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2006 childcare and early years providers surveys: Children's centres A study of characteristics of Sure Start children's centers, which provide integrated child development services including child care, in the United Kingdom, including centers' administrative and business practices, characteristics of children served, and staff size, wages, recruitment and retention, qualifications, and training, based on surveys of center managers |
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2006 childcare and early years providers surveys: Nursery schools A study of characteristics of preschools in the United Kingdom, including characteristics of children served and staff size, wages, recruitment and retention, qualifications, and training, based on surveys of preschool principals |
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2006 childcare and early years providers surveys: Overview report A comparison of characteristics--including characteristics of children served, provider income, and staff size, wages, recruitment, qualifications, and training--of child care and early education provider organizations in eight sectors--family child care providers, out-of-school time providers, full-day care providers, part-day providers, Sure Start children's centers, preschools, primary schools with transition classes for four- and five-year-old children but not preschool classes, and primary schools with both preschool and transition classes--in the United Kingdom |
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2006 childcare and early years providers surveys: Primary schools with nursery and reception classes A study of characteristics of primary schools in the United Kingdom offering reception classes, education for four- and five-year-old children transitioning to primary school, and preschool classes, including characteristics of children served by these classes and staff size, wages, recruitment and retention, qualifications, and training |
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2006 childcare and early years providers surveys: Primary schools with reception but no nursery classes A study of characteristics of primary schools in the United Kingdom offering reception classes, education for four- and five-year-old children transitioning to primary school, but not preschool classes, including characteristics of children in reception classes and reception class staff size, wages, recruitment and retention, qualifications, and training |
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2006 childcare and early years providers surveys: Sessional providers A study of characteristics of organizations providing part-time child care in the United Kingdom, including organizations' administrative and business practices, characteristics of children served, and staff size, wages, recruitment and retention, qualifications, and training, based on surveys of managers of provider organizations |
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Aboriginal young children's language and literacy development: Progress, promising practices, and needs A compendium of information on the speech and language development of aboriginal children under six years old living in Canada, and a proposal for a national strategy to support the language and literacy development of these children |
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Acoustic analysis of lexical tone in Mandarin infant-directed speech A comparison between the acoustics and inflection of language of Mandarin-Chinese mothers when speaking to their 10-12 month-old infants and when speaking to adults, based on vocal recordings of 16 mothers |
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Analyzing the cognitive teaching styles of preservice and cooperating preschool teachers in Turkey A descriptive investigation of the relationship between the cognitive styles and instructional preferences of Turkish preschool student-teachers and their practicing preschool teacher mentors |
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Assessing the role of book reading practices in Indian bilingual children's English language and literacy development An examination of the impact of Indian bilingual parents’ book reading practices on the development of their children’s English oral language, narrative, and literacy skills, testing the skills of 24 bilingual children from two preschools in Bangalore, India |
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Assignments as a pedagogical tool in learning to teach science: A case study An interpretive study of teacher effectiveness in discovering children’s prior knowledge in the field of science |
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Beyond anti-bias education: Changing conceptions of diversity and equity in European early childhood education An examination of changing perceptions of diversity and equity using a historical analysis of Belgian child care policies |
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The Birth to School Study: Evidence on the effectiveness of PEEP, an early intervention for children at risk of educational under-achievement Findings from the Birth to School Study (BTSS), a longitudinal evaluation of the Peers Early Education Partnership (PEEP), a family-focused program aimed at promoting early literacy, numeracy, and self esteem in the United Kingdom |
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Building better communities for children: Community implementation and evaluation of the Australian Early Development Index An overview of the implementation of the Australian Early Development Index (AEDI) |
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Child care and multiculturalism: A site of governance marked by flexibility and openness An examination of multiculturalism and the link between child care, globalization and citizenship derived from a qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews with 10 early childhood educators who work with migrant children in Canada |
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Child care and poverty in South Africa: An ethnographic challenge to conventional interpretations An examination of the association between poverty and nature and quality of child care in a resource-poor low income urban area in South Africa using data from ethnographic research |
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Child's attachment to his/her mother, father and kindergarten teacher An analysis of the relationships between attachments to mothers, fathers, and kindergarten teachers in a sample of 178 kindergarten children aged 36 to 82 months, using newly developed scales of attachment |
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A contemporary glimpse of play and learning in Aotearoa New Zealand An analysis of the nature of young children’s play and learning, using videos of the activities of six children, aged between 16 and 26 months, within five different child care centers in New Zealand, and reactions to the videos from parents and educators, as expressed in in-depth interviews |
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Context matters: The interrelatedness of early literacy skills, developmental health, and community demographics A population-level study of the relationships between school-level early literacy rates, developmental health of the population, and demographic factors, in 23 schools from one school district in British Columbia, Canada |
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A cultural-historical analysis of early childhood education: How do teachers appropriate new cultural tools? An exploration of the ways in which pre-service teachers experience the disconnect between early childhood theory and practice, based on a sample of 40 pre-service teachers learning from a cultural-historical theoretical perspective |
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A culture of tenderness: Teachers' socialization practices in group care settings An observational study of the techniques teachers use to help children participate in group culture, based on observations at mealtimes at a community-based child care center |
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Determinants of child care participation An exploration of factors that influence parents’ decision to enroll their children in formal child care, and an investigation into the relationship of maternal employment decisions to parents’ need for child care, based on data from more than 12,000 households in West Germany |
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Determinants of child care participation An exploration of factors that influence parents’ decision to enroll their children in formal child care, and an investigation into the relationship of maternal employment decisions to parents’ need for child care, based on data from more than 12,000 households in West Germany |
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The determinants of quality care: Review and research report A study of the relationships among children's stress levels, caregiver stress levels, and structural and process measures of child care quality, based on data collected in child care centers in Perth, Australia |
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Developing the communicative competence and narrative thinking of four and five year olds in educational settings An investigation of a method to stimulate the development of narrative thinking and communication skills among 13 four and five year old children in England |
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