Early childhood care and education : international perspectives /
Contributor(s): Melhuish, Edward C
| Petrogiannis, Konstantinos
.
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2006Description: vi, 182 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780415383691 (pbk.); 9780415383691:.Subject(s): Child care services -- Cross-cultural studies | Early childhood education -- Cross-cultural studiesDDC classification: 372.21 Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introducing international perspectives on early childhood care and education / Edward Melhuish, Konstantinos Petrogiannis -- Childcare in the United States : characteristics and consequences / Virginia D. Allhusen, K. Alison Clarke-Stewart, Jennifer L. Miner -- Policy and research on early childcare and education in Greece / Konstantinos Petrogiannis -- Policy and research on preschool care and education in the UK / Edward Melhuish -- Children's and parents' needs and early education and care in Italy / Tullia Musatti -- Policy and research on childcare in Sweden / C. Philip Hwang -- Early childhood care and education in Aotearoa, New Zealand / Anne B. Smith, Helen May -- Early childhood care and education in Israel / Miriam K. Rosenthal -- Early childhood care and education : an Indian perspective / Shraddha Kapoor -- Development of kindergarten care and education in the People's Republic of China since the 1990s / Li Shenglan -- An international overview of early childhood care and education / Edward Melhuish, Konstantinos Petrogiannis.
'Early Childhood Care and Education' examines the ways in which different countries across the world are tackling early childhood services and how these services affect young children's experiences and development, for better and worse.