15 by 15: A comprehensive policy framework for early human capital investment in BC
An argument for reducing the percentage of developmentally vulnerable children in British Columbia, Canada, to 15 by 2015, including a policy framework to achieve the goal
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2012 London childcare report
An examination of child care supply, demand, and prices in London, United Kingdom
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The ABC of child care politics
A study of the growth of private and for-profit child care services, the adequacy of regulations and standards, the cost of care, and the implications for both politics and public policy, with an argument for a more robust approach to regulation and quality control due to the emergence of ABC Learning as the dominant corporate provider of child care services in Australia
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Accountability and quality in early childhood education: Perspectives from Asia
An introduction to a special issue of the journal Early Education and Development, focusing on the influence of accountability and quality rating efforts of select early education environments in Hong Kong, China, and India
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Accountability and quality in early childhood education: Perspectives from Asia [Special issue]
A special issue of the journal Early Education and Development, focusing on the influence of accountability and quality rating efforts of select early education environments in Hong Kong, China, and India
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Accounting for quality in Australian childcare: A dilemma for policymakers
An argument for Australian child care policy to be based on evidence-based process quality in light of current policies based on structural quality, through an investigation of the Quality Improvement and Accreditation System (QIAS) and its application in child care centers in Australia
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Acquisition of hearing, listening and speech skills by and during key stage 1
An examination of the relationship between effective classroom teaching and factors that may affect listening and speech skills in children between the ages of 5 and 7, including classroom acoustic environments, reduced hearing sensitivity, and underdeveloped listening skills
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Advancement of preschoolers' resilience: The A.R.Y.A. Project
A discussion of the Advancement of Preschoolers’ Resilience Project's (A.R.Y.A.) resiliency-building intervention program for 4-year-old kindergarten students in Israel
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AEU response to the consultation paper towards the development of a national agenda for early childhood
A discussion of the development of a national agenda for early childhood care and education in Australia
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AEU submission to the independent inquiry into the provision of universal access to high quality preschool education
A description of the state of universal access to high quality preschool education in Australia by the Australian Education Union in response to an independent inquiry
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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
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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
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Alphabet and phonological awareness: Can it be enhanced in the early childhood setting?
A proposal to use professional development to increase teachers' understandings of both the alphabet principle and phonological awareness and to implement them both within a holistic curriculum and within the context of children’s play, based on literacy research conducted in New Zealand
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Analysing complex policy change in Hong Kong: What role for critical discourse analysis?
An exploration of a key policy text on preprimary education in Hong Kong that seeks to assess to what extent discourse analysis methods can help develop a better understanding of the processes of policy development
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Anniversaries in the Finnish kindergarten system: How and why the system was created
An overview of the history of the Finnish child care system, from the creation of the folk kindergarten in 1888 to the adoption of the Day Care Act of 1996, which guaranteed all children under 7 years the right to child care.
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Arab Republic of Egypt strategic options for early childhood education
A presentation of strategies for the expansion of early childhood and kindergarten programs in Egypt
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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
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Assessing quality in childminding
A discussion of child care quality assessments for child care centers in Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
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Assessment: Profiling literacy with young indigenous children
A summary of results from a study examining the reliability and validity of a preschool profile tool designed to assess factors that influence early literacy development of young, Australian, indigenous children
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Attitudes towards childcare in Australia
A study of factors influencing attitudes towards childcare and maternal employment in Australia
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Attracting and keeping qualified early childhood care centre staff
An overview of factors causing problems for the recruitment and retention of qualified child care workers in Nova Scotia
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Attracting and keeping qualified staff in Canadian child care: The national environmental scan
An overview of the effects of workplace conditions, professional status and recognition, societal attitudes, policies, and education and training on recruitment and retention of qualified child care workers in Canada
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Australian early childhood educators: From government policy to university practice
This article provides an overview of the Australian Federal Government initiatives in the area of early childhood with regard to the provision of early childhood education and care. These changes have influenced a Western Australian university to develop an innovative birth to 8 years preservice educator education curriculum. Using an ecological approach, this preservice curriculum reform is designed to address the growing need for teachers who recognize the importance of a child's physical, emotional, and cognitive development from birth to 8 years as significant in preparing young children for entry into "formal learning." (author abstract)
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Australian Government report on the April 2003 Child Care Workforce Think Tank
A summary of a meeting that brought together stakeholders in the child care sector to develop a whole-sector approach to addressing the future of the child care workforce in Australia
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Australian home education and Vygotskian learning theory
A discussion of research and theories influencing early childhood home education in Australia
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