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Case study of the Mesed project A case study conducted at one of five locations of Mesed, a two-generation program in Hungary to provide access to high-quality early education for disadvantaged Roma children and to improve Roma parenting practices, that examines participant characteristics, maternal education level and attitudes, and parental involvement in children's education |
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Can I teach English to children?: Turkish preservice teacher candidates and very young learners An examination of differences in attitudes of English language teaching teacher candidates before and after their short-term teaching experiences with very young learners of English, based on data from 82 students in the English Language Teaching Department of Dicle University, a state university in the southeastern region of Turkey |
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Don't we care?: The ethics and emotional labour of early years professionalism A philosophical discussion of professionalism in early care and education in England and a proposition that practitioners base their professionalism upon a political ethic of care which challenges the privatization and domestication of care and places it at the heart of thinking about society in terms of the cause of community and social justice |
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Early Years Foundation Stage Profile attainment by pupil characteristics, England 2010/11 Findings from a national assessment of the learning achievement of 5-year-old children in England by child characteristics, including gender, ethnicity, English as a first language, free school meal eligibility, and special educational needs |
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The Early Years Foundation Stage through the daily experiences of children Findings from a study of children's and teachers' experiences of national early years standards in England, based on observations of 20 children in 10 classrooms and interviews with 8 teachers in those classrooms |
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Early Years Strategy: Consultation with parents: Qualitative report prepared for: Department of Education An analysis of parents' responses to proposed early education policy reform to improve the quality and availability of services in Northern Ireland, based on 10 focus groups with 63 parents |
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Effects of early child-care on cognition, language, and task-related behaviours at 18 months: An English study A study of the relationship between family characteristics, child characteristics, and the characteristics of early child care, including quality of care and time in care, and the development of cognition, language, task-related attention, orientation/engagement, and emotion regulation of 18-month-old infants, based on data from a prospective longitudinal study of 1,201 infants from antenatal and postnatal community clinics in two large hospitals in England |
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Estimating net child care price elasticities of partnered women with pre-school children using a discrete structural labour supply-child care model A study of the relationship of changes in families' child care expenses to changes in maternal labor supply in Australia, based on an analysis of data from the 2005 through 2007 waves of an annual panel survey of approximately 7,000 households |
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Estimating net child care price elasticities of partnered women with pre-school children using a discrete structural labour supply-child care model [Executive summary] A summary of a study of the relationship of changes in families' child care expenses to changes in maternal labor supply in Australia, based on an analysis of data from the 2005 through 2007 waves of an annual panel survey of approximately 7,000 households |
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Evaluation of Flying Start: Findings from the baseline survey of families: Mapping needs and measuring early influence among families with babies aged 7-20 months: Appendices A description of the research design and data analysis for an evaluation of Flying Start, an integrated services program for families in disadvantaged areas in Wales, that examines families' use of Flying Start services and that compares parenting outcomes of families either living in or not living in areas served by Flying Start, based on survey responses from 3,591 families with children under 2 years old |
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Evaluation of Flying Start: Findings from the baseline survey of families: Mapping needs and measuring early influence among families with babies aged 7-20 months: Summary report A summary of an evaluation of Flying Start, an integrated services program for families in disadvantaged areas in Wales, that examines families' use of Flying Start services and that compares parenting outcomes of families either living in or not living in areas served by Flying Start, based on survey responses from 3,591 families with children under 2 years old |
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Evaluation of Flying Start: Findings from the baseline survey of families: Mapping needs and measuring early influence among families with babies aged seven to 20 months: Main report An evaluation of Flying Start, an integrated services program for families in disadvantaged areas in Wales, that examines families' use of Flying Start services and that compares parenting outcomes of families either living in or not living in areas served by Flying Start, based on survey responses from 3,591 families with children under 2 years old |
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Feasibility study for the trials of Payment by Results for children's centres Findings from the trial of an initiative in children's centers in the United Kingdom to introduce Payment by Results (PbR), which bases program funding on the achievement of target outcomes, that examine the potential of various PbR target outcomes, local authorities' views on PbR, and local authorities' plans to develop PbR initiatives, based on a review of submissions by 9 authorities in the PbR trial, interviews with 15 authority representatives, and a presentation and discussion with 28 authority representatives |
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Feasibility study for the trials of Payment by Results for children's centres [Executive summary] A summary of findings from the trial of an initiative in children's centers in the United Kingdom to introduce Payment by Results (PbR), which bases program funding on the achievement of target outcomes, that examine the potential of various PbR target outcomes, local authorities' views on PbR, and local authorities' plans to develop PbR initiatives, based on a review of submissions by 9 authorities in the PbR trial, interviews with 15 authority representatives, and a presentation and discussion with 28 authority representatives |
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Final report: Current requirements for tertiary qualifications in early childhood education: Implications for policy An exploration of the objectives and course content of 83 degree programs in early childhood education available at universities in Australia |
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Final report: Current requirements for tertiary qualifications in early childhood education: Implications for policy [Executive summary] A summary of an exploration of the objectives and course content of 83 degree programs in early childhood education available at universities in Australia |
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Focus group summary and analysis: Public perceptions of early learning and child care An examination of themes from focus groups on Canadian attitudes toward available early learning and child care options and toward the appeal of a broader vision for early learning, based on 10 focus groups conducted in five cities across Canada |
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Focus group summary and analysis: Public perceptions of early learning and child care [Executive summary] A summary of an examination of themes from focus groups on Canadian attitudes toward available early learning and child care options and toward the appeal of a broader vision for early learning, based on 10 focus groups conducted in five cities across Canada |
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Holiday childcare and activities: Key learning for sustainability Lessons learned from a pilot program to expand access to child care during school vacations at 19 sites in England during the 2010-2011 school year |
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Influence of teacher-student interactions on kindergarten children's developing gender identity within the Pakistani urban classroom culture A study of the role of teacher-student interactions in early childhood classrooms in the development of young children's gender identities, based on teacher interviews and observational data from 7 teachers and approximately 120 children in 4 kindergarten classrooms at a private, coeducational, English-medium school located in the city of Karachi, Pakistan |
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Interim research report: New Brunswick early childhood centres An evaluation of an effort to base integrated delivery of early childhood services at early childhood centers in New Brunswick, Canada, that examines parent, community partner, and early childhood educator perceptions of the centers, based on case study data collected at 4 sites during the first year of implementation |
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Interim research report: New Brunswick early childhood centres [Executive summary] A summary of an evaluation of an effort to base integrated delivery of early childhood services at early childhood centers in New Brunswick, Canada, that examines parent, community partner, and early childhood educator perceptions of the centers, based on case study data collected at 4 sites during the first year of implementation |
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Investigating pre-service early childhood teachers' attitudes towards the computer based education in science activities The purpose of this study was to investigate pre-service early childhood teachers' attitudes towards using Computer Based Education (CBE) while implementing science activities. More specifically, the present study examined the effect of different variables such as gender, year in program, experience in preschool, owing a computer, and the frequency of computer usage on pre-service early childhood teachers' attitudes towards using CBE while implementing science activities. The study was conducted by survey method and the data were collected by using two instruments which were "Demographical Questionnaire" being developed by researchers and "The Scale of Attitude toward Computer Based Education" being developed by Arslan (2006) and adapted by the researchers for early childhood education domain specifically. The sample of this study was 215 freshmen and senior early childhood teacher candidates attending state universities in Ankara. The data were analyzed by conducting t-tests and ANOVA in order to determine the effect of independent variables on CBE attitudes. (author abstract) |
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"It's not like a job now; It's part of me": Exploring African women's experiences in the Irish childcare sector A study of the experiences, issues, and challenges of African child care providers given their unique position as recently settled, ethnic minority women in the West of Ireland, based on interviews with 12 women, all with significant educational and employment experiences from their home countries in West Africa |
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Labor supply and child care choices in a rationed child care market A study of the relationship of maternal labor force participation to child care choices in Germany, accounting for access restrictions related to child care costs and availability, based on a subsample of 1,495 households from the German Socio-Economic Panel |
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