This prompted ISSA to develop a Quality Framework for Early Childhood Practices in Services for Children Under Three Years of Age -primarily for its members. The Framework not only presents the most current information on how to work with this age level, but also includes information on why and...
Expand coverage and enhance the quality of entire educational systems. Alignment of the curricula for early childhood education, from preschool through primary school and at least through grade 3, would add value at each level and help to assure children’s performance throughout school. Foster posi...
2008. "A National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education and Care: A Discussion Paper." Australian Commonwealth Government. http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/26815177?selectedversion=NBD43495121.Australian Government (2008) A national quality framework for early childhood education and care. ...
This study investigates the factors influencing quality in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) in Spain focusing on the 0–3 age group. The research draws on data collected using the ITERS-3 (Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale, 3rd edition) instrument from 62 centers across Spain. Us...
An analysis of the conceptualisation of `Quality' in early childhood education and care empirical research: Promoting `blind spots' as foci for future research. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 12(2), 102-117.Fenech, M. 2011 . “An Analysis of the Conce...
What matters most for early childhood development : a framework paper Around the world, inequalities in child development are stark. These inequalities often begin before birth and expand during a child's early years. A child's earliest years present a window of opportunity to address inequality ...
2007. A Science-based Framework for Early Childhood Policy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Center on the Developing Child.Center on the Developing Child (2007a) A Science-Based Framework for Early Childhood Policy: using evidence to improve outcomes in learning, behavior and health for ...
(2012). Participatory learning theories: A framework for early childhood pedagogy. Early Child Development and Care, 82(7), 921-940.Hedges, H. and Cullen, J. (2012) Participatory learning theories: a framework for early childhood pedagogy, Early Child Development and Care, 182:7, 921-940, ...
One of the more commonly used measures, the Early Childhood En- vironment Rating Scale (ECERS; Harms, Clifford, & Cryer, 1998), assesses multiple aspects of process quality. Such multidimensional process measures tell us much more about the quality of care that children receive than do structur...
Theoretical Framework Our novel approach to parent-practitioner partnerships takes inspiration from the pedagogic principles of Freidrich Froebel, founder of the kindergarten in nineteenth century Germany. The legacy of Froebelian kindergarten pedagogy is seen in many contemporary early childhood education prac...