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Tertoolen, Anja; Geldens, Jeannette; van Oers, Bert; Popeijus, Herman – International Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
Listening to young children's voices is an issue with increasing relevance for many researchers in the field of early childhood research. At the same time, teachers and researchers are faced with challenges to provide children with possibilities to express their notions, and to find ways of comprehending children's voices. In our research we aim…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Coding, Educational Research
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Leuven, Edwin; Lindahl, Mikael; Oosterbeek, Hessel; Webbink, Dinand – Economics of Education Review, 2010
We use a novel quasi-experimental strategy to estimate the effect of expanding early schooling enrollment possibilities on early achievement. It exploits two features of the school system in The Netherlands. The first is rolling admissions; children are allowed to start school immediately after their 4th birthday instead of at the beginning of the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement, Early Childhood Education, Young Children
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Deynoot-Schaub, Mirjam J. J. M. Gevers; Riksen-Walraven, J. Marianne – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2005
In 2001, the authors assessed the quality of care provided to children in 51 care groups from 39 child-care centers in The Netherlands using the Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale (T. Harms, D. Cryer, & R. M. Clifford, 1990) and compared the results with the quality of child care assessed in 1995 (M. H. van IJzendoorn, L. W. C. Tavecchio,…
Descriptors: Young Children, Rating Scales, Foreign Countries, Child Care
Smale, Jim, Ed. – Early Childhood Matters, 1999
This document consists of the three 1999 issues of The Bernard van Leer Foundation's "Early Childhood Matters." This periodical, addressed to practitioners in the field of early childhood education, evolved from an in-house publication directed to projects funded by the Bernard van Leer Foundation. Articles in the February 1999 edition…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Attitudes, Culturally Relevant Education, Developed Nations
Smale, Jim, Ed. – Early Childhood Matters: The Bulletin of the Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2000
This document consists of the three 2000 issues of The Bernard van Leer Foundation's "Early Childhood Matters." This periodical, addressed to practitioners in the field of early childhood education, evolved from an in-house publication directed to projects funded by the Bernard van Leer Foundation. Articles in the February 2000 edition…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Role, Childhood Attitudes, Culturally Relevant Education
Prinsen, Bert – 2000
Although support for parents has been common in Dutch policy and practice since the early 1990s, recent efforts are focusing on improving the match between supply and demand, improving coherence, and making it easier to identify and to access relevant support agencies; efforts are also focusing on prevention. This article examines how the…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Health, Child Rearing, Community Programs