Educators' literacy practices in two emergent literacy contexts

Journal of Research in Childhood Education

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 46-60

  Girard, Lisa Christine ^a   Girolametto, Luigi ^a   Weitzman, Elaine ^b   Greenberg, Janice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Hanen Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early childhood; Early childhood educators; Early literacy; Early literacy learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873580472     PISSN: 02568543     EISSN: 21502641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02568543.2012.739591     Document Type: Article

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