Quality in early childhood education: Insights from teachers

2017-09-01
Çobanoğlu, Rahime
Çapa Aydın, Yeşim
Yıldırım, Ali
European Early Childhood Education Research Association Annual Conference

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Citation Formats
R. Çobanoğlu, Y. Çapa Aydın, and A. Yıldırım, “Quality in early childhood education: Insights from teachers,” presented at the European Early Childhood Education Research Association Annual Conference, 2017, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/85991.