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A 3-year-old student plays while attending pre-K at The Morris Foundation Child Development Center on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. Fort Worth ISD and PreK Today partnered this school year to provide ...
Early childhood education, in its professional form, emerges in the United States in the early 20th century. In 1926, the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAYEC) was founded, and is still active today.
Young Children is a peer reviewed journal published bi-monthly by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. In this journal, issues are organized around topical clusters that devote special attention to issues in the field of early childhood education. [12] Teaching Young Children
While the problem is more intractable in developing countries, the developed world still does not equitably provide quality early childhood care and education services for all its children. In many European countries, children, mostly from low-income and immigrant families, do not have access to good quality early childhood care and education.
The Early Childhood Education Journal analyzes issues, trends, policies, and practices for early childhood education from birth through age eight. Abstracted/Indexed in [ edit ]
Early childhood educational programmes are usually designed for children below the age of 3 and may refer to preschools, nursery schools, kindergartens, and some day care programmes. [151] While many primary and secondary schools have closed around the world due to COVID-19, measures impacting early childhood educational programmes have varied.
All lead teachers must have a bachelor's degree or be working towards one. Most have completed six or more courses in early-childhood education. [26] By 2013, all teachers were to have associate degrees in a related field and half must have bachelor's degrees. [27] [28]
Early childhood education, also referred to as preschool education or nursery education, encompasses the period from birth until the commencement of primary school. It is designed to facilitate holistic child development, addressing physical, mental, and social aspects.