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Early Childhood Policies and Systems in Eight Countries

Author : Tony Bertram
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319398474
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (193 download)

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Download or read book Early Childhood Policies and Systems in Eight Countries written by Tony Bertram and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-29 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report provides an overview of policy strategies on early childhood education settings (from birth to primary schooling) in eight countries. Data were collected using a policy questionnaire addressed to and completed by the National Research Coordinator(s) (NRC) of Chile, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Italy, Poland, the Russian Federation and the United States. The countries that participated provide interesting illustrations of early childhood education policy in action in a range of diverse contexts. Analysis of the systemic and structural results of ECE policy at national and, where necessary, subnational levels, enables transnational comparisons in policy and systems. Key policy changes, both underway and planned, are documented. These data reveal key findings in each of the five policy areas as covered in the questionnaire and this report: public policy; delivery models and providers; participation and enrollment; quality assurance systems; and expectations for child outcomes. In particular, the study aims to provide meaningful information for countries, states and jurisdictions across the world in relation to early childhood education, mapping the systems, structures and user pathways in place, along with the perceptions of stakeholders about the system, its functioning and impact. This comprehensive assessment of the wider policy contexts and settings for early childhood education includes teacher/practitioner qualifications, pedagogy approaches, and opportunities for professional development. Such information will enable countries to review their early childhood education systems in an international context.

Early Childhood Policies and Systems in Eight Countries

Author : Tony Bertram
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book Early Childhood Policies and Systems in Eight Countries written by Tony Bertram and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report provides an overview of policy strategies on early childhood education settings (from birth to primary schooling) in eight countries. Data were collected using a policy questionnaire addressed to and completed by the National Research Coordinator(s) (NRC) of Chile, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Italy, Poland, the Russian Federation and the United States. The countries that participated provide interesting illustrations of early childhood education policy in action in a range of diverse contexts. Analysis of the systemic and structural results of ECE policy at national and, where necessary, subnational levels, enables transnational comparisons in policy and systems. Key policy changes, both underway and planned, are documented. These data reveal key findings in each of the five policy areas as covered in the questionnaire and this report: public policy; delivery models and providers; participation and enrollment; quality assurance systems; and expectations for child outcomes. In particular, the study aims to provide meaningful information for countries, states and jurisdictions across the world in relation to early childhood education, mapping the systems, structures and user pathways in place, along with the perceptions of stakeholders about the system, its functioning and impact. This comprehensive assessment of the wider policy contexts and settings for early childhood education includes teacher/practitioner qualifications, pedagogy approaches, and opportunities for professional development. Such information will enable countries to review their early childhood education systems in an international context.

Early Childhood Education Policies in Asia Pacific

Author : Hui Li
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811015287
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Early Childhood Education Policies in Asia Pacific written by Hui Li and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-28 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book evaluates recent early childhood education policies on the basis of a ‘3A2S’ framework, which refers to accessibility, affordability, accountability, sustainability, and social justice. It systematically and empirically reviews early childhood education policies in specific countries and areas in the Asia-Pacific Region, such as Australia, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, and so on. As the first English-language collection of large-scale reviews of early childhood education policies in Asia Pacific, this book will be of great value to early childhood educators, policymakers, researchers, and postgraduate students in the Region and beyond.

An Equal Start?

Author : Gambaro, Ludovica
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447310527
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book An Equal Start? written by Gambaro, Ludovica and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2015-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early childhood education and care has become a central policy concern in many countries, and as services expand it is crucial to examine whether children from disadvantaged backgrounds receive equitable services. InAn Equal Start? experts from eight countries—the United States, the United Kingdom, Norway, France, the Netherlands, Germany, New Zealand, and Australia—examine how early education and care is organized, funded, and regulated in their respective countries. They give up-to-date pictures of the access to services, providing rich insights into how policies play out in practice and the effects on the provision of services to disadvantaged children. Together they reveal a number of common tensions and complexities that many countries face in ensuring that early education and care is affordable, accessible, and of the highest possible quality.

The Development of Early Childhood Education in Europe and North America

Author : Harry Willekens
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137441984
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book The Development of Early Childhood Education in Europe and North America written by Harry Willekens and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The public provision of early childhood education has developed at different rates across individual countries over the past two centuries. This book provides the historical background to explain how these national differences occurred, with particular reference to welfare and educational systems, to highlight how particular influences grew.

EBOOK: Quality in Early Childhood Services - An International Perspective

Author : Helen Penn
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0335240240
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book EBOOK: Quality in Early Childhood Services - An International Perspective written by Helen Penn and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2011-01-16 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how quality and good practice in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is interpreted and implemented in a variety of settings and circumstances. Drawing on her experience of research and policy making in a wide variety of countries, the author considers the variety of rationales that inform services for early childhood education and care. Services are organized, financed and delivered in many different ways across the world. The policies that have been adopted by governments, and the resources which are made available for implementing them, have shaped practice. On the one hand there are complex ideas about what children should be learning and how they should be learning. These ideas about curriculum and the training of teachers and carers may differ radically between countries. On the other hand policies have been prompted by the need to reconcile family and work obligations and to provide childcare to support working mothers, irrespective of educational concerns. The notions of economic competition and parental choice have led to the growth of private for-profit childcare services which promote a particular view of quality and achievement. Above all, growing inequality within countries, and between rich and poor countries, have undermined attempts to provide good quality services. In an unfair world, the impact of any services is likely to be distorted. The book charts the many different approaches to understanding and measuring quality and gives an exceptionally well-informed overview.

Investment in Early Childhood Education in a Globalized World

Author : Guangyu Tan
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 1137600411
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (376 download)

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Download or read book Investment in Early Childhood Education in a Globalized World written by Guangyu Tan and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-25 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comparative study of how early childhood educational policies and initiatives in three countries—China, India, and the United States—have been utilized as both direct and indirect strategies for responding to fierce global economic competition. Human capital theory and cultural ecology theory serve as the conceptual framework for discussing how this has played out in each of the three countries. In addition, this book presents a discussion and analysis of how the beliefs, parents’ perspectives, and practices with regard to child-rearing and the education of young children have both changed and remained the same in response to forces of globalization.

World Class Initiatives and Practices in Early Education

Author : Louise Boyle Swiniarski
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400778538
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Book Synopsis World Class Initiatives and Practices in Early Education by : Louise Boyle Swiniarski

Download or read book World Class Initiatives and Practices in Early Education written by Louise Boyle Swiniarski and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-12-11 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers current international initiatives, developed for working with children from “Birth to Eight” by a diverse group of noted professional authors. Their readings present an overview of early education as it evolved from the Froebelian kindergarten to today’s practices in various Early Education settings around the globe. The international voices of the authors represent a balanced perspective of happenings in various nations and lend a conversational approach to each chapter. The chapters analyze the Universal Preschool Education movement promoted by various countries, states, and agencies; examine model curriculum programs in a variety of teaching/learning settings; and identify directions the community can take in promoting effective early education programs. Particular attention is given to key issues and concerns faced by practitioners and families world-wide. Studies reveal successful approaches to bilingual education in a Chilean kindergarten, research findings on gender differences in primary school girls for learning science in Wales, literacy development strategies for teaching in UK multicultural classrooms and childhood centres, the process of integration special education with early childhood practices in China, and exemplars of community outreach to improve the well being of children through advocacy for governmental changes in early education policies and professional development. This book is for everyone interested in the well being of young children moving forward in a global age to meet the challenges of early citizenship in their world.

Children and Society

Author : Centre for Educational Research and Innovation
Publisher : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ; [Washington, D.C. : sold by OECD Publications and Information Center]
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Children and Society written by Centre for Educational Research and Innovation and published by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ; [Washington, D.C. : sold by OECD Publications and Information Center]. This book was released on 1981 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eight essays in this volume were written in response to a request for critical comments on early childhood policies and on particularly controversial subjects. The essays cover eight topics: (1) day care problems, including short- and long-term effects on children of different ages, policy questions, developmental issues, and evaluation criteria; (2) education and health care integration, focusing upon maternal and child health care, preschool education, and children with special needs; (3) women, children, and child care centers in the Netherlands, focusing upon parent relationships with child care centers and on government legislation regarding child care centers; (4) social policy and child development, specifically describing the concept of ecology in human development; (5) models of social management of children's services, with critical appraisal of integrated projects in France; (6) coordination of services to preschoolers, focusing upon both resource needs and on implementation of practices based upon theory; (7) parent education, presenting course offerings, methods for implementing courses, and research about course effects; (8) training professionals and parents, with descriptions of projects in several countries, use of media, in-service training styles, and some British parents' protests about parent education. (DB)

Assessing and Evaluating Early Childhood Education Systems

Author : Susanne Garvis
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030999106
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Assessing and Evaluating Early Childhood Education Systems written by Susanne Garvis and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-07-04 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides global perspectives on assessment and evaluation practices with young children in contemporary times within early childhood education systems. It critiques and evaluates current evaluation and assessment goals and tools in early childhood settings. The book also compares the different approaches to educational evaluations from different countries in early childhood education and care. It provides insights into different approaches, techniques as well as perspectives of micro and macro-levels of analysis. This book aims to create an international understanding about the thematic conceptions of assessment for early childhood education and care.

Beginning School

Author : Richard M. Clifford
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807749319
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (493 download)

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Download or read book Beginning School written by Richard M. Clifford and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2008-11-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States is at a pivotal crossroads in determining the educational experiences of children aged 3 through 8. To help educators set goals and design effective policies, early childhood experts Clifford and Crawford provide a concise history of early education and care in the United States and invite readers to consider early schooling in a global perspective. Distinguished scholars from five countries that value early education as an integral part of life-long learning—France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, and Sweden—examine the evolution of early childhood practices in their countries. Providing invaluable insight and guidance as we move toward fully serving children and families in our schools, this volume: Identifies common themes and challenges among six economically advantaged countries, and contrasts their different approaches to educating young children. Features international contributors that identify the critical issues and decisions from their own countries’ perspectives. Describes the social forces that are leading the United States toward universal access to school beginning at age 3. International contributors: Véronique Francis (France), Michael Gaffney (New Zealand), Inge Johansson (Sweden), Hans-Guenther Rossbach (Germany), and Reiko Uzuhashi (Japan)

Early Childhood Education and Care Quality in Europe and the USA

Author : Konstantina Rentzou
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000008053
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early Childhood Education and Care Quality in Europe and the USA written by Konstantina Rentzou and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-21 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book captures information about early childhood education and care (ECEC) policies and practices in different countries and aims to question the degree to which these countries have managed to meet the needs of children, families, and the ECEC workforce. The book illustrates how different countries have adapted different strategies focusing on policy when it comes to quality ECEC. The goal of the book is twofold. First and foremost, it aims to present key findings and challenges for improving ECEC as a whole. Second, it aims to highlight problems and concerns which the field of ECEC faces, with respect to delivering high-quality care and education to all children. As neither “ECEC” nor “quality” are universal concepts – but are shaped by social-cultural values, as well as national, economic, and political contexts in which ECEC services are provided – this cross-country volume is extremely relevant for fully understanding issues in the field of ECEC. This book was originally published as a special issue of Early Child Development and Care.

The Policies of Childcare and Early Childhood Education

Author : Katja Repo
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1788117751
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (881 download)

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Book Synopsis The Policies of Childcare and Early Childhood Education by : Katja Repo

Download or read book The Policies of Childcare and Early Childhood Education written by Katja Repo and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-31 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely book reveals how policies of childcare and early childhood education influence children’s circumstances and the daily lives of families with children. Examining how these policies are approached, it focuses particularly on the issues and pitfalls related to equal access.

Handbook of International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education

Author : Jaipaul L. Roopnarine
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317203615
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Book Synopsis Handbook of International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education by : Jaipaul L. Roopnarine

Download or read book Handbook of International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education written by Jaipaul L. Roopnarine and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-21 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education provides a groundbreaking compilation of research from an interdisciplinary group of distinguished experts in early childhood education (ECE), child development, cultural and cross-cultural research in the psychological sciences, etc. The chapters provide current overviews of ECE in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, Africa, Europe, the US, and Canada, and convey how ECE is multi-sectorial, multi-cultural, and multi-disciplinary, undergirded by such disciplines as neuroscience, psychological anthropology, cross-cultural human development, childhood studies, and political science.

Early Childhood Systems

Author : Lynn Kagan
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807771759
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Early Childhood Systems written by Lynn Kagan and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2015-04-24 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this seminal volume, leading authorities strategize about how to create early childhood systems that transcend politics and economics to serve the needs of all young children. The authors offer different interpretations of the nature of early childhood systems, discuss the elements necessary to support their development, and examine how effectiveness can be assessed. With a combination of cutting-edge scholarship and practical examples of systems-building efforts taking place in the field, this book provides the foundation educators and policymakers need to take important steps toward developing more conceptually integrated approaches to early childhood care, education, and comprehensive services. Book Features: Provides the only up-to-date, comprehensive examination of early childhood systems.Considers new efforts to expand services, improve quality, maximize resources, and reduce inequities in early childhood.Offers a forum for the field to come together to frame a set of cogent recommendations for the future. Contributors: Kimberly Boller, Andrew Brodsky, Charles Bruner, Dean Clifford, Julia Coffman, Jeanine Coleman, Harriet Dichter, Sangree Froelicher, Eugene García, Stacie Goffin, Jodi Hardin, Karen Hill Scott, Janice Gruendel, Marilou Hyson, Amy Kershaw, Lisa G. Klein, Denise Mauzy, Geoffrey Nagle, Karen Ponder, Ann Reale, Sue Russell, Diana Schaack, Helene M. Stebbins, Jennifer M. Stedron, Kate Tarrant, Kathy R. Thornburg, Kathryn Tout, Fasaha Traylor, Jessica Vick Whittaker Sharon Lynn Kagan is the Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of Early Childhood and Family Policy and Co-Director of the National Center for Children and Families at Teachers College, Columbia University. Kristie Kauerz is the program director for PreK-3rd Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). “A veritable encyclopedia of ideas on early childhood system building.” —Barbara T. Bowman,Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Development, Erikson Institute “The key to successful change is continued development of the frames of reference. Both editors have respected the past, listened to the implementers, and provided a context for moving forward. Like efforts to build systems of child development, which we must now link to growth in specific children we know by name, the book ends with robust examples of the work in progress. Sharon Lynn Kagan and Kristie Kauerz don't just talk about the work, they participate in the creation of change.” —Sherri Killins, Ed.D, Commissioner, Department of Early Education and Care, Massachusetts

Contemporary Issues and Challenge in Early Childhood Education in the Asia-Pacific Region

Author : Minyi Li
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811022070
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Book Synopsis Contemporary Issues and Challenge in Early Childhood Education in the Asia-Pacific Region by : Minyi Li

Download or read book Contemporary Issues and Challenge in Early Childhood Education in the Asia-Pacific Region written by Minyi Li and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-26 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the unique and dynamic approaches to key issues of changing images of child and childhood, by different countries in the Asia-Pacific. Key concepts considered are re-conceptualizing early childhood education and care, re-eaxming early learning standards and redefining professionalism. The Asia Pacific region includes countries belonging to both the Majority and Minority worlds and which vary widely in terms of their cultural geography, social-cultural beliefs, and levels of development, demographic profiles, political systems and government commitments to early childhood services. An international team of experienced researchers from different countries guarantees diverse perspectives. By examining different countries’ policy choices and evidence-based practices, the authors show how best to provide for young children based on their countries’ strategies.

How Nations Serve Young Children

Author : Patricia P. Olmsted
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book How Nations Serve Young Children written by Patricia P. Olmsted and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this monograph, researchers have compiled information for a worldwide perspective on the history, resources, and public policies behind early childhood care and education services in 14 countries. The countries include Belgium, Federal Republic of Germany, Finland, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Kenya, Nigeria, People's Republic of China, Philippines, Portugal, Spain, Thailand, and the United States.