We examine heterogeneous treatment effects of a universal child care program in Germany
by exploiting variation in attendance caused by a reform that led to a large expansion …

Recent decades have seen a growing emphasis, in a number of professional contexts, on
acknowledging and acting on the views of children. This trend was given added weight by …

Societal change and prescriptions in curricula demand a change in educational practice.
This can create conflicts between practitioners' usual practices (norms) and those prescribed …

This introductory chapter outlines the background of the Early Childhood Education Study
(ECES). It sets out the policy study aims and research questions, and describes the ECES …

The aim of this article is to initiate a change of view on quality that goes beyond assumed
dichotomies of subjectivity and objectivity. In the view presented here, pedagogical quality is …

In this article, the authors interrogate the use of 'belonging'in Belonging, Being and
Becoming: the Early Years Learning Framework for Australia (EYLF), Australia's first national …

Ur Förord:” Att lära är nästan som att leka… man kan lära sig att leka och man kan lära sig
att bygga Kapla-torn, så det hänger nog ihop på nåt sätt”, säger Lisa drygt åtta år. Lisa är ett …

Schemes that seek to ensure that children have access to technology at home have, so far,
been aimed at children over the age of 8. However, there is likely to be an increasing policy …

Abstract Hedefalk, M. 2014. Förskola för hållbar utveckling. Förutsättningar för barns
utveckling av handlingskompetens för hållbar utveckling. Digital Comprehensive Summaries …

International comparisons strongly influence national policy agendas in the early years.
However, an appreciation of details and national context and differences is imperative to …