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CoRe: Competence requirements in early childhood education and care: Final report
Urban, Mathias, September, 2011
Brussels, Belgium: European Commission, Directorate-General for Education and Culture.

An exploration of conceptualizations of competence and professionalism in early childhood education and care in the European Union, based on a literature review, a survey of 15 countries, and 7 case studies

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CoRe: Competence requirements in early childhood education and care: Research documents
Urban, Mathias, September, 2011
Brussels, Belgium: European Commission, Directorate-General for Education and Culture.

A literature review, a survey of 15 countries, and 7 case studies that explore conceptualizations of competence and professionalism in early childhood education and care in the European Union

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Dealing with uncertainty: challenges and possibilities for the early childhood profession
Urban, Mathias, June 2008
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 16(2), 135-152

The presentation of a paradigm for a relational and systemic professionalism in the field of child care and early education, based on understanding, embracing openness and uncertainty, and collaboration in the creation of knowledge and evolution of practice

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Diversity and social inclusion: Exploring competences for professional practice in early childhood education and care
del Barrio Saiz, Ana, 2011
Brussels, Belgium: Diversity in Early Childhood Education and Training.

A discussion of early childhood education and care professional competencies to meet the needs of diverse communities

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Early childhood education and care in Europe: Re-thinking, re-searching and re-conceptualising policies and practices [Special issue]
Urban, Mathias, December, 2012
European Journal of Education, 47(4)

A special issue of the European Journal of Education focusing on discussions of trends in the policies, practices, and theoretical underpinnings of early education and care in Europe

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Editorial [Introduction to a special issue: Early childhood education and care in Europe: Re-thinking, re-searching and re-conceptualising policies and practices]
Urban, Mathias, December, 2012
European Journal of Education, 47(4), 477-481

An introduction to a special issue of the European Journal of Education focusing on discussions of trends in the policies, practices, and theoretical underpinnings of early education and care in Europe

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Editorial [Introduction to the special issue: Professionalism in early childhood education and care]
Urban, Mathias, June 2008
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 16(2), 131-133

An overview of the special issue of the journal European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, focusing on the concept of professionalism in the field of early childhood education and care

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A Finnish viewpoint on professionalism in early childhood education
Karila, Kirsti, June 2008
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 16(2), 210-223

A discussion of the state of professionalism as a cultural, communal, organizational, and individual phenomenon in the early childhood education industry of Finland

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Pedagogy, knowledge and collaboration: Towards a ground-up perspective on professionalism
Dalli, Carmen, June 2008
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 16(2), 171-185

A national study of perceptions of professionalism among educated practitioners at several types of child care and early education settings

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Preschool teachers’ and student preschool teachers’ thoughts about professionalism in Sweden
Kuisma, Marja, June 2008
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 16(2), 186-195

A qualitative study of the concept of professionalism as understood 57 preschool teachers and preschool teacher candidates

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Professionalism in early childhood education and care [Special issue]
Dalli, Carmen, June 2008
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 16(2)

A special issue of the journal European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, focusing on the concept of professionalism in the field of early childhood education and care

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Researching early childhood policy and practice: A critical ecology
Urban, Mathias, December, 2012
European Journal of Education, 47(4), 494-507

An argument for early childhood research in the European context to be more democratic, transformative, and political in nature in response to the author's examination of European policy documents relating to early care and education

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[Review of the book Beyond quality in early childhood education and care: Languages of evaluation]
Urban, Mathias, March 2008
International Journal of Early Years Education, 16(1), 95-97

A review of 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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Towards competent systems in early childhood education and care: Implications for policy and practice
Urban, Mathias, December, 2012
European Journal of Education, 47(4), 508-526

A presentation of select findings of a European research project on competence requirements in early childhood education and care, conducted between January 2010 and May 2011 by the University of East London and the University of Ghent, which identified conceptualizations of competence and professionalism in early childhood practice, and formulated policy recommendations to develop, support, and maintain competence at all layers of the early childhood system across Europe

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Towards Professionalism in early childhood practicum supervision: A personal journey
Dayan, Yael, June 2008
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 16(2), 153-170

An account of the professional development of an early childhood teacher educator working as a researcher and a practicum supervisor at a university in Israel

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What's in a name?: Seeking professional status through degree studies within the Scottish early years context
Adams, Kate, June, 2008
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 16(2), 196-209

An exploration of the perspectives of small samples of Scottish early years students and recent graduates on the status associated with holding a degree and the status-related challenges of the use of a variety of titles for similar positions at different child care centers

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