1 to 3-year-old children in day care centres in Finland: An overview of eight doctoral dissertations
A comparative summary of 8 Finnish doctoral dissertations, published from 1994 through 2009, on center-based care for infants and toddlers
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Appendix I: Literature review: Literature review of the participation of disadvantaged children and families in ECEC services in Europe
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) and on the relationship of ECEC participation to children's cognitive and socioemotional outcomes
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Assessing the optimal length of parental leave for child and parental well-being: How can research inform policy?
A review of literature on concerns associated with parental leave, encompassing mothers' labor market outcomes, childbirth and maternal recovery, parent-infant bonding, children’s cognitive development, breastfeeding, and gender equity objectives
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Assessment of the benefits and costs of out of school care
A review of evidence from research conducted in Australia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States on the social benefits and economic costs of out-of-school time child care programs
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Assessment tools of energy balance-related behaviours used in European obesity prevention strategies: Review of studies during preschool
A review of studies that utilize assessment tools to measure food intake, physical activity, and sedentary behavior in obesity intervention strategies targeting mainly preschool children across Europe
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Benefits and costs of high quality child care: Review of the literature
A review of the methodology and findings of research on the costs and benefits of high-quality child care and early education programs
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Benefits of early childhood interventions across the world: (Under) Investing in the very young
A review of the international (non-U.S.) evidence on the benefits of early childhood interventions in the area of cognition, behavior, health, and schooling, with a total of 38 contrasts of 30 interventions in 23 countries with a focus on studies applying a quasi-experimental or random assignment design
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Childcare and health: A review of using linked national registers
A review of studies using the Childcare Database dataset to explore the association between child care attendance and the incidence of disease in a population of over 1 million young children in Denmark
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Childcare: A review of what parents want
A review of research from the United Kingdom on parent child care preferences, needs, and perceptions of child care quality and on the relationship of child care to child outcomes
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Credentialing and accreditation in home child care: A review of the literature
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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Developing a provincial early childhood learning strategy: Literature review
A review of research on the relationship of early childhoood learning opportunities to child development
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Development of literacy
A systematic overview of research on the development of phonological skills, print awareness, and word reading skills in English language learners
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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
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Education and care away from home: A review of research, policy and practice
A review of research and policies concerning children in United Kingdom’s educational and child care system, focusing on the influence of both education and social work in improving children’s educational opportunities
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Effective preparation for early childhood education: What does North American research tell us?
A review of North American studies on the relationship between teaching practices and amounts of schooling, specialized education, and years of experience among early education teachers
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Enhancing learning of children from diverse language backgrounds: Mother tongue-based bilingual or multilingual education in the early years
An exploration of the use of bilingual or multilingual early childhood programs to aid in the preservation of native languages between generations, based on a review of literature on second language acquisition by young children
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Enhancing learning of children from diverse language backgrounds: Mother tongue-based bilingual or multilingual education in the early years
A review of research and program reports on mother tongue-based bilingual and multilingual instruction in early childhood programs
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Ensuring the best start in life: Targeting versus universality in early childhood development
A review of research from Canada and the United States that identifies strategies for promoting young, vulnerable children's healthy development in Canada by considering four policy issues: 1) targeted versus universal approaches, 2) conditions for high-quality early childhood education, 3) benefits ands costs associated with different programs, and 4) requirements for supporting the health development of all Canadian children
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Ethnographic approaches to child care research: A review of the literature
A review of the literature on ethnographic research on child care contexts, with a discussion of the caregiver-centered, mother-centered, child-centered, and societal perspectives that dominate the field
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Evaluation of the early childhood education information and communication technology professional learning programme: Literature review
An exploration of the best practices and barriers to teacher proficiency in information and communication technology (ICT), based on a review of research on the use of ICT in early childhood settings in New Zealand
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Examining the use of language and literacy assessments with young dual language learners: Final report
A review of the procedures used to assess the language and literacy development of young dual language learners, and an examination of the reliability and validity of the assessments, based on 79 studies from Canada and the United States
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Exploring the field of listening to and consulting with young children
A study on the views of young children’s experiences and opinions of child care and education using observation, case studies, interviews and literature reviews
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Family day care in Australia: A systematic review of research (1996-2010)
Family Day Care (FDC) is a distinctive form of child care chosen by many Australian families. However, there appears to be little empirical research on FDC conducted in Australia. The aim of this study was to systematically review the recent published literature on FDC research in Australia, assess its quality, and identify pertinent topics for future research. FDC research has been conducted on topics such as use and cost of care, aspects of child and caregiver health, and nutrition and physical activity. Studies were generally quantitative and descriptive, with a notable lack of intervention studies. Small sample size and limited analysis of FDC data were the two major issues compromising the quality of the studies. Overall, there is great potential to increase the amount of research on FDC in Australia, and improve its quality. Important topics requiring further research include the effect of training on the caregiver, and the social and emotional wellbeing of children and educators. (author abstract)
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Good practice in out of school care provision
A review of empirical evidence concerning good practice in the provision of out of school child care for school aged children, as found in English language journals from the United Kingdom and other countries
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Grandparents providing child care: Briefing paper
A review of research on grandparent child care, with a focus on the United Kingdom, including type and hours of grandparent child care provided and its relationship to child and adult outcomes
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