Bildungschancen sind in Deutschland ungleich verteilt. Vor diesem Hintergrund wird seit
einigen Jahren in Politik und Fachkreisen eingefordert, dass sich Eltern einerseits sowie …

Day care in Finland comprising care, education and teaching—called Educare or the ECEC
model—can be used as an open care (community care) support measure for children whose …

In the Maltese context, the nation-wide roll-out of State kindergarten provision in the mid-70s
and the rapid increase in childcare services for under three-year-olds over the last two …

Even though outdoor play is positively linked to children's well-being, health, development
and learning, children's opportunities to play outside have reduced in recent years. This …

The physical environment of the preschool programmes has been proven to affect both
children's overall development and the quality of the programme. However, both nationally …

Most research in early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings, in Greece and
internationally, focuses on children's relationships with their early years practitioners, but …

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)(2015) posits that
positive lifetime outcomes rely on the acquisition of a balance of cognitive, social and …

This study examined the relationship between children's participation in childcare services
from birth to 3 years of age and their parents' subjective well-being, as well as the mediating …

Drawing on kindergarten teachers' and University departments' reactions to the Greek
government's initiative to adopt an integrated Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) …

This research examines specific facets of parent satisfaction with childcare centres, namely
satisfaction with parent–centre communication and the educational services they provide, as …