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4th survey of parents of three and four year old children and their use of early years services: (Summer 1999 to spring 2000)
National Centre for Social Research (Great Britain), January 2001
(Research Report No. RR247). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Employment.

Findings from a survey of parents of three- and four-year-old children on their use of early childhood education and care services, based on a survey sample of 5955 parents in England

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Amongst women: Exploring the reality of rural childcare
Halliday, Joyce, 2001
Sociologia Ruralis, 41(4), 423-437

A study of the provision and use of child care in rural Devon, England

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Attributions of service switching: A study of consumers’ and providers’ perceptions of child-care service delivery
Grace, Debra, 2001
Journal of Services Marketing, 15(4/5), 300-321

An examination of factors that surround families’ switch between child care providers, and service providers’ perceptions of factors that influence switching behavior, based on survey responses from 84 families who had switched child care centers and 107 early childhood service providers from Australia

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Brazil early child development: A focus on the impact of preschools
World Bank. Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office. Human Development Dept., September 24, 2001
(Report No. 22841-BR). Washington, DC: World Bank, Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office, Human Development Dept.

An overview of the delivery of early education and child care services in Brazil, and a discussion of the role of preschool attendance on children’s later educational outcomes

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Brazil early child development: A focus on the impact of preschools [Executive summary]
World Bank. Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office. Human Development Dept., September 24, 2001
(Report No. 22841-BR). Washington, DC: World Bank, Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office, Human Development Dept.

A summary of an overview of the delivery of early education and child care services in Brazil, and a discussion of the role of preschool attendance on children’s later educational outcomes

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Breaking barriers: Provision and participation in an out-of-school centre
Mayall, Berry, 2001
Children & Society, 15(2), 70-81

An exploration of British children's rights and multi-agency workings uses the A Space project, a United Kingdom research and development project, as an exemplar for discussion

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Building equitable staff-parent communication in early childhood settings: An Australian case study
Hughes, Patrick, 2001
Early Childhood Research & Practice, 3(2)

An exploration of strategies for creating staff-parent relationships that involve parents more in the early education and care of children, based on information from interviews and surveys of 15 child care workers from 3 centers in Victoria, Australia

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Child care in Australia: The rights of children and child care workers
Nyland, Berenice, 2001
Development, 44(2), 81-85

An article arguing the privatization of child care in Australia will lead to a decrease in child care quality

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Child care in Slovenia: An example of a successful transition
Stropnik, Nada, 2001
Child: Care, Health and Development, 27(3), 263-278

A description of recent developments in child care policy in Slovenia

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Childcare quality improvement and assurance
University of London. Thomas Coram Research Unit, March, 2001
(Research Brief No. RB266). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Employment.

A summary of a study of the National Childcare Strategy program in the United Kingdom

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Childcare students and nursery workers: Follow up surveys and in-depth interviews
Great Britain. Department for Education and Skills, December 2001
(Research Report No. RR322). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A follow-up study on the mobility in the child care workforce and its influences on child care students and staff in the United Kingdom

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Childcare students and nursery workers: Follow up surveys and in-depth interviews [Executive summary]
Great Britain. Department for Education and Skills, December 2001
(Research Brief No. RB322). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

Key facts and findings of a follow-up study on the mobility in the child care workforce and its influences on child care students and staff in the United Kingdom

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Child care, women's labour market participation and labour market policy effectiveness in Canada
White, Linda A., 2001
Canadian Public Policy, 27(4), 385-405

An analysis of the effects of labor and child care policies on women's labor force participation in Canada

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Child-rearing antecedents of intergenerational relations in young adulthood: A prospective study
Belsky, Jay, 2001
Developmental Psychology, 37(6), 801-813

An analysis of parenting and family climate as predictors of intergenerational relations between young adult children and their middle age parents, using a sample 1000 New Zealand children ages 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, and 15 years of age to predict relations at age 26

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Co-constructing expertise: The development of parents' and teachers' ideas about literacy practices and the transition to school
McNaughton, Stuart, April 2001
Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 1(1), 40-58

A discussion of parents' and teachers' views of literacy practices and how they factor into effective school transitions for young children using previous research on school transitions

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Co-constructing expertise: The development of parents' and teachers' ideas about literacy practices and the transition to school
McNaughton, Stuart, 2001
Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 1(1), 40-58

A discussion of school transitions for urban children, focusing on parents’ and teachers’ ideas about teaching and learning literacy

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Conceptualizations underlying emergent readers' story writing
Bus, Adriana G., 2001
(CIERA Report No. 2-015). Ann Arbor, MI: Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement.

A theoretical discussion on the ways that children utilize different stages of writing skills when composing stories, drawn from case studies of 8 four- to- five year old children in the Netherlands

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Costs, output, and institutional differentiation in Danish childcare policy
Bogh Andersen, Lotte, 2001
Scandinavian Political Studies, 24(3), 195-214

An analysis of the differing costs to attend a child care center or home child care program in Denmark

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Distance early childhood teacher education in Korea
Park, Eunhye, 2001
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 22(4), 255-260

An overview of distance early childhood teacher education programs in Korea and their use of information and communication technologies (ICTs)

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Early childhood education and care policy in Portugal
Vasconcelos, Teresa, 2001
Lisbon: Portugal, Ministerio da Educacao, Departamento da Educacao Basica (Portugal, Ministry of Education, Department of Basic Education).

An overview of early childhood education and care (ECEC) policies in Portugal, with an emphasis on approaches to the development of policy and the delivery of services

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An early childhood research agenda: Voices from the field
Fleer, Marilyn, 2001
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Australia, Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs.

An examination of research literature on the long-term impacts of early childhood education participation on subsequent achievement and a study of the perceived research needs of Australian early childhood researchers, practitioners, and policymakers

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An early childhood research agenda: Voices from the field [Executive summary]
Fleer, Marilyn, 2001
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Australia, Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs.

A summary of an examination of research literature on the long-term impacts of early childhood education participation on subsequent achievement and a study of the perceived research needs of Australian early childhood researchers, practitioners, and policymakers

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Early childhood teachers' theories of progression and continuity
Wood, Elizabeth, 2001
International Journal of Early Years Education, 9(3), 229-243

Highlights of a study eliciting teacher understandings of progression and continuity and the influence of their understanding on the interpretation of the National Curriculum, based on a sample of fourteen teachers and seven pairs of children in England

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Early Excellence Centre pilot programme: Annual evaluation report 2000
Bertram, Tony, February 2001
(Research Brief No. RB 258). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Employment.

A summary of an evaluation of the Early Excellence Centres pilot program, discussing early evidence on functioning, program effectiveness, program design and implementation, and highlighting key issues for future development and improvements

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Early years professional development in Scotland: An emerging framework of qualifications
Menmuir, Joan, 2001
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 9(2), 45-58

A presentation of the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) for determining the qualifications of early childhood educators in Scotland

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