Institutional factors that affect black South African students' perceptions of early childhood teacher education

South African Journal of Education

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1-7

  Steyn, M G ^a   Harris, Teresa ^b   Hartell, C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to learning; Early childhood; Early childhood education; Enrolment; Minority groups; Perceptions; Recruitment; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905991208     PISSN: 02560100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15700/201409161107     Document Type: Article

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