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Physical education in Finnish early childhood teacher education–curricula and pre-service teachers’ perceptions [PDF]
, 2023 Physical education (PE) course curricula in Finnish universities were reviewed and compared, and 274 preservice teachers' perceptions of their PE studies in Finnish early childhood teacher education (ECTE) programmes were investigated using quantitative ...
Takalo, Susanna +3 more
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Parent choice of early childhood education and care services
, 2007 This paper reports on a study designed to enhance knowledge and understanding of parent choice in relation to early childhood education and care (ECEC) services. It investigates the ways parents make their choices of early childhood services and examines
Noble, Karen
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Education InquiryThis special issue focuses on important facets of market-oriented reforms in Nordic Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). It aims to promote discussion on interlinked dimensions of marketisation, privatisation and commercialisation in Nordic ECEC ...
Sara Carlbaum, Linda Rönnberg
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A randomised controlled trial of an implementation strategy delivered at scale to increase outdoor free play opportunities in early childhood education and care (ECEC) services: a study protocol for the get outside get active (GOGA) trial. [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2022 Yoong SL +16 more
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, 2018 Over the past quarter of a century, the childcare component of Australian early childhood education and care (ECEC) has transformed from a publicly funded, community-based system to a predominantly commercial enterprise.
Press, Frances +1 more
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Early childhood education and care policy in England under the Coalition Government
London Review of Education, 2015 This paper reviews developments in policy on early childhood education and care – early years – under the Coalition Government in England. Three factors came to define the Coalition's performance and record in this area: ambivalence about the rationales
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A Review of Trends in Scandinavian Early Childhood Education and Care Research from 2006 to 2021
This study provides a comprehensive overview of trends in Scandinavian early childhood education (ECEC) research from 2006 to 2021, based on the Nordic Base of Early Childhood Education and Care’s (NB-ECEC) annual reports.
May Irene Furenes Klippen +3 more
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International Journal of Child Care and Education PolicyEfforts to advance an integrated early childhood education and care (ECEC) system in China are constrained by a persistent age-phase division: childcare for children aged 0–3 and preschool education for ages 3–6.
Meng Yuan, Siyin He, Jianwei Cheng
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A high-quality early childhood workforce is essential for positive child outcomes and boosting economic and social productivity. However, the Australian Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) sector faces significant workforce challenges and ...
Alicia Phillips
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Literature review of the impact of early childhood education and care on learning and development [PDF]
, 2015 Summary During the past three decades, extensive literature has accumulated on the early years of life for children. Research findings unequivocally agree that these years are a critical period of intense learning for children which provides the ...
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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