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Bicultural development in early childhood care and education in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Views of teachers and teacher educators
Ritchie, Jenny, 2003
Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 23(1), 7-19

An exploration of the role of biculturally relevant programs in early childhood care, based on data gathered from 18 interviews with early childhood teachers

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The care of mildly ill children: Perspectives of Canadian parents and childcare directors
Polyzoi, Eleoussa, 2003
Journal of Early Childhood Research, 1(2), 213-225

A comparison between parents' child care preferences for mildly ill children and those of child care directors

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Evaluation of mental health consultation in child care centers
Alkon, Abbey, 2003
Early Childhood Education Journal, 31(2), 91-99

An analysis of the influences of four mental health consultation models on 25 San Francisco child care centers to enhance children’s emotional lives and social abilities, and to strengthen child care center staff’s capacity to work with children who have difficult behaviors

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Improving early childhood teacher education: Preservice teachers' beliefs about inclusion
Baum, Angela C., 2003
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 24(3), 147-156

A discussion of the beliefs of preservice teachers on the inclusion of students with disabilities, using data obtained from focus groups and interviews with 19 undergraduate students at a large Midwestern university

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Manitoba case study on retention and recruitment
Mayer, Debra, January 2003
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: Child Care Connection Nova Scotia.

A history and overview of efforts in Manitoba to increase the recruitment and retention of qualified child care workers

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The meaning of play: A cross-cultural study of American and Japanese teachers' perspectives on play
Taylor, Satomi Izumi, 2003
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 24(4), 311-322

An investigation into the meanings of play to early childhood educators, based on a survey of 41 Japanese teachers and 41 American teachers

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Men's work?: Changing the gender mix of the childcare and early years workforce
Owen, Charlie, 2003
(Facing the Future: Policy Papers No. 6). London: Daycare Trust.

A discussion of England’s efforts to encourage male workforce participation in child care and early education, including discussions on gender equality, the labor market, children’s needs, child protection, male and female child care workers and parents’ views and experiences, and elements of a strategy to increase male child care work

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Preschool teachers' play experiences then and now
Sandberg, Anette, 2003
Early Childhood Research & Practice, 5(1)

An exploration of teachers’ remembrances of their childhood play and their perceptions on children’s play today, based on interviews with 20 preschool teachers in Sweden

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Recruitment and retention of childcare, early years and play workers: Research study
Rolfe, Heather, March 2003
(Research Brief No. 409). London, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department Education and Skills.

An exploration of the factors that influence the recruitment and retention of early childhood workers, based on interview with early childhood program administrators and staff from 8 Early Years Development and Childcare Partnerships in England

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Recruitment and retention of childcare, early years and play workers: Research study
Great Britain. Department for Education and Skills, March 2003
(Research Report No. RR409). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A predominately qualitative study of child care, early years, and play workers in Great Britain intended to identify successful and less successful approaches to the recruitment and retention of these workers to inform the country’s national recruitment campaign, including child care workers’ own perspective of what attracted them to this sector and encourages them to remain

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Recruitment and retention of childcare, early years and play workers: Research study [Executive summary]
Great Britain. Department for Education and Skills, March 2003
(Research Report No. RR409). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

A summary of a predominately qualitative study of child care, early years, and play workers in Great Britain intended to identify successful and less successful approaches to the recruitment and retention of these workers to inform the country’s national recruitment campaign, including child care workers’ own perspective of what attracted them to this sector and encourages them to remain

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The role of preschools and preschool teachers: Icelandic preschool educators' discourses
Einarsdottir, Johanna, 2003
Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 23(2), 103-116

A study on the views of early childhood educators on their field and their professionalism, using data obtained through focus group interviews with twenty preschool teachers, directors, consultants, and educators

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Staffing your child care center: A theoretical and practical approach
Schwarz, Rona L., 2003
West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University, Military Family Research Institute.

A report describing various issues surrounding staff turnover in early childhood care and education

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A study of the operation of the childminder start-up grant
Irving, Andrew, 2003
(Research Report No. 483). Nottingham, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education and Skills.

An evaluation of the operation of the Childminder Start-Up Grant and an assessment of best practices in terms of administration methods, how the grant was advertised and promoted, and how the grant was used to recruit new child care providers

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T.E.A.C.H. early childhood Wisconsin evaluation report: August 1999-June 2003
Adams, Diane B., 2003

The evaluation of a scholarship program designed to improve the educational qualifications, wages and retention rates of child care workers in Wisconsin

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Teachers' perceptions of teacher-child relationships in nursery schools
Fumoto, Hiroko, 2003
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 11(2), 29-42

An examination of nursery school teachers’ perceptions of their relationships with their students, as evaluated using the Student-Teacher Relationship Scale (STRS), based on a sample of 10 nursery school teachers and their students

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Trends over time: Wisconsin's child care workforce
Adams, Diane B., 2003

A report summarizing the data on the education, compensation and turnover of the child care workforce in Wisconsin between 1980 and 2001

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Turnover begets turnover: An examination of job and occupational instability among child care center staff
Whitebook, Marcy, 2003
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 18(3), 273-293

A longitudinal study in California looks at the high turnover rate of child care center staff and professional characteristics that may add to this problem

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The union advantage in child care: How unionization can help recruitment and retention
Kass, Jamie, 2003
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: Child Care Connections.

A study of the impact of unionization on the recruitment and retention of child care workers in Canada

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What do teachers need?: Practitioners' perspectives on early childhood professional development
Ackerman, Debra J., 2003
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 24(4), 291-302

A discussion of prerequisite qualifications to be possessed by all teachers, based on information gathered from interviews with two long-time educators

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What should we create today?: Improvisational teaching in play-based classrooms
Lobman, Carrie, 2003
Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 23(2), 131-142

A case study on the role of improvisation and play in a child care setting, based on a sample of two classrooms of students aged 20 months to 5 years old

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