...Overview Quality early childhood education (ECE) is today recognized internationally as providing a critical foundation impacting young children’s life course development and learning outcomes. Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies...
Rosie Flewitt is Reader in Early Communication and Literacy in the Department of Learning and Leadership at the UCL Institute of Education, University College London, UK. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.
Lynn Ang is Reader in Early Childhood in the Department of Learning and Leadership at the UCL Institute of Education, University College London, UK. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.
...The early childhood years are specific and unique. We all know something about childhood because we have all experienced it, but every person’s experience of childhood is different. According to Danby and Farrell (2004) ‘childhood cannot...
Marigen Narea is Assistant Professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Principal Investigator at the Center for Advanced Studies on Educational Justice, Chile Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.
Felipe Godoy is Research Associate at the Center for Advanced Studies on Educational Justice, Chile. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.
...Ages of children in ECE The Chilean early childhood education (ECE) system serves children from eighty-four days to six years of age. It is comprised of three levels, each divided into two cycles, with a national enrollment rate of 54.8...
Emilia Djonov is Senior Lecturer in Early Language and Literacy at the Department of Educational Studies, Macquarie University, Australia. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.
...Definition of early literacy The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia (EYLF) defines early literacy as “the capacity, confidence and disposition to use language in all its forms [and] a range of modes of communication including...
Sandra Hesterman is Director ECE and Senior Lecturer at Murdoch University, Western Australia. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.
...Philosophical foundations of ECE teacher education Since the enactment of the Education and Care Services National Law Act (Chief Parliamentary Counsel 2010) early childhood education and care (ECEC) services in Australia are regulated...
Sandra Hesterman is Director ECE and Senior Lecturer at Murdoch University, Western Australia. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.
...Overview of early childhood education in Australia The keywords used in Australian national policy to describe non-compulsory education programs available in preschool settings are ‘early childhood education and care’ (ECEC). Service...
...Transitions into, within, and out of early childhood settings Fundamental to all positive early childhood transition experiences is the recognition of the ongoing and collaborative nature of transitions. This means, child and family...
Randa Khattar is Adjunct Professor and Executive Director – Secretariat for Centres of Excellence for Early Years and Childcare, Western University; Vice-President, Ontario Reggio Association. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.
Karyn Callaghan is President of the Ontario Reggio Association, Canada and Co-director of the Ontario Provincial Centre of Excellence. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.
...Philosophical foundations of ECE teacher education Historically, dominant Western discourses have formed the philosophical foundations of early childhood teacher education in Canada. These include amongst others developmental psychology...
Kelly-Ann MacAlpine is a PhD candidate and research assistant at Western University, Canada. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.
Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw is a professor in early childhood education at Western University, Canada. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.
...Age range Early childhood education and care (ECEC) includes infant/toddler care and preschool programs and services for children from birth to 5 years of age (birth to 3 years, infant/toddler, and 3 to 5 years preschool). Depending...
...Definition and approach to special education The Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) for children from birth to 5 years old in England states that every child “deserves the best possible start in life...
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