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After School Science and Engineering Clubs evaluation
Mannion, Ken, 2008
(Research Report No. DCSF-RW071). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families.

An evaluation of After School Science and Engineering Clubs, which were established by selected schools in England using government funding to promote middle-school-age children's interest and involvement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education

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After School Science and Engineering Clubs evaluation [Executive summary]
Mannion, Ken, 2008
(Research Report No. DCSF-RW071). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families.

A summary of an evaluation of After School Science and Engineering Clubs, which were established by selected schools in England using government funding to promote middle-school-age children's interest and involvement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education

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After School Science and Engineering Clubs evaluation: Interim report
Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families, February 2008
(Research Brief DCSF-RBX-04-08). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families.

An interim summary of an evaluation of After School Science and Engineering Clubs, which were established by selected schools in England using government funding to promote middle-school-age children's interest and involvement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education

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Assessment practices and aspects of curriculum in early childhood education: Results of the 2007 NZCER national survey for ECE services
Mitchell, Linda, 2008
Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Council for Educational Research.

Findings from a national study on assessment practices and curricular content in early childhood education programs in New Zealand

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Assessment practices and aspects of curriculum in early childhood education: Results of the 2007 NZCER national survey for ECE services
Mitchell, Linda, 2008
Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Council for Educational Research.

A summary of findings from a national study on assessment practices and curricular content in early childhood education programs in New Zealand

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Associations of warmth and control of Filipina domestic helpers and mothers to Hong Kong kindergarten children’s social competence
Ip, Hoi Man, March 2008
Early Education and Development, 19(2), 284-301

A study of the relationship between children’s social development in kindergarten and the warm or controlling caregiving styles of mothers and hired domestic caregivers, based on a sample of 63 triads of children and mothers from Hong Kong and hired domestic caregivers from the Philippines

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Australian home education and Vygotskian learning theory
Jackson, Glenda, 2008
Journal of Australian Research in Early Childhood Education, 15(1), 39-48

A discussion of research and theories influencing early childhood home education in Australia

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Beyond learning and teaching in preschool free-play centers in Daliat el-Carmel-Isfiya
Tal, Clodie, December 2008
Early Childhood Education Journal, 36(3), 281-289

An account of a play-based initiative to enhance the health-related learning of preschoolers and kindergarteners in a religious minority community

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Bridging the Gap: Improving literacy outcomes for Indigenous students
Freeman, Louella, December 2008
Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 33(4), 9-16

An evaluation of an at-home family book reading intervention designed to provide aboriginal children with the prerequisite literacy skills for school entry

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Bringing it together: Merging community-based, life-course, linked data, and social indicator approaches to monitoring child development: Proceedings from the Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre’s Monitoring Committee Workshop
Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre, February, 2008
Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Council on Learning.

A discussion of Canada’s need for more comprehensive data on early childhood development, and a proposal of four data collection methods to address this need

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Building a strong and equal partnership between childcare and early childhood education in Canada
Friendly, Martha, June, 2008
International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 2(1), 39-52

An overview of the legislation and the pilot implementation of integrated full-day early learning for 4- and 5-year-olds in 2007 in Ontario, Canada and related challenges that include the merging of public kindergarten with market-driven child care, financing, maintaining stability in paid child care for younger children, staffing issues, and the management of the integration

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A case study of preschool children’s musical interests at home and school
Denac, Olga, April 2008
Early Childhood Education Journal, 35(5), 439-444

A survey of preschool children’s interest in different types of music and music-related activities and preschool teachers’ interest in planning different types of music-related activities, from samples of 131 preschool teachers, 176 children and 176 parents in Slovenia

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The changing landscape of early childhood intervention in the United Kingdom
Carpenter, Barry, April/June 2008
Infants and Young Children, 21(2), 142-148

A summary of key reports, initiatives, and programs on the topic of early intervention for children with disabilities in the United Kingdom, and a discussion of the national policy landscape surrounding this issue

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Childcare and early years providers survey 2007
Nicholson, Susan, July, 2008
(Research Brief DCSF-RB047). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families.

A summary of a comparison of characteristics--including characteristics of children served, provider income, and staff size, wages, recruitment, qualifications, and training--of child care and early education provider organizations in eight sectors--family child care providers, out-of-school time providers, full-day care providers, part-day providers, Sure Start children's centers, preschools, primary schools with transition classes for four- and five-year-old children but not preschool classes, and primary schools with both preschool and transition classes--in the United Kingdom

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Childcare and early years providers survey 2007
Nicholson, Susan, 2008
(Research Report No. DCSF-RR047). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families.

A comparison of characteristics--including characteristics of children served, provider income, and staff size, wages, recruitment, qualifications, and training--of child care and early education provider organizations in eight sectors--family child care providers, out-of-school time providers, full-day care providers, part-day providers, Sure Start children's centers, preschools, primary schools with transition classes for four- and five-year-old children but not preschool classes, and primary schools with both preschool and transition classes--in the United Kingdom

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Childcare and early years providers survey 2007 [Executive summary]
Nicholson, Susan, 2008
(Research Report No. DCSF-RR047). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families.

A summary of a comparison of characteristics--including characteristics of children served, provider income, and staff size, wages, recruitment, qualifications, and training--of child care and early education provider organizations in eight sectors--family child care providers, out-of-school time providers, full-day care providers, part-day providers, Sure Start children's centers, preschools, primary schools with transition classes for four- and five-year-old children but not preschool classes, and primary schools with both preschool and transition classes--in the United Kingdom

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Childcare and early years providers survey 2007: Technical report
Nicholson, Susan, 2008
(Research Report No. DCSF-RR047-TR). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families.

An overview of the design of a study comparing characteristics--including characteristics of children served, provider income, and staff size, wages, recruitment, qualifications, and training--of child care and early education provider organizations in eight sectors--family child care providers, out-of-school time providers, full-day care providers, part-day providers, Sure Start children's centers, preschools, primary schools with transition classes for four- and five-year-old children but not preschool classes, and primary schools with both preschool and transition classes--in the United Kingdom

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Childcare and early years survey 2007: Parents' use, views and experiences
Kazimirski, Anne, May 2008
(Research Brief DCSF-RB025). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families.

A summary of a survey of the child care arrangements, child care costs, barriers to access, and feelings about child care of parents of preschool- and school-aged children in the United Kingdom in 2007

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Childcare and early years survey 2007: Parents' use, views and experiences
Kazimirski, Anne, 2008
(Research Report No. DCSF-RR025). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families.

A survey of the child care arrangements, child care costs, barriers to access, and feelings about child care of parents of preschool- and school-aged children in the United Kingdom in 2007

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Childcare and early years survey 2007: Parents' use, views and experiences [Executive summary]
Kazimirski, Anne, 2008
(Research Report No. DCSF-RR025). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Children, Schools and Families.

A summary of a survey of the child care arrangements, child care costs, barriers to access, and feelings about child care of parents of preschool- and school-aged children in the United Kingdom in 2007

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Childcare, choice and social class: Caring for young children in the UK
Vincent, Carol, February, 2008
Critical Social Policy, 28(1), 5-26

A study of the relationship of parents' social class to child care decisionmaking, parent-caregiver relationships, and maternal social networks in London, based on in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 71 middle class parents and 21 of their child care providers and interviews with 55 working class parents

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Child care in Quebec: Access to a universal program
Kohen, Dafna E., November-December 2008
Canadian Journal of Public Health, 99(6), 451-455

A comparison of trends in the use of both regulated and unregulated care in Quebec and the rest of Southern Canada in the years following the introduction of Quebec's universal provision of $5/day regulated child care

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Child-care policy and the labor supply of mothers with young children: A natural experiment from Canada
Lefebvre, Pierre, July, 2008
Journal of Labor Economics, 26(3), 519-548

A comparison of the relationship between reduced fee child care policy and the labor supply of mothers with young children in Canada and Quebec, based on data from Statistics Canada's Survey of Labor and Income Dynamics 1993-2002 microdata file

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Child daycare policy in Japan: An examination of the program and its impacts
Palley, Howard A., October, 2008
Journal of Comparative Social Welfare, 24(2), 165-178

An overview of child care policy reforms in Japan with regard to deregulation, increased privatization, and the roles of local and municipal governments in terms of both regulation and financing, with a discussion of the outcomes of those reforms in light of the intended results

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Children's attachment relationships with day care caregivers: Associations with positive caregiving and the child's temperament
De Schipper, J. Clasien, August 2008
Social Development, 17(3), 454-470

A study of the association between positive caregiving at child care centers and secure child-caregiver attachment relationships in children with irritable and non-irritable temperaments, based on observations of 48 middle class young children at 41 centers

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