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Galvão, Afonso; Brasil, Ive – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2014
This qualitative and exploratory research is aimed at investigating the underlying reasons for the professional choice of Brazilian teachers who work within early education. Seventeen teachers (seven from public schools and 10 from private schools) were interviewed in depth in a semi-structured manner. Questions concerned the reasons that guided…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Early Childhood Education, Qualitative Research
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Rutanen, Niina; de Souza Amorim, Katia; Colus, Katia Miguel; Piattoeva, Nelli – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2014
Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) policies and practices are local, historically and socially context-specific constructions. In addition to local ideals and policies, discursive practices concerning ECEC are influenced by universal ideals that are described and assigned by the member states of the United Nations Convention on the Rights…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Educational Quality