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For these reasons, early childhood programs look and function differently. [3] The DAP has three core components: knowledge about development and learning; knowledge about individual children; and, knowledge about the social and cultural contexts where children grow and learn. [5]
The NQS consists of seven quality areas, each containing standards and elements, that children's education and care services are assessed and rated against. The seven quality areas covered by the National Quality Standard are: QA 1 - Educational program and practice; QA 2 - Children's health and safety; QA 3 - Physical environment
The global priority placed on early childhood education is underscored with targets of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4. As of 2023, however, "only around 4 in 10 children aged 3 and 4 attend early childhood education" around the world. [9]
The Global Child Development Group (GCDG) is an international, non-governmental organization founded in Bellagio, Italy in 2007, with a focus on the promotion of research, practice and policies focused on child development. The organization has a particular emphasis on children's social, cognitive, emotional, behavioural and motor development.
A joint position statement of the International Reading Association and the National Association for the Education of Young Children. Retrieved May 1, 2007, from ; Neuman, S. (2004, January). Supporting Beginning Writing. Early Childhood Today, 18(4), 39-39. Retrieved July 10, 2009, from Academic Search Complete database.
[8] [9] EDC also works to improve the knowledge base in early childhood development. [10] Twice named in The Boston Globe’s 'Top Places to Work', [11] EDC maintains a staff composed of scientists, researchers, mathematicians, educators, and health and technology specialists. Staff expertise includes research, training, policy, curriculum and ...
Christine Pascal (OBE) is a founding member of the European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) and is editor of the European Early Childhood Education Research Association Journal. [1] She is co-director of the Centre for Research in Early Childhood (CREC), a charity based in Birmingham, [2] and president of ECEERA.
Another focal point of research is concerned with early childhood development and community-school relationships that support children and families. [4] Research at the centre benefits from collaboration among faculty, graduate students, and the ICS Laboratory School teacher-researchers, and by links to partner schools.