A Comparison of International Child Care and US Child Care Using the Child Care Aware — NACCRRA Child Care BenchmarksInternational Journal of Child Care and Education Policy - Tập 7 Số 1 - Trang 60-66 - 2013
Richard Fiene
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This is a first of its kind study comparing the USA to other world countries utilizing the Child Care Aware — NACCRRA (National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies) Child Care Benchmarks related to health and safety rules and regulations. A team of researchers analyzed the child care/early care & education rules and regul...... hiện toàn bộ
United States Child Care Policy and Systems of Care: The Emerging Role of Quality Rating and Improvement SystemsInternational Journal of Child Care and Education Policy - - 2009
Cynthia K. Buettner, David W. Andrews
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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 to high quality child care a central focus of U.S. public policy. State level licensure and national accreditation are the most prevalent st...... hiện toàn bộ
The effects of pediatric primary prevention programs on screen-time and reading habits of children in JordanInternational Journal of Child Care and Education Policy - Tập 15 - Trang 1-12 - 2021
Mustafa S. Yousuf, Heather Lea Harvey, Sanjai K. Parahoo, Basil Shawkat Ziadeh, Muna Kilani, Eman Al-Kamil
The proliferation of electronic content and limited exposure of children to books in Jordan has made both parents and health-care providers more concerned about healthy child development. This research aimed to determine if pediatric primary prevention programs were helpful in reducing screen-time and improving reading habits of children in Jordan, and if there was a correlation between these two ...... hiện toàn bộ
The Integration of Early Childhood Systems within EducationInternational Journal of Child Care and Education Policy - Tập 4 Số 1 - Trang 35-43 - 2010
John W. Bennett, Yoshie Kaga
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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: early education had tended to become a junior school and care a question of baby-sitting while mothers worked. In particular, the low qua...... hiện toàn bộ
Policy levers to promote cultural competence in early childhood programs in the USA: recommendations from system specialistsInternational Journal of Child Care and Education Policy - Tập 13 - Trang 1-23 - 2019
Mary L. Porterfield, Catherine Scott-Little
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 requirements related to cultural competence into the system, including incentives, supports, and rewards for programs that foster cultural competence of the early care and education (ECE) workforce. T...... hiện toàn bộ
An investigation of early childhood education teachers’ attitudes, behaviors, and views regarding the rights of the childInternational Journal of Child Care and Education Policy - Tập 15 - Trang 1-26 - 2021
Cagla Banko-Bal, Tulin Guler-Yildiz
This study investigates the attitudes, behaviors, and views about the rights of the child of early childhood education (ECE) teachers in Turkey. A mixed-method sequential transformative design was used, and 205 ECE teachers’ attitudes towards children’s rights were analyzed using a quantitative questionnaire. Ten of these ECE teachers were then observed, and their views in terms of the rights of c...... hiện toàn bộ
The Revision of Japan’s National Guidelines for Care and Education at Day Nursery and Its ProblemsInternational Journal of Child Care and Education Policy - Tập 2 - Trang 27-38 - 2015
Takeo Shishido
This article is written to introduce the main contents of the revised National Guidelines for Care and Education at Day Nursery (henceforth New Guidelines), which were recently announced by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW), and the challenges associated with these New Guidelines. The National Guidelines for Care and Education at Day Nursery is the national curriculum for Japan’s da...... hiện toàn bộ
Learning areas for holistic education: kindergarten teachers’ curriculum priorities, professional development needs, and beliefsInternational Journal of Child Care and Education Policy - Tập 10 - Trang 1-18 - 2016
Alfredo Bautista, Siew-Chin Ng, David Múñez, Rebecca Bull
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 was conducted with a sample of 123 in-service kindergarten teachers in Singapore. The goals were to investigate the following: (1) how teachers prioritized the importance of the various learn...... hiện toàn bộ
Determining who is at-risk in the full-day kindergarten programInternational Journal of Child Care and Education Policy - Tập 17 - Trang 1-18 - 2023
Suzanne Gooderham
Research indicates that early intervention can improve long term outcomes for students who struggle early in school. However, in multi-layered organization such as the school system, many elements may come into play when deciding which students will receive support. This study examined these elements including system requirements and expectations at the provincial and school board levels, current ...... hiện toàn bộ
Early Childhood Teacher Policy in the United States: Continuing Issues, Overcoming Barriers, and Envisioning the FutureInternational Journal of Child Care and Education Policy - - 2015
Eun Kyeong Cho, Leslie J. Couse
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 early childhood (EC) teachers, has led to low entry requirements and lenient regulations for most EC sectors. Yet, the recent call for school readiness of preschoolers is pushing the field t...... hiện toàn bộ