Dealing with uncertainty: challenges and possibilities for the early childhood profession

European Early Childhood Education Research Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-152

  Urban, Mathias ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

critical thinking; evidence based practice; hermeneutics; knowledge; professional habitus; professionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066206657     PISSN: 1350293X     EISSN: 17521807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13502930802141584     Document Type: Article

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