Add to ORKGUntil the late 1990s, early years and childcare in the UK had been characterized by minimal government intervention, conflicting attitudes to working parents and provision of variable quality staffed largely by low paid and poorly qualified women. Evidence from a large scale study (Sylva et al., 2003) confirmed that high quality provision and bette
This study set out to examine how quality assurance and quality improvement schemes are being used b...
The quality of early education and care matters, not only because it affects the everyday experience...
ABSTRACT This article considers policies and strategies employed to professionalise the early childh...
Prior to 1997, an integrated legislative and policy approach to meeting the educational and care nee...
This Paper reports on the stakeholders stage of a longitudinal study critiquing the notion of profes...
The UK has long lagged behind other developed countries in the level of government investment in Ear...
The work of Vygotsky impacted on the understanding of child development and the importance of practi...
The importance of the early years for later life outcomes is increasingly being recognised. The form...
Childcare quality is often thought to be important for influencing children’s subsequent attainment ...
Childcare quality is often thought to be important for influencing children’s subsequent attainment ...
In March 2006 the former British Labour Government (1997-2010) introduced a new professional, the Ea...
In 2006 The Children’s Workforce Development Council introduced the Early Years Professional (EYP) a...
England is currently facing a plethora of policy initiatives aimed at raising the quality of service...
Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) is new in the UK, and there is only limited research into the...
This chapter looks at the mothering/informal caring and professional roles with young children and a...
This study set out to examine how quality assurance and quality improvement schemes are being used b...
The quality of early education and care matters, not only because it affects the everyday experience...
ABSTRACT This article considers policies and strategies employed to professionalise the early childh...
Prior to 1997, an integrated legislative and policy approach to meeting the educational and care nee...
This Paper reports on the stakeholders stage of a longitudinal study critiquing the notion of profes...
The UK has long lagged behind other developed countries in the level of government investment in Ear...
The work of Vygotsky impacted on the understanding of child development and the importance of practi...
The importance of the early years for later life outcomes is increasingly being recognised. The form...
Childcare quality is often thought to be important for influencing children’s subsequent attainment ...
Childcare quality is often thought to be important for influencing children’s subsequent attainment ...
In March 2006 the former British Labour Government (1997-2010) introduced a new professional, the Ea...
In 2006 The Children’s Workforce Development Council introduced the Early Years Professional (EYP) a...
England is currently facing a plethora of policy initiatives aimed at raising the quality of service...
Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) is new in the UK, and there is only limited research into the...
This chapter looks at the mothering/informal caring and professional roles with young children and a...
This study set out to examine how quality assurance and quality improvement schemes are being used b...
The quality of early education and care matters, not only because it affects the everyday experience...
ABSTRACT This article considers policies and strategies employed to professionalise the early childh...