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2012 London childcare report An examination of child care supply, demand, and prices in London, United Kingdom |
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Affordable quality: New approaches to childcare 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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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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Cash for childcare: Experiences from Finland, Norway and Sweden A comparison of policies in Finland, Norway, and Sweden that provide payments to families that do not enroll their children in public child care |
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Change or paradigm shift in the Swedish preschool? A discussion of the relationship between both social investment policy starting in the 1970s and policy work of the 2000s, and a possible paradigm shift in Swedish early care and education (ECE), with a consideration of the goals of Swedish early care and education, funding mechanisms, governance and organization, attendance patterns, and changes in ECE settings due to policy changes, illustrated with examples from two evaluation studies of center-based care settings in Sweden after the introduction of a national curriculum in 1998, and with reference to a study based on interviews with parents and center-based early care and education teachers |
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Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey 2011: Survey materials Survey materials from a study of child care and early education provider characteristics in England by provider type, including enrollment, profitability, and staff characteristics and qualifications |
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Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey 2011: Technical report An overview of the research design, data collection, and sample weighting for a study of child care and early education provider characteristics in England by provider type, including enrollment, profitability, and staff characteristics and qualifications |
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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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Children's perspective research in pre-service early childhood student education A presentation of the rationale and methodology of children's perspective research as a central component in preservice early childhood student education, with three examples from Israel that demonstrate various approaches to incorporate children's perspective research into the education of early childhood preservice students |
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Commercial child care in Canada: Can child care thrive in a speculative investment environment? An examination of the commercial viability of for-profit child care chains in Canada, based on a critical analysis of the operating model of a publicly-traded Canadian child care company |
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Comparative child and family policy [Special issue] A special issue of the journal Children and Youth Services Review, featuring international comparative studies of child care and other family and child policies |
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Convergent care regimes?: Childcare arrangements in Australia, Canada, Finland and Sweden A discussion of public support for child care arrangements within and between two Nordic countries--Finland and Sweden, and two Anglo-Saxon countries--Australia and Canada, as a way to examine countries' responses to the marketization discourse--the increasing role of markets in relation to care services in the name of efficiency and choice, and the social investment discourse--which calls for public investment in child care to promote women's employment and early childhood development as an investment in the future |
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Delegation of childcare as a corner stone of children's interethnic relations An overview of the engagement of children with child care providers and educators of other ethnicities and/or nationalities that is informed by a select reading of historical documents and reference to a preliminary study of child care workers in Switzerland |
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Department for Education: Delivering the free entitlement to education for three- and four-year-olds: Detailed methodology A presentation of the methods used in a study of the extent to which a policy in England to provide 15 hours a week of free early education for 38 weeks a year to all 3- and 4-year-olds achieves objectives related to take-up, quality of provision, and participant educational outcomes |
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Double Dutch: The case against deregulation and demand-led funding in childcare A response to a discussion of lessons for the United Kingdom from child care policy reform in the Netherlands, with policy recommendations for the United Kingdom based on the child care system in Denmark |
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Early child education: Making programs work for Brazil's most important generation An exploration of strategies to increase early child education quality and access in Brazil, as well as a discussion of opportunities to collaborate across sectors, involve the private sector, and address inequalities across municipalities |
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Early childhood education and care (ECEC) for children from disadvantaged backgrounds: Findings from a European literature review and two case studies A synthesis of: a review of research in European Union member states on barriers to and promising practices regarding disadvantaged children's and families' access to early childhood education and care (ECEC); a review of the relationship of ECEC participation to children's cognitive and socioemotional outcomes; an examination of ECEC 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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Early childhood education and care in Europe: Re-thinking, re-searching and re-conceptualising policies and practices [Special issue] 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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Early childhood education and development in Indonesia: Strong foundations, later success: A preview A preview and overview of an implementation and impact evaluation of an early childhood education and development (ECED) project in Indonesia to promote children's development through high-quality ECED services |
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Early literacy: Towards a unified approach for childcare and school A discussion of an approach to early literacy teaching in a project-based learning environment where each child is able to contribute to shared literacy events, in contrast to Danish policy which suggests an image of early literacy as the acquisition of fundamental skills |
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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] 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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Education for sustainable development good practices in early childhood Profiles of 12 early childhood programs and interventions from around the world that focus on sustainable development education |
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EFA Goal 1: Early childhood care and education An examination of recent progress toward expansion and improvement of early childhood care and education in the Asia Pacific region in the areas of policymaking, access for disadvantaged children, child health and well-being, standards and guidelines, and service quality |
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Family policy initiatives in Latin America: The case of Colombia and Ecuador An overview of major family policy initiatives in both Colombia and Ecuador that are oriented to improve the living conditions of economically disadvantaged families, with an analysis of challenges to the development, implementation, and evaluation of these initiatives |
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Family policy in South Korea: Development, current status, and challenges An overview of family policy developments in South Korea between 2000 and 2011 that includes work-family policies, child care policies, healthy family policies and services, and multicultural family policy, with a discussion of accomplishments and challenges to their implementation |
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