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Quality in early years settings and children’s school achievement [PDF]
, 2017 Childcare quality is often thought to be important for influencing children’s subsequent attainment at school. The English Government regulates the quality of early education by setting minimum levels of qualifications for workers and grading settings ...
Blanden, Jo +2 more
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Development of Heat Engines Powered by Twisted and Coiled Polymer Fiber Actuators
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Continuously rotating engines driven by thermally responsive actuating materials can turn waste heat into useful energy. For the first time heat engines operated by twisted and coiled polymer fiber actuators are demonstrated with engine design guided by two simple analytical models.
Geoffrey M. Spinks +2 more
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Creating Meaningful Interactions for Young Children, Older Friends, and Nursery School Practitioners within an Intergenerational Project. [PDF]
Early Child Educ J, 2023 Lyndon S, Moss H.
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Should we subsidise childcare, and if so, how? [PDF]
The subsidy of childcare for pre-school-age children has moved rapidly up the political agenda in the UK, and government policy has developed considerably in this area. In his 1990 Budget, John Major introduced income tax relief for childcare provided by
Alan Duncan, Chris Giles
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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Hierarchically microarchitected PLA/S/CNT cathodes are fabricated via scalable fused filament 3D printing as high‐sulfur‐loading hosts for rechargeable lithium–sulfur batteries. The assembled Li–S cells with sulfur loadings up to 17 mg cm−2 deliver an areal capacity of 9.2 mAh cm−2 and retain 96% of their discharge capacity after 100 charge–discharge ...
Vinay Gupta +4 more
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Distance Learning in Cameroon: Case Study of Private Nursery School Children's Experiences and Challenges Amidst COVID-19 Lockdown. [PDF]
N Z J Educ Stud, 2022 Fenmachi EA, Edah ROA.
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Cultural Differences in American and Southeast Asian Children\u27s Psychosocial Development [PDF]
, 1985 Observance of Southeast Asian parents and their preschool children during English as a Second Language (ESL) classes suggests that rethinking commonly held developmental phenomena in psychosocial development may produce insight into Southeast Asian ...
Zbaracki, Jacqueline Ulmen
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.A soft robotic simulator is developed to replicate the digital removal of feces (DRF), a sensitive yet essential nursing procedure. Integrating soft actuators, sensors, and a realistic rectal model, the simulator balances functional fidelity with perceptual realism. Engineering evaluations and nurse feedback confirm its potential to enhance training in
Shoko Miyagawa +10 more
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Éducation et Socialisation, 2019 The article analyzes the effect of child social definitions and pedagogical norms on teachers professional difficulties. The case of French nursery schools and language acculturation shows that pedagogical norms are based on an "ideal client" that is ...
Fabienne Montmasson-Michel
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