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  1. The expectation of quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) is that higher quality inputs will produce higher quality outcomes for children. There are many ways that outcomes may be expressed and meas...

    Authors: Karin Ishimine, Collette Tayler and John Bennett
    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2015 4:40020067
  2. Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in Malaysia is catching much more limelight now than in the past. In a country where governance is very centralized, such attention has given rise to more quality pres...

    Authors: Ng Soo Boon
    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2015 4:40010045
  3. The rationale for this study sprang from the dissatisfaction expressed in many countries during the OECD reviews about the split in services. Because of the split, ministries had ceased to talk with each other...

    Authors: John Bennett and Yoshie Kaga
    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2015 4:40010035
  4. The ecology and development of Hong Kong early childhood education is molded by the continuous and dynamic interactions between major stakeholders: government, school administrators and teacher educators. Hong...

    Authors: Betty Chan, Maria Lee and Grace Choy
    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2015 3:30010075
  5. Early childhood education and care services in Australia are undergoing major reforms, following widespread community concern about the quality of provision in general and the viability of corporate childcare ...

    Authors: Sandra Cheeseman and Jane Torr
    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2015 3:30010061
  6. This paper reviews the development of early childhood education in China in the recent 3 decades and examines the advantages and disadvantages of the relative policies made by the government. This paper mainly...

    Authors: Jiaxiong Zhu
    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2015 3:30010051
  7. The developmental and educational importance of high quality early care and education is well documented. The value of access to high quality care combined with the increasing demand for care has made access t...

    Authors: Cynthia K. Buettner and David W. Andrews
    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2015 3:30010043
  8. This paper analyses child care and education policy in Cambodia, a country where there is currently a strong commitment to Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE). This is done by (i) providing an overview o...

    Authors: Nirmala Rao and Veronica Pearson
    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2015 3:30010013
  9. With a background in key factors supplied by European stakeholders within early childhood education and care (ECEC), Swedish policy is described. Sweden has a longstanding policy of equity and equality in whic...

    Authors: Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson and Sonja Sheridan
    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2015 3:30010001
  10. Proposals to improve early care and education (ECE) in the United States are often based on narrow conceptions of the value, benefits, and appropriate structure of services. The result is an increasing number ...

    Authors: Louise Stoney, Anne Mitchell and Mildred Warner
    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2015 2:20020053
  11. Child care services in Malaysia are instituted so that women can partake in the labour force. The Child Care Centre Act 1984 sets minimal standards and regulations. Possibly due to this minimum requirement, ch...

    Authors: Heng Keng Chiam
    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2015 2:20020031
  12. The decentralized and fragmented nature of the early childhood education and care (ECEC) system in the U.S., coupled with an ongoing teacher shortage, high teacher turnover rates, and the increasing demand for...

    Authors: Eun Kyeong Cho and Leslie J. Couse
    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2015 2:20020015
  13. The British government’s wish to eliminate the cycle of disadvantage for children from poor families led to Sure Start. The initiative set up 260 Sure Start Local Programmes (SSLPs) by 2001, which were expande...

    Authors: Jay Belsky, Edward Melhuish and Jacqueline Barnes
    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2015 2:20020001
  14. In the United States, early childhood inclusion dates back to the civil rights movement with the 1954 case of Brown v. The Board of Education, an issue of segregation by race in schools and followed by the Americ...

    Authors: Esther E. Onaga and Tiffany L. Martoccio
    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2015 2:20010067
  15. The aim of this study is to explore models for integrated policies and systems of early childhood education and childcare in Korea. We proposed five prospective models and offered a possible roadmap toward the...

    Authors: Ock Rhee, Eunseol Kim, Nary Shin and Mugyeong Moon
    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2015 2:20010053
  16. At present, early childhood education is not part of the universal and compulsory system of education in Hong Kong. All pre-primary services are run by non-profit-making institutions or private independent bod...

    Authors: Andrew C. S. Poon
    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2015 2:20010015
  17. The major purpose of this paper is to suggest ways that public policy can improve the quality of child care and early education for children from infancy to school age. Quality can be defined by such structura...

    Authors: Aletha C. Huston
    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2015 2:20010001
  18. Standards of quality can influence the way childcare is both implemented and viewed by families. In Australia, childcare services are required to participate in a process of accreditation in order for their fa...

    Authors: Vicki Banham
    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2015 1:10010085
  19. Early childhood care and education are not separate issues, but must be considered holistically. The Japanese government started to accredit and promote integrated institutions called Kodomo-en. In order to ma...

    Authors: Sachiko Kitano and Jun Uda
    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2015 1:10010073
  20. This paper discusses the main policies and efforts aimed at childcare support undertaken by the Korean Government from 2003 to 2007, as well as dealing with the ensuing policy issues which arose as a result of...

    Authors: Ock Rhee
    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2015 1:10010059
  21. In this thesis, it introduces the development and current situation of the early intervention for children with developmental delay in Taiwan. First, it gives an explanation on the policy evolution on this iss...

    Authors: Pi-Hsia Huang
    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2015 1:10010045
  22. Since 2000, the pre-school landscape in Singapore has been evolving and changing more rapidly than before. The interest of raising the quality of pre-school education is evident in the introduction of new poli...

    Authors: Tan Ching Ting
    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2015 1:10010035
  23. Early childhood education and care (ECEC) in the US includes a wide range of part-day, full-school-day, and full-work-day programs, under educational, social welfare, and commercial auspices, funded and delive...

    Authors: Sheila B. Kamerman and Shirley Gatenio-Gabel
    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2015 1:10010023
  24. Starting Strong, a comparative review of early childhood education and care (ECEC) in 20 countries organised by OECD, is an important study. It provides a wealth of documentation, findings and conclusions. The...

    Authors: Peter Moss
    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2015 1:10010011
  25. The paper has two main objectives. First, it presents an analytical framework for examining and developing policies for early childhood education and care (ECEC) in advanced industrialized countries. This fram...

    Authors: Abrar Hasan
    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2015 1:10010001

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