A typical morning in preschool: Observations of teacher-child interactions in German preschools

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 509-519

  von Suchodoletz, Antje ^a   Fäsche, Anika ^a   Gunzenhauser, Catherine ^a   Hamre, Bridget K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

International child care perspectives; Preschool quality; Teacher child interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927168884     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2014.05.010     Document Type: Article

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