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Bridging the Gap: Improving literacy outcomes for Indigenous students 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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Child care in Quebec: Access to a universal program 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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A collaborative approach to literacy: Inner-city preschool children, families and the school community An action research account of a take-home “Literacy Boxes” project in one early childhood classroom serving a low income area of a Saskatchewan city with a large aboriginal population |
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A comparison of curricular practices in Chinese kindergartens: The influence of curriculum reform A study of the association between type of sponsorship and center quality, based on examinations of 9 kindergartens in five districts of Shanxi province |
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Computer use by preschool children: Rethinking practice as digital natives come to preschool A study of computer use, skills, and access at home and elsewhere among a population of children who attend child care centers in a diverse region of Australia |
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Contextual factors affecting inclusion during children’s transitions from preschool to school An examination and comparison of social roles and social inclusion among Down Syndrome and typically-developing boys during their transitions from child care to school, based on qualitative observations of four boys and interviews with their parents and teachers at several stages of the transition process |
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Can teaching be invisible?: Considering children's experience of the roles of teachers An exploration of young children's perspectives on the roles of teachers at a child care center, based on observations and interactions with 6 children |
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Development of children’s mathematical thinking in early school years An overview of New Zealand’s numeracy initiative for preschool age children |
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Does child care quality matter?: Associations between socio-emotional development and non-parental child care in a representative sample of Australian children A study of the relationship between socioemotional development and both time in care and quality of care, based on a secondary analysis of data collected from both 3,244 Australian children and their care environments |
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Early childhood education in Ghana: The policy hiatus A qualitative study of pedagogy, compliance with national policy, and the influence of national culture at 5 government and 5 private early childhood settings Ga West district of greater Accra |
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The effect of an early childhood caregiver education program on primary caregivers in rural Nicaragua A participatory action research study of the influence of primary caregiver training on the quality of care of children under 8 years of age, as well as a report on the construction of a community center, from observations, field notes, focus groups and pre- and post-test surveys of 327 people in 70 households from a small village in the Jalapa Valley Nicaragua |
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Encouraging the reflection process in undergraduate teachers using guided reflection An account of the use of guided reflection exercises with a group of 5 second-year student teachers enrolled in a Bachelor of Early Childhood Education program |
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Enhancing environmental awareness through the arts An outline of an action research project in which an arts-based curriculum is used to teach children about the natural environment, based on data collected in a classroom of 28 children |
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Evaluating Sure Start: Interprofessionalism and parental involvement in local programmes An overview of the central concepts, policy background, and evaluations of parental and multidisciplinary professional involvement in Sure Start Local Programmes |
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The everyday life of children across early childhood institution and the family An inquiry into the relationship between early childhood institutions and children’s family environments, and the influence of different environments on children’s development, based on a study of six families with 5-year-olds in an early childhood institution (ECI) in Denmark |
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Examining early childhood teachers perceptions of ICT A study of the availability and use of information and communication technology in the classroom and teachers’ ICT-related skills and professional development endeavors, based on the questionnaire responses of 7 teachers and the interview responses of a small number of teachers and children at a child care center and a kindergarten in Wellington |
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ICT in early childhood education: Perceptions, potential and reality An exploration of the benefits of and barriers to the use of information and communication technology (ICT) with young children, based on the questionnaire responses of 334 respondents from kindergartens, playcenters, kohanga reo, and early care and education centers in 5 districts of New Zealand |
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The impact of early numeracy engagement on four-year-old Indigenous students A study of the effect of a non-compulsory Preparatory (Prep) year of preschool on the number, patterning, and oral language scores of low-income aboriginal children, based on an experimental group of 2 children and a control group of 2 children |
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In search of quality: A local and global perspective Descriptions of two child care sites in the same district of Beijing: a gated suburban wealthy preschool and a playgroup at a public market serving the children of poor internal-migrant families, and a discussion of the appropriateness of quality measures in these two settings |
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Inside role-play in early childhood education: Researching young children's perspectives A year-long ethnographic study of children’s experiences with shared pretend play in three early childhood classrooms, and a discussion of the role of play in early childhood pedagogy |
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Learning together: A child perspective on educational arrangements of special education An inquiry into effectiveness of isolated learning for children with special needs in Denmark, with a focus on the need for a special education approach centered on children’s communities and environment |
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Measuring what Australian students entering primary school know and can do A validation of the Performance Indicators in Primary Schools Baseline Assessment (PIPS-BLA) instrument and a study of the results of its implementation in several jurisdictions of Australia, based on the scores of 1256 students at the time of school entry in 2006 |
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Partnerships in learning: Linking early childhood services, families and schools for optimal development A study of school readiness contributions of and collaboration between early education services, parents, and schools, based on the perceptions of 9 kindergarten teachers in Greater Western Sydney |
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The Preparatory Year in a Queensland non-government school: Exploring parents’ views An exploration of parents’ views on the Preparatory Year school transition program, based on interviews with 26 parents with children enrolled in the Preparatory Program in a school in urban southeast Queensland, Australia |
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Prep students achieving enhanced literacy outcomes: Investigating the teaching practices of their highly skilled teachers An investigation into the early literacy teaching practices of experienced early childhood educators, based on a survey of 9 preparatory teachers in Tasmania, Australia |
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