2010 National Early Childhood Education and Care Workforce Census
A study of the characteristics of the early childhood education and care (ECEC) workforce in Australia, including demographic characteristics, hours of work, qualifications, experience and tenure, job satisfaction, and retention, based on a survey of 12,983 ECEC service providers and a survey of 61,941 ECEC staff
Reports & Papers
2010 National Early Childhood Education and Care Workforce Census [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of the characteristics of the early childhood education and care (ECEC) workforce in Australia, including demographic characteristics, hours of work, qualifications, experience and tenure, job satisfaction, and retention, based on a survey of 12,983 ECEC service providers and a survey of 61,941 ECEC staff
Executive Summary
Accessing kindergarten in Queensland
A study of parents' beliefs about child development and early education services, barriers to early education access, and factors to facilitate access in Queensland, Australia, based on interviews with 30 mothers
Reports & Papers
Accessing kindergarten in Queensland [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of parents' beliefs about child development and early education services, barriers to early education access, and factors to facilitate access in Queensland, Australia, based on interviews with 30 mothers
Executive Summary
Access to childcare services: The role of demand and supply-side policies
A study of the relationships between the probability of low income parental use of child care and both individual and contextual variables, different child care tax deduction policies, and the provision of subsidized child care slots, based on nationally representative data from Belgium from the years 1994 through 2000
Reports & Papers
Age at preschool entrance and noncognitive skills before school: An instrumental variable approach
A study of the relationship of children's age at preschool entry to behavioral and socioemotional skills in the year prior to starting school in Germany, based on maternal reports collected at age 5 and 6 of children's date of preschool entry and children's assertiveness and ability to form friendships
Reports & Papers
An agenda for amazing children: Final report of the ECE Taskforce
An overview of the early childhood education sector in New Zealand with policy recommendations to ensure universal access to high-quality early childhood education services
Other
Ahakoa he iti: Early childhood pedagogies affirming of Maori children's rights to their culture
A discussion of the ways in which the features and history of Maori culture are realized in New Zealand's early education environments in light of the rights afforded to native education systems by the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Other
Alberta's day care controversy: From 1908 to 2009--and beyond
A study of the history of child care in Alberta, Canada, from 1908 through 2009
Reports & Papers
Alberta Inclusive Child Care Project
A study of the barriers to and facilitators of access to inclusive child care programs in Alberta, Canada, based on focus groups with parents, child care providers, and program directors, and a survey of child care programs
Reports & Papers
Alberta Inclusive Child Care Project [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of the barriers to and facilitators of access to inclusive child care programs in Alberta, Canada, based on focus groups with parents, child care providers, and program directors, and a survey of child care programs
Executive Summary
Assessing the development of preschoolers' mathematical patterning
A study of the effect of a preschool intervention focused on algebraic patterns on preschoolers' performance on a patterns test both immediately following the intervention and at the end of first grade, based on data collected from the preschoolers of a control classroom and an intervention classroom at two Australian preschools
Reports & Papers
Assessing the mathematical thinking of young children in New Zealand: The initial school years
An overview of assessment policy and practice in mathematics in the first 10 years of schooling in New Zealand, with selected findings from the Numeracy Development Projects
Other
Assessing toddler language competence: Agreement of parents' and preschool teachers' assessments
An exploration of the difference between parental and teacher assessments of child language skills and the influence of children's gender and parental education, based on assessments of 140 toddlers in preschool in Slovenia
Reports & Papers
Assessment of early childcare programs in Jordan
A comparison of parental and caregiver perceptions of and satisfaction with infant and toddler care quality in Jordan, based on a survey of 45 child caregivers and 120 parents
Reports & Papers
Assessment of indoor environment in Paris child day care centers
A documentation of the indoor air quality and contents of dust at Paris child care centers, and a comparison of pollutant levels in child care centers and children's homes, based on original data from 28 child care centers attended by a random sample of newborn babies from the Pollution and Asthma Risk: An Infant Study (PARIS) birth cohort and a random sample of 196 babies' dwellings from the same cohort
Reports & Papers
Association between attendance of day care centres and increased prevalence of eczema in the German birth cohort study LISAplus
A comparison of the prevalence and cumulative incidence of eczema in East and West Germany and an identification of risk factors associated with eczema, which includes child care attendance, based on data from Immune System and Allergies in East and West Germany Plus the influence of traffic emissions and genetics (LISAplus) birth cohort study conducted in Germany, that includes 3,097 children up to 6 years of age
Reports & Papers
Associations between pedagogues attitudes, praxis and policy in relation to physical activity of children in kindergarten: Results from a cross sectional study of health behavior amongst Danish pre-school children
A survey of the relationships between the frequency of planned episodes of physical activity and both staff attitudes and internal policies on the topic of physical activity in preschools and kindergartens, based on the questionnaire responses of staff at 1,834 Danish early education sites
Reports & Papers
Australian family day care educators: A snapshot of their qualifications, training and perceived support
A description of characteristics of Australian family day care educators, including their qualifications, professional training, characteristics the children in their care, and connections to both their professional organization and to community organizations, based on cross sectional data from 207 family day care educators from Wave Two of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, Birth Cohort
Reports & Papers
Barriers to participation: The experiences of disadvantaged young children, their families and professionals in engaging with early childhood services
A summary of a study in disadvantaged communities in New South Wales, Australia, of children's and parents' experiences of participation in early childhood settings and parents' and early childhood workers' perspectives on barriers to accessing early childhood services, based on questionnaires and in-depth interviews with 101 parents, interviews with 60 children, and focus groups with 40 early childhood workers
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Becoming a preschool child: Subjectification in toddlers during their introduction to preschool, from a gender perspective
An ethnographic inquiry into the influence of gender on children's transition into preschool, based on information for 19 girls and 4 boys aged 1 year through 18 months old enrolled in preschool in Sweden
Reports & Papers
Behavioral regulation and early academic achievement in Taiwan
A confirmation of the relationship between age and scores on the Head-to-Toes Task (HTT), a direct measure of behavioral regulation, and a confirmation of the relationship between HTT scores and vocabulary, early math and teacher-rated classroom behavioral regulation, in a sample of 152 3.5- through 4.5-year-olds in seven preschools in Taiwan
Reports & Papers
The beneficial effects of preschool attendance on adult cardiovascular disease risk
A comparison of the adult risk factors for heart disease found among attendees and non-attendees of South Australian Kindergarten Union preschools from 1940 through 1972, based on the telephone survey responses of a sample of 1,063 individuals from the state of South Australia
Reports & Papers
Birthdate and student achievement: The effects of school grouping practices in British Columbia
A study of the relationship of age at kindergarten entry to later academic outcomes, based on longitudinal data from 46,968 children in British Columbia, Canada, who entered kindergarten in fall 1995 and who had all been born from January through December 1990
Reports & Papers
Birthdate and student achievement: The effects of school grouping practices in British Columbia [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of the relationship of age at kindergarten entry to later academic outcomes, based on longitudinal data from 46,968 children in British Columbia, Canada, who entered kindergarten in fall 1995 and who had all been born from January through December 1990
Executive Summary
