Moss, Peter;
(2010)
Early Childhood Education and Care.
In: Kamerman, Sheila and Phipps, Shelley and Ben-Arieh, Asher, (eds.)
From Child Welfare to Child Well-Being: An International Perspective on Knowledge in the Service of Policy Making.
(pp. 371-384).
Springer: Dordrecht. The Netherlands.
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Abstract
Since the 1970s, there has been a growing interest in the comparative study of what today is most often referred to as “early childhood education and care” (ECEC), services providing non-parental care and education for children under compulsory school age; these services include nurseries, nursery schools, kindergartens, various types of “age-integrated” centres for children under and over 3 years, and family day care provided by home-based workers. Some of this work has been initiated by academics, interested in better understanding political, social and cultural differences in policy, provision and practice; it is here that Al Kahn and Sheila Kamerman have played a leading role (I first met them in the 1970s, as a junior researcher knowing nothing of ECEC beyond my own shores, when they called on me in London during one of their regular swings through Europe to keep themselves informed about policies).
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Early Childhood Education and Care |
| ISBN: | 978 90 481 3376 5 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-90-481-3377-2_20 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3377-2_20 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10005579 |
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