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Direct linkvan 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
Kirsi-Marja Heikkinen; Raisa Ahtiainen; Elina Fonsén; Arto Kallioniemi – Educational Research, 2024
Background: Early childhood education and care (ECEC) centres have historically been overlooked and undervalued globally. However, recent economic investments and numerous changes have significantly impacted the role of ECEC centre leaders and their requirements. Moreover, recent research on educational leadership highlights its importance for…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care Centers, Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership
Download full textHeikka, Johanna E.; Kahila, Sanni K.; Suhonen, Katja K. – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2020
Background: Current research on early childhood education (ECE) leadership as well as on policy reform in Finland suggests that pedagogical leadership must be considered as a purposeful and planned process. Pedagogical leadership plans play a key role in the purposeful and effective enactment of pedagogical leadership in ECE settings. Aim: This…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Early Childhood Education, Strategic Planning, Child Care Centers
Ahtiainen, Raisa; Fonsén, Elina; Kiuru, Laura – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2021
Finnish early childhood education and care (ECEC) experienced system-wide changes in legislation, curriculum, and teachers' and centre leaders' qualification requirements between 2013 and 2018. Through these changes, the Finnish ECEC follows the global trends shifting the focus of ECEC from care towards education. The data are leaders' (N = 41)…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care Centers, Educational Change, Educational Legislation
Hujala, Eeva; Vlasov, Janniina; Szecsk, Tünde – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2017
This article reports on the findings of a follow-up study, which examined parents' and teachers' perspectives regarding the quality of childcare for 3- to 5-year-old children in the United States, Russia and Finland between 1991 and 2011. The study aims to address a gap in early childhood education (ECE) research by examining how the quality of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Preschool Teachers
