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Young children's perspectives of time: New directions for co‐constructing understandings of quality in ECEC

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Children's relationship with time in preschools is an under‐researched area. Young children rarely know how to measure time using a clock, but their experiences of time may contribute to understanding children's well‐being and debates about quality in preschools.
Kristín Dýrfjörð, Anna Magnea Hreinsdóttir, Adrijana Visnjic‐Jevtic, Alison Clark   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Knowledge Summary 22: Reaching Child Brides [PDF]

, 2012
Child marriage affects 10 million girls under the age of 18 every year. The negative health and social impact of child marriage include higher rates of maternal and infant mortality, sexually transmitted infection, social separation, and domestic abuse
Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
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Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright, Irene Rizzini, Malibongwe Gwele, Lynn McNair, Cristina Laclette Porto, Marsha Orgill, E. Kay M. Tisdall, Malcolm Bush, Linda Biersteker   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Applying Pleck's model of paternal involvement to the study of preschool attachment quality: a proof of concept study [PDF]

, 2014
Recent re-conceptualisation of paternal involvement (Pleck, J. H. (2010). Paternal involvement: Revised conceptualization and theoretical linkages with child outcomes. In M. Lamb (Ed.), The role of the father in child development (5th ed., pp.
Betts, Lucy, Dunn, T, Underwood, J, Dunn, Thomas, Underwood, J., Betts, L, Sonuga-Barke, E., Sonuga-Barke, Edmund, Kennedy, M., Betts, L., Kennedy, Mark, Barke, Edmund, Dunn, T.J., Sonuga-Barke, E, Barke, EdmundUGent802000164633972215474138F9537F44-F0ED-11E1-A9DE-61C894A0A6B4, Kennedy, M, Underwood, Jean   +16 more
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Preschool affects longer term literacy and numeracy: results from a general population longitudinal study in Northern Ireland [PDF]

, 2012
The Effective Pre-school Provision in Northern Ireland (EPPNI) project is a longitudinal study of child development from 3 to 11 years. It is one of the first large-scale UK projects to investigate the effects of different kinds of preschool provision ...
Sammons, Pamela, Sammons, P, Quinn, Louise, Siraj-Blatchford, Iram, Taggart, Brenda, Taggart, B., Sylva, K, Quinn, L., Sylva, K., Sylva, Kathy, Melhuish, E, Siraj-Blatchford, I., Quinn, L, Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I, Melhuish, Edward C., Melhuish, Edward, Taggart, B   +17 more
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Sleep patterns during infancy and neurodevelopmental and behavioral outcomes in early childhood: A prospective cohort study. [PDF]

JCPP Adv
Abstract Background Infant sleep is multidimensional, with sleep habits and sleep problems often co‐occurring and changing rapidly during early life. Evidence links infant sleep with later neurodevelopmental and behavioral outcomes, yet few studies have examined overall sleep patterns, their changes over time, and outcomes across multiple preschool ...
Wei W, Zhang J, Wang H.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Can preschool protect young children’s cognitive and social development? Variation by center quality and duration of attendance [PDF]

, 2012
This paper illustrates how high-quality preschool has the potential to serve as an intervention within normal populations. Although it is well known that targeted Early Interventions can protect the development of young children from developmental risks,
Sammons, Pamela, Sammons, P, Siraj-Blatchford, Iram, Hall, James, Taggart, Brenda, Hall, J.E., Taggart, B., Sylva, K, Sylva, K., Sylva, Kathy, Melhuish, E, Sammons, Pam, Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I, Hall, J, Melhuish, Edward C., Melhuish, Edward, Taggart, B   +18 more
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Child care in Spain after 1975: The educational rationale, the Catholic Church, and women in civil society [PDF]

, 2009
This extract is taken from the author's original manuscript. The definitive version of this piece may be found in "Childcare and Preschool Development in Europe", edited by Kirsten Scheiwe and Harry Willekens, which can be purchased from www.palgrave ...
Celia Valiente, Valiente Fernández, Celia (author), Valiente Fernández, Celia   +2 more
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Comparison of epoch and uniaxial versus triaxial accelerometers in the measurement of physical activity in preschool children : a validation study [PDF]

, 2012
The objectives of this Study were to explore whether triaxial is more accurate than uniaxial accelerometry and whether shorter sampling periods (epochs) are more accurate than longer epochs. Physical activity data from uniaxial and triaxial (RT3) devices
Bulley, Catherine, Hislop, Jane F., Mercer, Tom H., Reilly, John J   +3 more
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Preschool education as a determinant of educational attainment: An analysis of Serbia [PDF]

Ekonomski Anali, 2017
The subject of this paper is preschool education as a determinant of students’ educational attainment in Serbia and factors that influence whether a Serbian child is included in preschool programmes.
Vuksanović Nemanja, Joksimović Ljubinka   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source