Promoting Student–Teacher Interactions: Exploring a Peer Coaching Model for Teachers in a Preschool Setting

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 461-470

  Johnson, Stacy R ^a,b   Finlon, Kristy J ^a   Kobak, Roger ^a   Izard, Carroll E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom quality; Head Start; Peer coaching; Professional development; Professional learning communities; Student teacher interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963642510     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-016-0790-1     Document Type: Article

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