Children’s Perception and Utilization of ECEC Physical Environments
Education Sciences, 2022 Early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions play an important role in many young children’s lives. Child-oriented research about the role of the physical ECEC environment in children’s play is scarce.
Ole Johan Sando +1 more
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An ecosystem perspective of practice and professional development in early childhood education and care (ECEC) [PDF]
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2021 The ten studies reported in this volume were conducted by researchers in diverse countries: three from Turkey, two from the U.K., and one each from Denmark, Norway, South Korea, Spain, and the Unit...
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Comparing regulatory and non-regulatory indices of early childhood education and care (ECEC) quality in the Australian early childhood sector [PDF]
The Australian Educational Researcher, 2019 This study examines associations between Australia’s regulatory ratings of quality in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) – the National Quality Standard (NQS) – and two research-based quality rating scales. The analytic sample consisted of 257 ECEC services across three Australian states.
Iram Siraj +5 more
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Ontario Early Childhood Educators’ understandings of care, carework and care practices in ECEC Program [PDF]
, 2021 This major research paper presents findings from a critical qualitative inquiry study, that includes how seven registered early childhood educators (RECEs) understand care, carework and care practices in early childhood education and care (ECEC). The study used a political economy of care theoretical framework.
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Education 3-13, 2022 The purpose of the present study was to examine Norwegian kindergarten children’s knowledge about the origins of commonly consumed food items. Data were collected by conducting semi-structured interviews of 56 children (aged five to six years old) from nine different kindergartens based on open-ended questions and with the use of pictures showing eight
Kathrine Bjørgen +3 more
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Monitoring Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care. Approaches and experiences from selected countries [PDF]
, 2017 In many countries, quality regulation and assurance in early childhood education and care (ECEC) are challenging matters that widely dominate current debates.
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Learning of Early Childhood Education and Care(ECEC)Students from The“ECEC theory” Classes －Visualization of students' "views on childcare" using text mining－ [PDF]
, 2022 The "ECEC theory " was newly established as a subject to learn about the professionalism of childcare providers involved in childcare and support for parents.
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Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education, 2021 This review critiques Sharon Lynn Kagan’s The Early Advantage: Early Childhood Systems That Lead by Example (2018). Kagan posits that early childhood education and care (ECEC) systems throughout the world are complex and fragmented.
Leslie Blome
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a contested concept and has generally been conceptualised by inter‐related indicators such as staff qualifications, educational environment, policy or child‐to‐staff ratios. There has been a more limited emphasis on how young children might perceive and experience quality.
Nikki Fairchild, Éva Mikuska
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Early childhood flexibility practices and patterns: report 2014 [PDF]
, 2014 The Early childhood flexibility practices and patterns report highlights recommendations and future directions for early childhood education and care (ECEC) services in providing flexible arrangements for families and local communities.
Early Childhood Australia
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