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van Trijp, Catharina P. J.; Broekhuizen, Martine L.; Moser, Thomas; Barata, M. Clara; Aguiar, Cecília – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2023
Parents play a vital role in identifying children's needs for support and Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) features that support children's well-being. This study examined parental perspectives on features of ECEC that foster young children's well-being under and above the age of 3 years by interviewing 359 parents across nine European…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Child Care Centers
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Papadopoulou, Kalliroi; Tsermidou, Lia; Dimitrakaki, Christina; Agapidaki, Eirini; Oikonomidou, Despoina; Petanidou, Dimitra; Tountas, Yiannis; Giannakopoulos, George – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
Existing research underscores the significance of early childhood experiences in the childcare context for the development of socioemotional skills and competencies. However, the practices adopted within childcare for the enhancement of children's socioemotional development and the factors mediating these practices are less adequately researched.…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Social Development, Emotional Development, Well Being
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Rentzou, Konstantina; Sakellariou, Maria – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2011
Though quality in early childhood education and care has attracted last decades enormous research interest there is still not a unanimous agreement about its definition. Yet, almost all definitions attempted include interaction, group size, adult:child ratio and early childhood educators' level of education, as important indices of quality.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Well Being, Caregivers, Young Children