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

Children in care lag behind their peers on a number of outcome measures, including
education. Interventions have been developed to help them close the gap with their peers …

Introduction Substantial research indicates that high quality early childhood education and
care (ECEC) confers a wide range of benefits for children, yet quality in ECEC remains …

The general consensus in the field is that when the home language is different from the
language of instruction in school then children's literacy attainments could slow down. In this …

This study examines the pedagogical beliefs of 205 German preschool teachers regarding
language education and the correlation between these beliefs and observed classroom …

Research has examined how education systems affect student achievement. Much of this
research has compared comprehensive systems of schooling with tracked (selective) …

In the first volume of the Oxford Review of Education Jerome Bruner (1975) showed how the
upbringing of the very young is influenced by poverty, and how different kinds of upbringing …

Research increasingly acknowledges the importance of high quality interactions that support
and extend children's thinking. Few measurement tools currently exist, however, to capture …

School readiness is a dominant discourse in current policy agendas in UK and international
contexts, fulfilling a range of goals such as providing children with the 'best start in life'by …

Dr Stacey Fox has worked in research and policy across child, youth and family sectors for a
number of years. Stacey has coauthored significant reports on parent engagement in …