Defining and evaluating ‘Quality’ early childhood education in an international context: Dilemmas and possibilities

Early Years

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-18

  Siraj‐Blatchford, Iram ^a   Wong, Yeok‐lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Criteria; Curriculum; Objectivist; Pedagogy; Quality; Relativist

Indexed keywords

EID: 85070133543     PISSN: 09575146     EISSN: 14724421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0957514990200102     Document Type: Article

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