISSN: 09575146     EISSN: 14724421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09575146.2012.697877     Document Type: Article

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