Beyond caring: The case for reforming the childcare and early years workforce
A discussion of reform in England?s child care and early education workforce, including the current workforce?s gender make-up and other characteristics, whether a crisis is emerging and the possible response, and the workforce?s impact on other societal functions, all against the backdrop of greater employment opportunities for women outside of child care
Reports & Papers
Beyond listening: Children's perspectives on early childhood services
A description of the complex nature of a responsive pedagogy of listening to young children
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Beyond quality in early childhood education and care: Languages of evaluation
A commentary on the language used to define quality in the field of early childhood education and care, and a discussion of the effects of multiple contemporary perspectives on the evolving concept of quality in the field
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Beyond quality in early childhood education and care: Postmodern perspectives
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Bringing politics into the nursery: Early childhood education as a democratic practice
An application of the ideal of democracy to early childhood education
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Bringing politics into the nursery: Early childhood education as a democratic practice
An exploration of early childhood institutions as places for possible democratic political practice as well as a discussion of issues related to democracy in early education
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Caring and learning together: A cross-national study of integration of early childhood care and education within education
An exploration of strategies for the integration of early childhood education and care into the educational systems of 9 countries in Europe and South America
Reports & Papers
Caring and learning together: Exploring the relationship between parental leave and early childhood education and care
An examination of the relationship between parental leave entitlements and availability of early childhood education and care services in a range of high-income European countries, based on data from 25 countries in the 2012 annual review of leave policies
Reports & Papers
Case studies: Appendix II to the final report of the study Early childhood education and care (ECEC) in promoting educational attainment including social development of children from disadvantaged backgrounds and in fostering social inclusion
An examination of early childhood education and care policy developments in England from 1997 through 2010, and an exploration of Step by Step, a program to support professional development and to promote social inclusion, child-centered practices, and family and community engagement
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Childcare students and nursery workers: Follow up surveys and in-depth interviews
A follow-up study on the mobility in the child care workforce and its influences on child care students and staff in the United Kingdom
Reports & Papers
Childcare students and nursery workers: Follow up surveys and in-depth interviews [Executive summary]
Key facts and findings of a follow-up study on the mobility in the child care workforce and its influences on child care students and staff in the United Kingdom
Fact Sheets & Briefs
The Children Act 1989 and early childhood services
A review of the United Kingdom welfare measure, the Children Act 1989, and the implications of amending it to include general child care for children under eight years of age.
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Defining and valuing quality as a parent
A discussion of the varying child care attitudes and perspectives among parents and child care providers
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Defining and valuing quality as a parent
An examination of the different ways in which parents from different cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds define and evaluate child care quality, based on a selection of results from qualitative studies in the United States
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Defining quality: Values, stakeholders and processes
An introductory discussion of the process of defining quality in early care and education, including the key issue of the different measures used by different stakeholders
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Developing cross-cultural partnerships: Implications for child care quality research and practice
A description of a project in which the University of Victoria worked in partnership with a council of Canadian aboriginal tribes in Saskatchewan to develop and implement a culturally-appropriate curriculum for the training of professionals in the field of child care and early education
Reports & Papers
Early childhood and primary education: Transitions in the lives of young children
An overview of the concept of school readiness and its relation to children's transition to primary education around the globe
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The early childhood workforce: Continuing education and professional development
An overview of a variety of professional development and continuing education approaches for child care workers and a discussion of the resources needed for workers to participate
Fact Sheets & Briefs
The early childhood workforce in 'developed' countries: Basic structures and education
A discussion of the trend to integrate child care and educational services in center-based early childhood programs, and how this phenomenon will impact the child care workforce
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Early Years and Childcare International Evidence Project: Child outcomes
A study commissioned by Great Britain’s Department of Education and Skills that reviewed cross-national evidence from 15 countries focusing on a number of issues related to child outcomes and considers the way early childhood education and child care services promote social inclusion, the respective contributions of curricula and pedagogical approaches, and the factors that influence child outcomes
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Early Years and Childcare International Evidence Project: Funding & Sustainability
A cross-national study concerning public investment in child care and early education services for children aged from birth to 14 (16 with special educational needs) in 2002
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Early Years and Childcare International Evidence Project: Introduction
A discussion of the Early Years and Childcare International Evidence Project commissioned by Great Britain’s Department of Education and Skills that provides an introduction to issues in cross-national work, to the methods used in this study, and to the countries that have been included
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Early Years and Childcare International Evidence Project: Provision of services
A study commissioned by Great Britain’s Department of Education and Skills that reviewed cross-national evidence from 15 countries focusing on the provision of early years and child care services, and their relationship to compulsory schooling
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Early Years and Childcare International Evidence Project: Quality
A cross-national study concerning quality in child care and early education services for children aged from birth to 14 (16 with special educational needs) in 2002
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Early Years and Childcare International Evidence Project: Summary
A summary of a cross-national study concerning public investment in child care and early education services for children aged from birth to 14 (16 with special educational needs) in 2002
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