Book
Early Childhood Education : Pathways to quality and equity for all children
(2006)
Abstract
AER 50 calls for a coherent, long-term national action plan and timeline to develop and implement an integrated, well-funded, regulated and managed system of early childhood education and care with clear goals, priorities and outcomes. The review describes the current provision of early childhood services in Australia and examines relevant policy. It also provides an overview of the early childhood education research, in Australia and internationally, and uses this body of work to identify and illuminate the central issues.
Keywords
- Early childhood education,
- Child care,
- Preschool education,
- Kindergarten,
- Educational finance,
- Educational policy,
- Educational quality,
- Regulation,
- Standards,
- Teaching effectiveness,
- Early intervention,
- Equal education
Disciplines
Publication Date
November, 2006
Editor
Suzanne Mellor
Publisher
Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Series
Australian education review ; n.50
ISBN
9780864317179 (pbk) 0864317174 (pbk)
Citation Information
Alison Elliott. Early Childhood Education : Pathways to quality and equity for all children. Melbourne Vic(2006) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/suzanne_mellor/77/