This meta‐analysis studies the association of pedagogical processes in early childhood
care and education with outcomes in two academic domains: language and literacy as well …

This Campbell systematic review examines the current empirical evidence on the correlation
between teacher qualifications and the quality of the early childhood learning environments …

The Uses of Social Investment provides the first study of the welfare state, under the new
post-crisis austerity context and associated crisis management politics, to take stock of the …

Whilst research underlines the importance of early mathematics in kindergarten,
practitioners need effective and innovative approaches to pedagogy. Currently, very different …

The relationship between structural quality and process quality in early childhood education
and care (ECEC) has been addressed in several studies. However, the findings are not …

Children from low-income backgrounds are at risk for lower mathematical achievement.
However, early numerical knowledge amongst children from lower-income families varies …

This report considers the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) curriculum
throughout Europe. It explores the official curriculum, specified by national or regional …

There is a growing body of evidence indicating that home literacy and numeracy
environments are predictive of children's literacy and numeracy skills within their respective …

The present study examined how the home literacy and numeracy environment in
kindergarten influences reading and math acquisition in grade 1. Eighty-two Greek children …

The COVID‐19 context has created the most severe disruption to education systems in
recent history. Its impact on child development was estimated comparing two cohorts of 4‐to …