Following the election of the Conservative–Liberal Democrat UK coalition Government in
2010, there has been an urgent intensification and focus upon early years numeracy and …

Provision of early childhood education and care (ECEC) in England is highly marketised.
Since 2010, when the Labour Party lost power to a Conservative/Liberal Democrat Coalition …

International comparisons strongly influence national policy agendas in the early years.
However, an appreciation of details and national context and differences is imperative to …

This book introduces an intriguing juxtaposition of" caring" alongside" effective", and it is a
thought-provoking book. Including examples of early years leaders on their own reflective …

This article begins by outlining the historical and political context of 'parent partnership'within
the UK. It locates the perspectives of early years' practitioners within this context, drawing on …

Assessment and the documentation of learning is an international issue in early childhood
education (ECE) and has increasingly become a way for governments to exercise direct …

This article focuses on how 'problems' regarding quality in adult education are constituted as
particular sorts of 'problems'. The analysis takes its point of departure in a poststructural …

International recognition of the early years as a crucial foundational period has led to the
design and implementation of quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) that define …

The early childhood workforce is routinely demonstrated as being central to the quality of
early childhood education and care (ECEC). Frequently, discussions of quality focus on …

Do you need good leaders to achieve good quality or does good quality create good
leadership? Quality is a term frequently used to describe early years provision without any …