'I feel absolutely incompetent': Professionalism, policy and early childhood teachers

Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 175-186

  Bradbury, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84867814992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14639491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2304/ciec.2012.13.3.175     Document Type: Article

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