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  1. Child care prices are expected to reflect the quality of provision. However, in contexts where there are high information asymmetries between the users of the services and providers, we may expect this link be...

    Authors: Didem Pekkurnaz, Meltem A. Aran and Nazli Aktakke

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2021 15:11

    Content type: Research

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  2. The objective was to establish how stakeholders in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) conceptualize child mental health impact. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 18 stakeholders from disadvan...

    Authors: Panos Vostanis, Seyda Eruyar, Sadiyya Haffejee and Michelle O’Reilly

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2021 15:10

    Content type: Research

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  3. This paper focuses on the provision of center-based preschool education for children ranging in age from 3 to 6 years in India. It estimates access rates to various services and highlights issues related to eq...

    Authors: Nirmala Rao, Namita Ranganathan, Ravneet Kaur and Rashi Mukhopadhayay

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2021 15:9

    Content type: Review

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  4. Research has consistently demonstrated that self-regulation is essential for the development and preservation of health and well-being in the early years and across the lifespan. Based on the emerging literatu...

    Authors: Heather Braund and Kristy Timmons

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2021 15:8

    Content type: Research

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  5. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Loanna Heidinger, Leanne C. Findlay and Anne Guèvremont

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2021 15:7

    Content type: Correction

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    The original article was published in International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2020 14:12

  6. Educators and researchers are increasingly interested in evaluating and promoting socio-emotional learning (SEL) beginning in early childhood (Newman & Dusunbury in 2015; Zigler & Trickett in American Psycholo...

    Authors: Christina F. Mondi, Alison Giovanelli and Arthur J. Reynolds

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2021 15:6

    Content type: Review

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  7. This study investigates the attitudes, behaviors, and views about the rights of the child of early childhood education (ECE) teachers in Turkey. A mixed-method sequential transformative design was used, and 20...

    Authors: Cagla Banko-Bal and Tulin Guler-Yildiz

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2021 15:5

    Content type: Research

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  8. Digital storytelling blends the ancient art of storytelling with a range of contemporary tools to weave stories together with the author's narrative voice, including digital images, graphics, music and sound. ...

    Authors: Maila D. H. Rahiem

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2021 15:4

    Content type: Research

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  9. Vietnam has an age-old history of education, and Vietnamese people have high respect for learning. However, early childhood education (ECE) in Vietnam has been the main concern only since 1945. This paper desc...

    Authors: Thao Thi Vu

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2021 15:3

    Content type: Review

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  10. The present study examined how in the context of the hybrid, privatized and marketized Dutch early education and care system (ECEC), childcare organizations respond to the public task of supporting inclusion a...

    Authors: W. M. van der Werf, P. L. Slot, P. N. Kenis and P. P. M. Leseman

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2021 15:2

    Content type: Research

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  11. This qualitative study investigated teachers' beliefs about the availability of play materials in the physical indoor environment of early childhood education and care (ECEC). The empirical data were gathered ...

    Authors: Tone Rove Nilsen

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2021 15:1

    Content type: Research

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  12. The Canadian government implemented the child care expense deduction in 1972, a policy initiative intended to offset the financial cost of child care for eligible families. Although the deduction has now been ...

    Authors: Loanna Heidinger, Leanne C. Findlay and Anne Guèvremont

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2020 14:12

    Content type: Research

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    The Correction to this article has been published in International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2021 15:7

  13. Kindergarteners’ creative dispositions are not only affected by their individual characteristics, but also by the organizational creative climate of their kindergartens. Using the Hierarchical Linear Models (H...

    Authors: Eun Jin Kang

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2020 14:11

    Content type: Research

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  14. Child mortality has become a prominent public health issue in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The mortality rates can in part be translated to how communities meet the health needs of children and address key househ...

    Authors: Michael Ekholuenetale, Anthony Ike Wegbom, Godson Tudeme and Adeyinka Onikan

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2020 14:10

    Content type: Research

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  15. High-quality early education and care experiences are critical for children’s growth and development, families’ ability to work, and the future health of society. In Greece, with regard to research for childre...

    Authors: Christina Megalonidou

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2020 14:9

    Content type: Research

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  16. Preschool programs provide opportunities to improve early childhood educational outcomes as well as long-term outcomes, such as improved educational attainment, improved socioeconomic status, and improved heal...

    Authors: J. Preskitt, H. Johnson, D. Becker, J. Ernest, M. Fifolt, J. Adams, T. Strichik, J. Ross and B. Sen

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2020 14:8

    Content type: Research

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  17. The quality and quantity of early childhood care and education services have risen as a key reform area for influencing educational and economic outcomes. However, changes in this policy arena are stymied by t...

    Authors: Sarah J. Zuckerman, Amanda L. Garrett, Susan Sarver and Catherine Huddleston-Casas

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2020 14:7

    Content type: Research

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  19. Changing Policy, System, and Environmental features focused on physical activity and healthy eating behaviors can play a key role in obesity prevention strategies in early childhood education settings because of ...

    Authors: Charlotte V. Farewell, Jamie N. Powers, Emily Maiurro, Sharon Scarbro, Jennie Quinlan and Jini Puma

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2020 14:5

    Content type: Research

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  20. The original article contains a minor typo in Fig. 1; ‘dodactic’ should instead state ‘didactic’.

    Authors: Zora Syslová

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2020 14:4

    Content type: Correction

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    The original article was published in International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2019 13:4

  22. The current study explored beliefs and practices on the main types and common causes of conflicts among naturalized refugee pre-primary children in rural Tanzania. A region with highest number of naturalized r...

    Authors: Laurent Gabriel Ndijuye

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2020 14:1

    Content type: Research

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  23. The purpose of the study was to investigate ways in which early childhood systems that rate and license child care programs, known as Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRISs), might incorporate requireme...

    Authors: Mary L. Porterfield and Catherine Scott-Little

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2019 13:10

    Content type: Research

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  24. Our study examined whole-child preschool programming from a policy perspective. We suggest that whole-child wellness must include sustainable approaches that are systematic and holistic approaches for educatin...

    Authors: Ryan Alverson, Laken Ginn and Jaesook Gilbert

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2019 13:9

    Content type: Case study

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  26. This study examined early childhood education and care (ECEC) utilization in Canada, focusing on use of unlicensed home child care (HCC) from an equity perspective. Data from the 2011 cycle of the General Soci...

    Authors: Petr Varmuza, Michal Perlman and Linda A. White

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2019 13:7

    Content type: Research

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  28. The study examined the relationship between child labour participation and household wealth (in terms of livestock and cropland) considering representative sample smallholders from four (Kurfa Chelie, Kersa, F...

    Authors: Arega Shumetie and Kassahun Mamo

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2019 13:5

    Content type: Research

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  29. Many developed countries have been concentrating lately on the quality of preschool education. Generally, what is considered one of the most important aspects of quality preschool education is quality teaching...

    Authors: Zora Syslová

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2019 13:4

    Content type: Research

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    The Correction to this article has been published in International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2020 14:4

  30. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the effects of a relationship-based intervention called Banking Time (BT) on child–teacher relationships in preschool period. Five- and six-year-old children (N = 93) atten...

    Authors: Derya Sahin Asi

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2019 13:3

    Content type: Research

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  31. This study examined an urban school readiness initiative that developed parent leadership as a key strategy for increasing the likelihood that all children enter kindergarten ready to succeed. Parent Leaders w...

    Authors: Anne L. Douglass, Meredith R. Maroney, Mary Coonan, Donna Haig Friedman and Alice Carter

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2019 13:2

    Content type: Research

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  32. This paper explores the attitudes and practices of kindergarten teachers in Taiwan related to socio-emotional learning in children aged 3–6. Unlike in Western countries where socio-emotional learning is an imp...

    Authors: J. Eric Wilkinson and Chia-Pin Kao

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2019 13:1

    Content type: Research

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  33. This study analyzed the structural relationships between the important constructs of school, home and family, and the happiness of Abu Dhabi school children. Survey data were collected from students in schools...

    Authors: Masood Badri, Ali Al Nuaimi, Yang Guang, Yousef Al Sheryani and Asma Al Rashedi

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:17

    Content type: Research

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  35. Public financing of privately provided child care can allow for access to these services in places where public provision and capacity are low. However, the mechanisms of subsidy delivery will affect who benef...

    Authors: Meltem A. Aran, Ana Maria Munoz-Boudet and Nazli Aktakke

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:15

    Content type: Research

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  36. Early infant feeding practices are a critical part of education and care programs within Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) settings. With an increasing number of children attending ECEC services from a...

    Authors: Julianne McGuire, Danielle Gallegos and Susan Irvine

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:14

    Content type: Research

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  37. While global enrollment in primary education has increased significantly particularly since it became a target of the United Nations “Education for All” initiative and one of the Millennium Development Goals, ...

    Authors: Alison Earle, Natalia Milovantseva and Jody Heymann

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:13

    Content type: Research

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  38. The purpose of the analyses described in this report was to evaluate both the effects of two contrasting approaches to parent-provided child learning opportunities and the direct and indirect effects on both p...

    Authors: Carl J. Dunst, Melinda Raab and Deborah W. Hamby

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:12

    Content type: Research

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  39. Early intervention (EI) for families of infants and toddlers with or at risk for developmental delays or disabilities is federally guided to begin at birth or older. With technological advances in prenatal tes...

    Authors: Bonnie Keilty and JaneDiane Smith

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:11

    Content type: Research

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  40. Unintentional injury has been a leading threat to Chinese children. Children’s risk-taking is influenced by their evaluation of risky behavior and related safety knowledge, which also vary considerably by chil...

    Authors: Jun Hao and Yeh Hsueh

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:10

    Content type: Research

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  41. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between two structural factors of quality: organisation form (stable groups versus flexible groups) and staff–child ratio, in relation to interacti...

    Authors: Ingrid Midteide Løkken, Elisabeth Bjørnestad, Martine L. Broekhuizen and Thomas Moser

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:9

    Content type: Research

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  42. This study used a static-group pretest–posttest design to investigate how the social–emotional skill development of 36 Turkish children aged 48–66 months was affected by the integration of field-trip activitie...

    Authors: Emine Kızıltaş and Ramazan Sak

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:8

    Content type: Research

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  43. The Kenyan society has been characterised by tribal-political-instigated violence since the declaration of multiparty democracy in 1991. The 2007/8 post-election violence (PEV) particularly saw the scattering ...

    Authors: Jenestar Wanjiru

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:7

    Content type: Research

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  44. Throughout the past decade, the Argentinean government has lowered the starting age of compulsory education and early childhood education enrollment has been growing steadily. However, ECE services have evolve...

    Authors: Carolina Snaider

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:6

    Content type: Research

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  45. Perceptions of users regarding the accessibility of childcare services have been under-researched. The present study addresses this gap by looking into the effect of systemic level characteristics of the ECEC ...

    Authors: Özgün Ünver, Tuba Bircan and Ides Nicaise

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:5

    Content type: Research

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  46. In debates about child care and early education, the voices of providers are often missing. In this article, we report findings from a study exploring child care provider perspectives on how regulation and pol...

    Authors: Corey Shdaimah, Elizabeth Palley and Amanda Miller

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:4

    Content type: Research

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  47. This research explores vital factors in effective management of care centres (CCs) in Jordan, and the role of key workers in establishing a nurturing family environment for optimal wellbeing of orphans. CCs in...

    Authors: Loiy Bani Ismail, Hala Hindawi, Worud Awamleh and Mohammad Alawamleh

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:3

    Content type: Research

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  48. Maternity leave policies are linked to early childhood education and care policies, and in many countries, the length of leave policies determines the need for early care programs. The length of maternity leav...

    Authors: Raquel Plotka and Nancy A. Busch-Rossnagel

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:2

    Content type: Research

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  49. This study investigated the link between public pre-kindergarten attendance and first grade literacy achievement in the United States. Participants (N = 1056; first grade children from one mixed-urban city in Vir...

    Authors: Michael Haslip

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:1

    Content type: Research

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  50. When children first enter school, they face simultaneous changes in their physical settings, social relationships, and learning expectations. The present study adds to the limited literature on children’s tran...

    Authors: Kyle DeMeo Cook, Eric Dearing and Henrik Daae Zachrisson

    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2017 11:14

    Content type: Research

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