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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...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2019 13:10
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...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2019 13:9
Since the first release of NAEYC’s guidelines, DAP has received a lot of attention from childhood professionals in the United States. Internationally, many countries have also shown a growing interest regardin...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2019 13:8
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...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2019 13:7
Ample research data indicate that young children recognize racial characteristics and subsequently exhibit both positive and negative racial attitudes toward their own and other racial groups. In the early chi...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2019 13:6
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...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2019 13:5
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...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2019 13:4
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...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2019 13:3
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...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2019 13:2
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...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2019 13:1
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...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:17
Though family engagement has become a priority in early childhood education and care, there are problems in our understanding of the phenomenon. First, there is uncertainty about the target of outcomes—namely,...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:16
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...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:15
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...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:14
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, ...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:13
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...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:12
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...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:11
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...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:10
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...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:9
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...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:8
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 ...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:7
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...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:6
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 ...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:5
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...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:4
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...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:3
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...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:2
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...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2018 12:1
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...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2017 11:14
Neuroscientific advances demonstrate that the age range from zero to 5 years old represents a critical window for both learning and teaching, which must involve the development of emotional competence and the ...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2017 11:13
Current US policies call for a child care teacher workforce that can support program quality and enhance infants’, toddlers’, and preschoolers’ learning and development. Given minimal state pre-hire requiremen...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2017 11:12
This paper is an exploratory study to identify similarities and differences between two groups of early childhood educator’ perceptions of how infants and toddlers learn in the contexts of Australia and China....
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2017 11:11
The purpose of this study was to assess if there is a functioning school-based system of assessment for identification and intervention programmes for children with special educational needs in pre-primary sch...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2017 11:10
The goal of this study was to investigate how early childhood teachers reported responding to the instructional mandates they received. To answer our research questions, we completed semi-structured interviews...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2017 11:9
The development of Early Childhood Education in Sweden is a central concern for national and local government, and for school districts and preschools. While principals have the responsibility for, and a parti...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2017 11:8
Almost all children in Singapore complete 1 year of preschool before entering primary school. However, preschool education (PSE) is not compulsory and is provided primarily by the private sector. Taking the na...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2017 11:7
The purpose of this study is to find patterns in the latent profiles of behavioral problems of children aged 4, 5, and 6, in the child and caregiver variables that affected the composition of the latent profi...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2017 11:6
This study aimed to evaluate an intervention programme for the enhancement of social-emotional well-being of young children through improving the social-emotional competence of kindergarten teachers and a spec...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2017 11:5
In Korea, recent upward trends in age of marriage and downward trends in fertility rates have motivated the Korean government to provide childbirth grants and Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) subsidie...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2017 11:4
Growing evidence suggests that children’s participation in early childhood education and care (ECEC), especially center-based services, is associated with positive outcomes, particularly for children over one ...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2017 11:3
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2017 11:2
In this commentary, we draw on examples from the thematic issue ‘Longitudinal studies in ECEC—challenges of translating research results into policy actions’ to discuss how research from longitudinal studies i...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2017 11:1
Many early language support programmes have been implemented in ECEC settings over the last years in Germany. Most of them are targeted programmes which have not shown to have longer term beneficial effects. T...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2016 10:9
Contemporary kindergarten curriculum frameworks emphasize the importance of promoting children’s holistic development, thereby focusing on both academic and non-academic learning areas. This exploratory study ...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2016 10:8
The paper provides an overview of a German cohort study of newborns which includes a representative sample of about 3500 infants and their mothers. The aims, challenges, and solutions concerning the large-scal...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2016 10:7
Modern ECCE research began with the birth of the U.S. Head Start program in the 1960s; however, policy makers and the public paid little attention to it until several studies that had random assignment or wide...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2016 10:6
Longitudinal cohort studies have significant potential to inform policy across a range of child and family areas, including early childhood education and care. Here we describe the relationship between policy-...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2016 10:5
Improved quality in home-based child care (family child care and family, friend, and neighbor care) is increasingly recognized as a vital component of early care and education service systems in the U.S. and a...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2016 10:4
Interest in early years issues such as early childhood education and care (ECEC) and early intervention has increased in recent decades internationally. Partly this reflects interest in facilitating the social...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2016 10:3
Early childhood education (ECE) in China has been relegated to the role of ‘Cinderella’ by its educational authorities since 1980s, due to the policy of ‘marketizing and privatizing non-compulsory pre-school e...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2016 10:2
In 2005, after many years of inaction, the Canadian government seemed poised to make real changes to national childcare policy—a marker of social movement success for the grassroots Childcare Advocacy Associat...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2016 10:1
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