Parents' views on the appointment of male teachers in Turkish pre-schools

Education as Change

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-32

  Akman, Berrin ^a   Taskin, Necdet ^b   Ozden, Zeynep ^c   Okyay, Ozlem ^d   Cortu, Figen ^e  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Koz Company   (Turkey)

^d ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e Yumak Preschool   (Turkey)

Author keywords

male teacher; parents' opinion; preschool; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885971216     PISSN: 16823206     EISSN: 19479417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16823206.2013.847009     Document Type: Article

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