Childcare market management: How the United Kingdom Government has reshaped its role in developing early education and care
A review of early education and care policies in the United Kingdom since 1997, when a Labour Government came into power, and set them into a wider context of international changes
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Childcare market management: How the United Kingdom government has reshaped its role in developing early education and care
A review of early education and care policies in the United Kingdom since 1997 when a Labour government came into power and set the policies into international context by supporing the development of the private sector
Other
Childcare markets: Do they work?
A discussion of the contrasts between market-based, for-profit systems of child care provision and non-profit or state systems of provision
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Childcare policy and local partnerships under Labour
A discussion of the policy outcomes of England’s National Childcare Strategy and EYDCPs (Early Years Development and Childcare Partnerships)
Reports & Papers
Comparing nurseries: Staff and children in Italy, Spain, and the UK
An examination of 12 nurseries in three countries (the United Kingdom, Spain, and Italy), specifically looking at child care workers' training and job satisfaction and how these factors relate to the quality of child care.
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Early childhood education and care: Key lessons from research for policy makers
A review of international research that bears on the economic and social justifications for investing in early childhood education and care services
Other
Early childhood education and care: Key lessons from research for policy makers [Executive summary]
A summary of a review of international research that bears on the economic and social justifications for investing in early childhood education and care services
Executive Summary
Early childhood education and care policy: Canada country note
A review by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) of current early childhood education policies in Canada, part of the OECD's Early Childhood Education and Care Policy project (ECEC)
Reports & Papers
Early childhood education and care policy: Canada Country note: Executive summary
A summary of a review by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) of current early childhood education policies in Canada, part of the OECD's Early Childhood Education and Care Policy project (ECEC)
Executive Summary
Early childhood services: Theory, policy, and practice
An anthology examining early childhood education theories, policies, and practices through a global perspective; chapters look at how and where children learn, who teaches them, and current research and practices.
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Early years: What is known about the long-term economic impact of centre-based early childhood interventions?: Technical report
A cost-benefit analysis of the long-term impacts of center-based child care interventions
Literature Review
International perspectives on quality in mixed economies of child care
A comparison of the approaches to both the delivery of early childhood programs and services and government-sponsored initiatives to improve the quality of these services in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States
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The London childcare market
An examination of the characteristics of the child care market in London, with a focus on barriers to access presented by child care availability, price, flexibility, quality, and information
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The London childcare market [Executive summary]
A summary of an examination of the characteristics of the child care market in London, with a focus on barriers to access presented by child care availability, price, flexibility, quality, and information
Executive Summary
OECD country note: Early childhood education and care policy in the Flemish community of Belgium
An analysis of early care and education policies in the Flemish Community of Belgium
Reports & Papers
Policy and practice in childcare and nursery education
A case study evaluating the policy and practices of five child care programs which attempted to integrate the three strands of nursery education, child care, and welfare care for vulnerable children in the United Kingdom
Reports & Papers
Policy rationales for early childhood services
A summary of rationales and research paradigms that various countries have used as the basis for early childhood education and care policy decisions and service provision
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The price of a loaf of bread: Some conceptions of family support
An investigation of the implementation the 1989 Children Act in one local authority in a northwest borough of Britain
Reports & Papers
Quality in services for young children: A discussion paper
A paper defining child care quality criteria and indicators, as well as government's role in assuring the availability of quality services for young children in the European Union.
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The role of the international expert
An account of the late Sally Lubeck’s unrecognized critique of early childhood education in the United Kingdom written while working as part of a UNESCO team
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Transforming nursery education
A book critiquing the United Kingdom's early childhood care and education system and suggesting strategies for its improvement
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Two sides of an eagle's feather: Co-constructing ECCD training curricula in university partnerships with Canadian First Nations communities
A description of the partnerships between First Nations’ Tribes and universities for the betterment of early childhood education and care in western Canada
Reports & Papers
Understanding early childhood: Issues and controversies
An overview of the Birth to Three Matters framework for Sure Start, part of the British Government’s strategy to increase childcare provision, intended to support practitioners concerned with the care and education of babies and young children from birth to three
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Using systematic reviews to investigate research in early childhood
An overview of the literature review process used by the Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPI-Centre) to synthesize scientific findings about children that are useful to policymakers in the United Kingdom
Other
What is the impact of out-of-home integrated care and education settings on children aged 0-6 and their parents?
A review of evaluative research, written in Bengali, Dutch, English, French, German, or Spanish, and published after 1974, examining the effects of out-of-home, integrated early child care and education on outcomes for children or parents
Literature Review
