15 by 15: A comprehensive policy framework for early human capital investment in BC
Kershaw, Paul, August 2009
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: University of British Columbia, Human Early Learning Partnership.
An argument for reducing the percentage of developmentally vulnerable children in British Columbia, Canada, to 15 by 2015, including a policy framework to achieve the goal
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2012 London childcare report
Rutter, Jill, July, 2012
London: Daycare Trust.
An examination of child care supply, demand, and prices in London, United Kingdom
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The ABC of child care politics
Brennan, Deborah, Winter 2007
Australian Journal of Social Issues, 42(2), 213-225
A study of the growth of private and for-profit child care services, the adequacy of regulations and standards, the cost of care, and the implications for both politics and public policy, with an argument for a more robust approach to regulation and quality control due to the emergence of ABC Learning as the dominant corporate provider of child care services in Australia
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Accountability and quality in early childhood education: Perspectives from Asia
Wong, Margaret, March 2010
Early Education and Development, 21(2), 163-166
An introduction to a special issue of the journal Early Education and Development, focusing on the influence of accountability and quality rating efforts of select early education environments in Hong Kong, China, and India
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Accountability and quality in early childhood education: Perspectives from Asia [Special issue]
Wong, Ngai Chun Margaret, March 2010
Early Education and Development, 21(2)
A special issue of the journal Early Education and Development, focusing on the influence of accountability and quality rating efforts of select early education environments in Hong Kong, China, and India
Other
Accounting for quality in Australian childcare: A dilemma for policymakers
Ishimine, Karin, November 2009
Journal of Education Policy, 24(6), 717-732
An argument for Australian child care policy to be based on evidence-based process quality in light of current policies based on structural quality, through an investigation of the Quality Improvement and Accreditation System (QIAS) and its application in child care centers in Australia
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Acquisition of hearing, listening and speech skills by and during key stage 1
Robinshaw, Helen, August 2007
Early Child Development and Care, 177(6 & 7), 661- 678
An examination of the relationship between effective classroom teaching and factors that may affect listening and speech skills in children between the ages of 5 and 7, including classroom acoustic environments, reduced hearing sensitivity, and underdeveloped listening skills
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Advancement of preschoolers' resilience: The A.R.Y.A. Project
Israelashvili, Moshe, 2003
Early Childhood Education Journal, 31(2), 101-105
A discussion of the Advancement of Preschoolers’ Resilience Project's (A.R.Y.A.) resiliency-building intervention program for 4-year-old kindergarten students in Israel
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AEU response to the consultation paper towards the development of a national agenda for early childhood
Australian Education Union, 2003
Southbank, Victoria: Australian Education Union.
A discussion of the development of a national agenda for early childhood care and education in Australia
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AEU submission to the independent inquiry into the provision of universal access to high quality preschool education
Australian Education Union, 2004
Southbank, Victoria: Australian Education Union.
A description of the state of universal access to high quality preschool education in Australia by the Australian Education Union in response to an independent inquiry
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Affordable quality: New approaches to childcare
Truss, Elizabeth, May, 2012
London: CentreForum (Organisation).
An overview of child care policy and provision in the United Kingdom, with a discussion of lessons for the United Kingdom from child care policy reform in the Netherlands
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Africa's future, Africa's challenge: Early childhood care and development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Garcia, Marito, 2008
(Directions in Development: Human Development 42700). Washington, DC: World Bank.
An inquiry into the state of early childhood education and care in Sub-Saharan Africa, including information on program development and evaluations, service delivery, public policy initiatives, and a presentation of challenges in the future of early childhood services in the region
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An agenda for amazing children: Final report of the ECE Taskforce
Early Childhood Education Taskforce (New Zealand), June, 2011
Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand, Ministry of Education.
An overview of the early childhood education sector in New Zealand with policy recommendations to ensure universal access to high-quality early childhood education services
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Ahakoa he iti: Early childhood pedagogies affirming of Maori children's rights to their culture
Rau, Cheryl, September, 2011
Early Education and Development, 22(5), 795-817
A discussion of the ways in which the features and history of Maori culture are realized in New Zealand's early education environments in light of the rights afforded to native education systems by the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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Alphabet and phonological awareness: Can it be enhanced in the early childhood setting?
McLachlan, Claire, 2010
International Research in Early Childhood Education, 1(1), 84-94
A proposal to use professional development to increase teachers' understandings of both the alphabet principle and phonological awareness and to implement them both within a holistic curriculum and within the context of children’s play, based on literacy research conducted in New Zealand
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Analysing complex policy change in Hong Kong: What role for critical discourse analysis?
Cheng, Annie Y.N., 2009
International Journal of Educational Management, 23(4), 360-366
An exploration of a key policy text on preprimary education in Hong Kong that seeks to assess to what extent discourse analysis methods can help develop a better understanding of the processes of policy development
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Anniversaries in the Finnish kindergarten system: How and why the system was created
Honkavaara, Pirjo, 1998
International Journal of Early Childhood, 30(1), 7-9
An overview of the history of the Finnish child care system, from the creation of the folk kindergarten in 1888 to the adoption of the Day Care Act of 1996, which guaranteed all children under 7 years the right to child care.
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Arab Republic of Egypt strategic options for early childhood education
World Bank. Middle East and North Africa Region. Human Development Group, September 2002
(Report No. 24772-EGT). Washington, DC: World Bank, Middle East and North Africa Region.
A presentation of strategies for the expansion of early childhood and kindergarten programs in Egypt
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Assessing the mathematical thinking of young children in New Zealand: The initial school years
Young-Loveridge, Jenny, February 2011
Early Child Development and Care, 181(2), 267-276
An overview of assessment policy and practice in mathematics in the first 10 years of schooling in New Zealand, with selected findings from the Numeracy Development Projects
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Assessing quality day care: The child care facility schedule
Dragonas, Thalia, 1995
International Journal of Behavioral Development, 18(3), 557-568
A description and validity study of the Child Care Facility Schedule, a research instrument tested in Greece, Nigeria and the Philippines, for observer measuring and personnel self-evaluation of child care center quality
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Assessing quality in childminding
Owen, Sue, 2000
Children & Society, 14(2), 147-153
A discussion of child care quality assessments for child care centers in Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
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Assessment: Profiling literacy with young indigenous children
Connor, Jenni, 2002
Practically Primary, 7(2), 27-29
A summary of results from a study examining the reliability and validity of a preschool profile tool designed to assess factors that influence early literacy development of young, Australian, indigenous children
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Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder across cultures: Development and disability in contexts
Lee, Kyunghwa, May 2008
Early Child Development and Care, 178(4), 339-346
A description of the research presented in the special issue of Early Child Development and Care focusing on the views of early childhood educators from several developed countries on the subject of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder across cultures: Development and disability in contexts [Special issue]
Lee, Kyunghwa, May 2008
Early Child Development and Care, 178(4)
A special issue of the journal Early Child Development and Care, focusing on the views of early childhood educators from several developed countries on the subject of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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Attitudes towards childcare in Australia
Evans, M. D. R., 2002
Australian Economic Review, 35(2), 188-96
A study of factors influencing attitudes towards childcare and maternal employment in Australia
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