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100 children turn 10: A longitudinal study of literacy development from the year prior to school to the first four years of school
Hill, Susan, 2002
(2 Vols.). Canberra: Australia Department of Education, Science and Training.

A longitudinal study into the development of children’s literacy skills from the year prior to school entry through fourth grade, based on a sample of 100 children followed for five years from four sites across Australia

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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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Arab Republic of Egypt strategic options for early childhood education [Executive summary]
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 summary of a presentation of strategies for the expansion of early childhood and kindergarten programs in Egypt

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Architecture for national child care
Battle, Ken, 2002
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Caledon Institute of Social Policy.

A policy paper proposing four possible methods to help implement a national child care system for Canada

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Attitudes toward child support and the Child Support Agency
Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions, 2002
(In-House Report No. 100). London: Great Britain, Department for Work and Pensions.

An exploration of attitudes towards the child support system in England, and a description of proposed reforms to the system

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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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The availability of child care centers in China and its impact on child care and maternal work decisions
Kilburn, M. Rebecca, December, 2002
(Labor and Population Program Working Paper Series 00-20, DRU-2824-NIH). Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation.

A study of the relationship of child care center availability in China to maternal employment and child care use, based on data from the longitudinal China Health and Nutrition Survey

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Babysitters or professionals?: The role of social attitudes in the recruitment & retention of child care workers
Ferguson, Evelyn, January 2002
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: Child Care Connection Nova Scotia.

An exploration of the role that social attitudes play in creating and sustaining problems facing child care workforce recruitment and retention efforts in Canada

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Becoming, being and unbecoming an early childhood educator: a phenomenological case study of teacher attrition
Sumsion, Jennifer, 2002
Teaching and Teacher Education, 18(7), 869-885

A case study following an early childhood educator from the beginning of her three-year pre-service training program until she leaves the field seven years later

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Bridging home and school literacy: In search of transformative approaches to curriculum
Cairney, Trevor H., 2002
Early Child Development and Care, 172(2), 153-172

An Australian review of family literacy initiatives from a sociocultural perspective

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Caregivers' epistemological beliefs in toddler programs
Berthelsen, Donna, 2002
Early Child Development and Care, 172(5), 503-516

An Australian study of 6 caregivers' beliefs about knowing, learning, and good caregiving in toddler programs for children aged 18 months to 3 years

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The causality between female labour force participation and the availability of childcare
Chevalier, Arnaud, 2002
Applied Economics Letters, 9(14), 915-918

A United Kingdom econometric study examinig the relationship between female labour force participation and childcare availability

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Central-local government relation in transition: The case of Swedish child care
Gustafsson, Bjorn, 2002
Public Choice, 110(3-4), 305-325

An examination of the financial relationship and the influence that the central level Swedish government has on the local government level decision making process to expand public child care in Sweden

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The challenges of change: A tracer study of San preschool children in Botswana
le Roux, Willemien, February 2002
(Early Childhood Development: Practice and Reflections 15: Following Footsteps). The Hague, Netherlands: Bernard van Leer Foundation.

Results of a survey, conducted from 1993-1995 among families dwelling in remote areas of the Ghanzi District of Botswana, comparing academic performance, dropout rates, foreign language acquisition, and parental support, among primary school children who had completed preschool versus those who had not

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The challenges of change: A tracer study of San preschool children in Botswana [Executive summary]
le Roux, Willemien, February 2002
(Early Childhood Development: Practice and Reflections 15: Following Footsteps). The Hague, Netherlands: Bernard van Leer Foundation.

A summary of results of a survey, conducted from 1993-1995 among families dwelling in remote areas of the Ghanzi District of Botswana, comparing academic performance, dropout rates, foreign language acquisition, and parental support, among primary school children who had completed preschool versus those who had not

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Childcare and the 'care gap' in the United States and Australia
Drago, Robert, 2002
Australian Economic Review, 35(2), 214-20

A discussion of policy options surrounding the child care gap in the United States and Australia

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Child care by default or design?: An exploration of differences between non-profit and for-profit Canadian child care centres using the You Bet I Care! data sets
Doherty, Gillian, 2002
(Occasional Paper No. 18). Toronto, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto, Childcare Resource and Research Unit.

An analysis of the differences in child care quality in commercial versus publicly operated child care centers in Canada

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Childcare policy to promote child wellbeing
Wise, Sarah, 2002
Australian Economic Review, 35(2), 180-87

An overview of current evidence on the impact of child care on development to draw conclusions about current and future childcare policy in Australia

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Child care: Toward what kind of ''social Europe''?
Mahon, Rianne, 2002
Social Politics, 9(3), 343-379

An examination of the three dominant alternatives of child care arrangements within the European Union

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Child care workers' wages: New evidence on returns to education, experience, job tenure and auspice
Cleveland, Gordon, 2002
Journal of Population Economics, 15(3), 575-597

An analysis of data on the child care labor market and the effects of sponsorship on child care center workers wages

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Childcare workforce surveys 2001: Overview
Great Britain. Department for Education and Skills, April, 2002
Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A series of surveys commissioned by Great Britain?s Department of Education and Skills of employers in five sectors of the child care workforce: childminders, day nurseries, holiday clubs, out-of-school clubs, and playgroups and preschools

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Children, literacy and the UK National Grid for Learning
Lankshear, Colin, August 2002
Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2(2), 167-194

A critical analysis of the National Grid for Learning, Britain's online learning resource, in terms of the Grid's goals, scope, and administration; content examples are provided to support the authors' arguments

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Credentialing and accreditation in home child care: A review of the literature
Stuart, Barbara, 2002
Guelph, Ontario, Canada: University of Guelph, Center for Families, Work and Well-Being.

A literature review of resources discussing the varied approaches to the licensing and training of family child care providers in Canada

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The curriculum experiences of pre-school children in Northern Ireland: Classroom practices in terms of child-initiated play and adult-directed activities
Guimarães, Sofia, 2002
International Journal of Early Years Education, 10(2), 85-94

An investigation of curriculum approaches used in preschool settings across Northern Ireland in terms of the amount of adult-directed activities versus child-initiated activities, based on observations in 71 centers

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Data collection and system monitoring in early childhood programs
Olmsted, Patricia P., 2002
(Early Childhood and Family Policy Series No. 5). Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

Guidelines for early childhood policy-relevant data collection and system monitoring

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