Early Childhood Education and Care Services, and Parents’ Work–Life Balance
Education SciencesParents’ work–life balance represents a major challenge, especially for those who have young children. The present article aims to identify the perceptions of parents relating to the purpose of early childhood education and care (ECEC) services, care ...
Aniela Matei +2 more
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The Role of Play and Objects in Children’s Deep-Level Learning in Early Childhood Education
Education Sciences, 2023 This research investigates the significance of the physical environment in early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions as a facilitator of deep-level learning.
Ole Johan Sando +2 more
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Discovering the Hidden Work of Commodified Care: The Case of Early Childhood Educators
Social SciencesThe COVID-19 pandemic has drawn attention to the care economy, including commodified early childhood education and care (ECEC). While there is some literature about the low paid, invisible, and undervalued skills among the predominantly female workforce ...
Frances Press +5 more
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Cooperation with imprisoned parents in early childhood education and care in Finland [PDF]
Journal of Early Childhood Education Research, 2023 Finnish early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a public service for all children and families living in Finland. To advance the child´s growth, development and learning, cooperation with parents is an essential part of ECEC.
Susanna Itäkare, Maarit Suomela
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Multilingual learning environments in early childhood education in Finland [PDF]
Journal of Early Childhood Education ResearchIncreasing linguistic diversity creates a need to construct early learning environments as spaces where children’s whole multilingual repertoires are represented.
Elisa Repo +3 more
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The Quality of Early Childhood Curricula and Distributed Leadership in Lithuanian ECEC Institutions
Education SciencesThe early childhood curriculum is an integral part of the educational process, and many countries are looking at how to ensure its quality. With the decentralization of educational content in Lithuania, each Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC ...
Agne Brandisauskiene +3 more
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Children’s creative thinking abilities and social orientations in Finnish early childhood educationand care [PDF]
, 2022 The study presented in this article is part of a larger study called Progressive Feedback (blogs.helsinki.fi/orientate), which is an early childhood education and care (ECEC) research and development project. The aim of this article is to find out (
Nikkola, Teemu +5 more
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Methodology for Research with Early Childhood Education and Care Professionals [PDF]
, 2023 This open access book addresses the growing trend in the field of early childhood education and care (ECEC) research named collaborative knowledge building in which researchers and ECEC personnel collaborate. This kind of research encompasses a number of
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Possibilities and challenges in sustained capacity-building in early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions: ECEC leaders’ perspectives [PDF]
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2020 This paper investigates early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions’ opportunities to build a learning organization and master future innovations by focusing on core components, implemen...
Omdal, Heidi, Roland, Pål
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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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