Expert practitioner's views about the Chinese early childhood environment rating scale

European Early Childhood Education Research Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 229-249

  Hu, Bi Ying ^a   Chen, Yuewen ^b   Li, Kejian ^b  

^a Peggy)   (Macao)

^b ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; early childhood education and care; practitioner; programme quality; quality rating

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928583289     PISSN: 1350293X     EISSN: 17521807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350293X.2014.919779     Document Type: Article

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