International Handbook Of Child Care Policies And Programs

Author : Moncrieff Cochran
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 701 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1993-04-22
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780313369445

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International Handbook of Child Care Policies and Programs by Moncrieff Cochran Pdf

This reference offers a comprehensive overview of public policies and programs related to child care in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Oceania, Europe, and North America. Individual chapters profile policies and programs in 29 countries. Each chapter contains a description of existing policies and programs, presented against a particular historical, cultural, and ideological backdrop. The chapters are arranged in alphabetical order to facilitate use as a reference, and each includes a list of works for further reading. The volume begins with an introductory essay that overviews recent trends and developments around the world. The chapters that follow discuss the background and history of child care, demographic characteristics of the country profiled, the socioeconomic context of child care, and the extent and nature of government intervention. A final chapter synthesizes the information presented and makes crossnational comparisons of policies and programs. Appendices provide demographic data and describe maternity and parental leave policies. A general bibliography concludes the work, making it a useful and current reference tool.

Author : Moncrieff Cochran
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1993-04-22
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004440363

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International Handbook of Child Care Policies and Programs by Moncrieff Cochran Pdf

Provides a cross-national comparison of 29 countries (including 13 OECD countries), which are treated separately. Reviews child care policies, facilities, and programmes and the vocational training of child care personnel in the context of historical background, cultural values, social change and economic development.

Author : Gordon Cleveland,Michael Krashinsky
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0802082750

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Our Children's Future by Gordon Cleveland,Michael Krashinsky Pdf

Assembling key experts and activists in the area of Canadian child care policy, this book makes an important contribution to understanding how Canada, with its particular institutions, politics, and values, should design a national child care strategy.

Author : Joyce Gelb,Marian Lief Palley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781851099894

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Women and Politics around the World [2 volumes] by Joyce Gelb,Marian Lief Palley Pdf

A unique two-volume examination of the progress women have made in achieving political equality, Women and Politics around the World addresses both transnational and gender-related issues as well as specific conditions in more than 20 countries. Women and Politics around the World: A Comparative History and Survey is an exploration of the role of women in political systems worldwide, as well as an examination of how government actions in various countries have an impact on the lives of the female population. Women and Politics around the World divides its coverage into two volumes. The first looks at such crucial issues facing women today as health policy, civil rights, and education, comparing conditions around the world. The second volume profiles 22 different countries, representing a broad range of governments, economies, and cultures. Each profile looks at the history and current state of women's political and economic participation in a particular country, and includes an in-depth look at a representative policy. The result is a resource unlike any other—one that gives students, researchers, and other interested readers a fresh new way of investigating a truly global issue.

Author : Marilyn Fleer,Bert van Oers
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1620 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789402409277

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International Handbook of Early Childhood Education by Marilyn Fleer,Bert van Oers Pdf

This international handbook gives a comprehensive overview of findings from longstanding and contemporary research, theory, and practices in early childhood education in the Northern and Southern hemispheres. The first volume of the handbook addresses theory, methodology, and the research activities and research needs of particular regions. The second volume examines in detail innovations and longstanding programs, curriculum and assessment, and conceptions and research into child, family and communities. The two volumes of this handbook address the current theory, methodologies and research needs of specific countries and provide insight into existing global similarities in early childhood practices. By paying special attention to what is happening in the larger world contexts, the volumes provide a representative overview of early childhood education practices and research, and redress the current North-South imbalance of published work on the subject.

Author : Jack P. Shonkoff,Samuel J. Meisels
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2000-05-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781316583845

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Handbook of Early Childhood Intervention by Jack P. Shonkoff,Samuel J. Meisels Pdf

Eighteen new chapters have been added to the 2000 edition of this valuable Handbook, which serves as a core text for students and experienced professionals who are interested in the health and well being of young children. It serves as a comprehensive reference for graduate students, advanced trainees, service providers, and policy makers in such diverse fields as child care, early childhood education, child health, and early intervention programs for children with developmental disabilities and children in high risk environments. This book will be of interest to a broad range of disciplines including psychology, child development, early childhood education, social work, pediatrics, nursing, child psychiatry, physical and occupational therapy, speech and language pathology, and social policy. A scholarly overview of the underlying knowledge base and practice of early childhood intervention, it is unique in its balance between breadth and depth and its integration of the multiple dimensions of the field.

Author : Mary E. Young
Publisher : Elsevier Science & Technology
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Child care
ISBN : UOM:39015041029557

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Early Child Development by Mary E. Young Pdf

Hardbound. This book provides an overview of early child development efforts worldwide as well as research and policy recommendations for enhancing and enlarging these efforts. It answers the question: Why invest in early child development? And describes the benefits, options, and rationale for supporting comprehensive programs of nutrition, health, and education for children around the world and especially in low-income and poor areas of all countries.The contributing authors present programming strategies for accomplishing positive, synergistic improvements in nutrition, health, and cognitive development of young children living in poverty. They also address the economic and policy implications of these interventions.This clear research overview will be of interest to policymakers, program administrators, researchers, academics as well as field practitioners working in education, health, and/or nutrition programs targeted to children, families an

Author : William Damon,Richard M. Lerner,K. Ann Renninger,Irving E. Sigel
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1105 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2007-07-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780470050552

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Handbook of Child Psychology, Child Psychology in Practice by William Damon,Richard M. Lerner,K. Ann Renninger,Irving E. Sigel Pdf

Part of the authoritative four-volume reference that spans the entire field of child development and has set the standard against which all other scholarly references are compared. Updated and revised to reflect the new developments in the field, the Handbook of Child Psychology, Sixth Edition contains new chapters on such topics as spirituality, social understanding, and non-verbal communication. Volume 4: Child Psychology in Practice, edited by K. Ann Renninger, Swarthmore College, and Irving E. Sigel, Educational Testing Service, covers child psychology in clinical and educational practice. New topics addressed include educational assessment and evaluation, character education, learning disabilities, mental retardation, media and popular culture, children's health and parenting.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Child welfare
ISBN : UCBK:C049978640

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Children Today by Anonim Pdf

Author : W. Steven Barnett,Sarane Spence Boocock
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1998-03-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780791495810

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Early Care and Education for Children in Poverty by W. Steven Barnett,Sarane Spence Boocock Pdf

Barnett and Boocock present a multi-disciplinary assessment of the long-term outcomes of early care and education in the United States and abroad. Innovative new research, together with up-to-date, comprehensive reviews, provide lessons for the design of early childhood programs, policies, and research. Contributors from the fields of education, psychology, sociology, and economics address questions about the causal relationships through which early childhood programs produce their long-term effects, the characteristics of effective early childhood programs, how nations respond to the global social and economic trends that are changing the lives of children and their families everywhere, child care's effects on maternal labor force participation, the potential and perils of welfare reform, and the implications of national economic and political structures for early care and education policies. A unique feature of the book is its attention to the practical problems of conducting research to support public policy development, translating research results into public policy, and improving communication between researchers and policy makers. The research presented in this important volume clearly establishes that early care and education can permanently improve the lives of children in poverty, provides research-based recommendations for achieving that goal through public policy, and sets an agenda for future research on early care and education's long-term outcomes.

Author : Hillel Goelman,Sally Ross,Sheila Marshall
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0802089313

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Multiple Lenses, Multiple Images by Hillel Goelman,Sally Ross,Sheila Marshall Pdf

Drawing from a wide range of disciplines and perspectives, the essays in Multiple Lenses, Multiple Images are oriented around the idea that images of childhood can be understood within three dimensions: time, space, and discipline. Time refers to both the chronological ages of the children under consideration and the historical timeframe in which that particular essay is suited. Space is a dimension that includes familial, community, institutional, and cultural spaces within which children live. The third dimension, discipline, names the specific and distinct areas of scholarship and research that define the ontology, epistemology, and methodology within which the contributors write. Multiple Lenses, Multiple Images is intended to deepen and expand the collaborative, interdisciplinary discourse on children and childhood through reflections not just on what is known about children, but on how it has been learned.

Author : Richard M. Lerner,M. Ann Easterbrooks,Jayanthi Mistry
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2003-03-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780471264477

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Handbook of Psychology, Developmental Psychology by Richard M. Lerner,M. Ann Easterbrooks,Jayanthi Mistry Pdf

Includes established theories and cutting-edge developments. Presents the work of an international group of experts. Presents the nature, origin, implications, an future course of major unresolved issues in the area.

Author : Deborah Brennan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1998-04-06
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780521635103

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The Politics of Australian Child Care by Deborah Brennan Pdf

This revised edition is a political history of child care in Australia from the 1890s to the late 1990s.

Author : Moncrieff Cochran,Rebecca S. New
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1449 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780313014482

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Early Childhood Education by Moncrieff Cochran,Rebecca S. New Pdf

Early childhood education has reached a level of unprecedented national and international focus. Parents, policy makers, and politicians have opinions as well as new questions about what, how, when, and where young children should learn. Teachers and program administrators now find curriculum discussions linked to dramatic new understandings about children's early learning and brain development. Early childhood education is also a major topic of concern internationally, as social policy analysts point to its role in a nation's future economic outlook. As a groundbreaking contribution to its field, this four-volume handbook discusses key historical and contemporary issues, research, theoretical perspectives, national policies, and practices.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1999-10-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264174092

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Education Policy Analysis 1999 by OECD Pdf

Drawing on the policy experience and trends in OECD countries, this book covers growth in participation in formal education to meet lifelong learning needs; policy options to secure the benefits of early childhood education; the uses of ICT in education; and participation from the underrepresented.