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Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023 AbstractInternationally, professionalization has become a key policy strategy targeting quality improvement in early childhood education and care (ECEC), utilizing top-down managerial strategies including implementation of quality standards and increased workforce qualifications.
Susan Irvine +5 more
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International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 2023 The marketisation and privatisation of welfare services such as early childhood education and care (ECEC) have been a global trend in recent decades.
Ville Ruutiainen +2 more
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Frontiers in Education, 2023 While access to quality education in early childhood is an international priority, the characteristics of quality continue to be debated. In the Australian context, differing views on the characteristics of quality may be a result of differing ...
Caroline Cohrssen +3 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the German government took drastic measures and ordered the temporary closure of early childhood education and care services (apart from emergency care).
Fabian Hemmerich +4 more
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Early Childhood Education and Care System in Finland
Nauki o Wychowaniu, 2017 In Finland, Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) includes day care arrangements offered to families (care) along with goal-oriented early childhood education (early education and teaching) provided for children prior to transitioning to primary ...
Jenni Salminen
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Language orientations in early childhood education policy in Finland and Norway
Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 2021 This article investigates the language orientations in education policy documents for early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Finland and Norway.
Gunhild Tomter Alstad, Pauliina Sopanen
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ECEC in the European Union: analysis and governance of ECEC systems of four Member States
Formare, 2018 This paper explores Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) in Italy – with a focus on Tuscany – and in three EU Member States, namely Finland, France, and Germany.
Clara Silva +2 more
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Zones of participation – a framework to analyse design roles in early childhood education and care (ECEC) [PDF]
CoDesign, 2020 Current research has addressed children’s involvement in codesign from several different perspectives such as empowerment, design thinking, participation, and learning.
Leinonen, Teemu +4 more
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Quality of the ECEC Workforce in Romania: Empirical Evidence from Parents’ Experiences
Education Sciences, 2017 The quality of the early childhood workforce is central to service provision in this area, being a major factor in determining children’s development over the course of their lives.
Aniela Matei, Mihaela Ghenţa
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ECEC PROFESSIONALISATION AT A CROSSROAD: REALIZING AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM IN TIME OF REFORMS IN ITALY
Cadernos Cedes, 2023 In Italy, the issue of initial preparation and continuing professional development (CPD) of early childhood education and care (ECEC) workforce has become a particularly contentious issue in the light of the recent reform on the institution of the ...
Arianna Lazzari, Lucia Balduzzi
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