Starting Strong II: Early Childhood Education and Care
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This review of early childhood education and care (ECEC) in twenty OECD countries describes the social, economic, conceptual and research factors that influence early childhood policy. These include increasing women’s labour market participation; reconciling work and family responsibilities on a more equitable basis for women; confronting the demographic challenges faced by OECD countries; and in particular, addressing issues of access, quality, diversity, child poverty and educational disadvantage. Starting Strong II outlines the progress made by the participating countries in responding to the key aspects of successful ECEC policy outlined in the previous volume, Starting Strong (OECD, 2001). It offers many examples of new policy initiatives adopted in the ECEC field. In their conclusion, the authors identify ten policy areas for further critical attention from governments. The book also presents country profiles, which give an overview of ECEC systems in all 20 participating countries.
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General quality assessments and parent surveys indicate that the quality of Swedish childcare is still high and that parents are generally very satisfied with the service.
“General quality assessments, together with parent surveys, indicate, however, that the quality of the care is still high and that parents are generally very satisfied with the service (OECD, 2006; Swedish National Agency of Education 2018).”
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- OECD
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- OECD
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- Starting Strong
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- OECD
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- Social Sciences › Education › Early Childhood Education and Development
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Education Systems and Policies
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Global Educational Policies and Reforms
- Keywords
- early childhood education and care, early childhood education policy, women's labour market participation, work-family balance, population problems, early childhood care quality, child poverty, educational disadvantage, OECD countries
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