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Educational Provision for Our Youngest Children:
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European Perspectives.
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Child Development; Early Childhood Education;
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*Educational Policy; Foreign Countries; *Government
School Relationship; *Public Support; *School
Support; *State Aid; Theory Practice Relationship;
*Young Children
Belgium; Denmark; *Europe; France; Germany; Italy;
IDENTIFIERS
Spain; Sweden; United Kingdom
ABSTRACT
This collection of essays analyzes the history,
philosophy, and politics of the forms of early childhood provision
outside the home for young children in Belgium, Denmark, France,
nd the United Kingdom. In particular,
Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden,
the essays examine the extent t., which that provision is considered
educational and intended to ensure high quality learning for the
child (rather than a starting point of care). Also considered are:
(2) the
the influence of child development theories and research;
(1)
ways in which philosophy and aims are translated into practice;
(3)
(4) links between provision and
links between home and provision;
(6) grouping of children; (7)
(5) funding sources;
primary school;
the status of educators. A
learning opportunities offered; and (8)
concluding chapter explores the ways the different countries perceive
young children, early childhood, and the links between them and
primary schooling. Each chapter colitains references, and a list of
contact organizations concerning early childhood education in the
countries named in the text is appended. A bibliography with over 260
items is included.
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Dedicated to our youngest children, and all those
who act as their advocates throughout the world
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Contents
Biographical details of contributors
ix
Preface and acknowledgements
xii
Young Europeans
1
1
Tricia David
Nursery education in Belgium
2
7
Jacqueline Andries and Tricia David
Provision for preschool children in Denmark
3
18
Karin Vilien
4
Preschool education in France
35
Madeleine Goutard
Early childhood education and care in Germany
5
56
Hedi Colberg-Schrader and Pamela Oberhuemer
Preprimary education in Italy
6
78
Lucio Pusci
Provision for preschool children in Spain
7
93
Teresa Aguado Odina
Early childhood care and education in Swede
112
8
Monica Bergman
Educating children under 5 in the UK
9
133
Tricia David
Overview: issues and implications
10
155
Tricia David
Bibliography
171
Appendix: useful information
184
Index
187
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Biographical Details of Contributors
Teresa Aguado Odina holds a doctorate in Sciences of Education, and
a
licenciate in Educational Psychology. She is a teaching assistant in the
Department of Research Methods in Education at the Universidad Na-
cional de Educacion a Distancia (LINED), in Spain. Her
current work
involves collaboration with Spain's Ministry of Education, in the in-
service education and training of preschool teachers.
Jacqueline Andries is the current President of the Belgian National Com-
mittee of OMEP (l'Organisation Mondiale pour l'Education Prescolaire).
She was the principal of a primary/nursery school (21/2-10 years) before
her retirement. As well as her teaching qualification, she is the holder of
a
diploma in Special Education.
Monica Bergman holds a degree in Art History supplemented with So-
ciology. Since 1980 she has been a lecturer in Social Sciences
at the
University College of Falun Borlange, in Sweden, where she is mainly
involved in in-service and supplementary
cot.:ses for preschool and prim-
ary teachers. For the last seven years she has been a member of the
National Board of the Swedish Association of University Teachers
(SULF), where she brings to bear her interest in the interconnections
between higher education and employment for
women, and the educa-
tion and care of young children.
Hedi Colberg-Schrader is head of the section Children and Childcare
at
the Germa:: Youth Institute in Munich,
a non-university sociological
research institute. Her work is focused
on applied research on the living
conditions of children, and on innovatory projects concerned with kin-
dergartens and childcare
She was involved
services.
the
last
in
Biographical details of contributors
x
youth which was
Government-commissioned report on children and
holds in-service seminars for kin-
published in 1990. Hedi lectures and
and Eastern Germany, and
dergarten teachers and advisers in Western
concerned with early childhood
she is a member of the federal committee
member of the
She has published widely and is a
care and education.
editorial board of Welt des Kindes.
the University of Warwick. Her
Tricia David is a lecturer in Education at
level of the education
earlier career has included teaching at almost every
headship in nursery and primary schools; and
system from age 3 to 83;
research .rams, led by the
membership of one of the 1970s early years
who are now the age she
late Dr Corinne Hutt. Having two daughters
frustrated and
born, she has grown more and more
was when they were
policies and action in ensuring high
passionate about the need for proper
equality of opportunity for young children
quality edu-care in the UK
Under Five
publications include
and their mothers. Her previous
Cop-
Child Protection and Early Years Teachers:
and
Under - educated?
ing with Child Abuse.
her work with OMEP, as
Madeleine Goutard is known worldwide for
for many years. She has
she has been a member of the World Executive
representative to UNESCO in
also been OMEP World President and the
Preschool Education
works include
Paris. She has published widely. Her
Mathematiques sur mes-
(OECD 1980) and
in the European Community
(Hachette 1970).
ure
the State Institute of Early
Pamela Oberhuemer is a research worker at
in Munich. Areas of
Childhood Education and Family Research (IFP)
and care; educators and
focus include: child development, education
children's literature
professional development; intercultural educatim,;
Previous experience includes
and childlore; children's social concepts.
school-kindergarten
working in an infant school (London) and a
projects, Pam-
(Munich). Alongside her work in research and innovatory
seminars for kindergarten
ela Oberhuemer lectures and holds in-service
Germany. She currently
educators and advisers in Western and Eastern
of in-service training and
:hairs two working parties on the development
Vice-chair of the Pestalozzi-
advisory services in Bavaria; and she is
federal committee concerned
Froebel Association, and a member of a
also the OMEP
(AGJ
with issues of early childhood education and care
editorial board member of
German National Committee). Pamela is an
and
The
Socialpadagogische Blatter (Paderborn)
journal Kinderzeit
the
Publications include
of Early
Years Education.
International Journal
9
I
Biographical detials of contriinitors
xi
books for educators and students on children's play, organizing learning
in the kindergarten, and numerous journal articles. She has also co-edited
a series of anthologies, audio-cassettes and video-cassettes for inter-
cultural work in kindergartens and primary schools.
Lucia Pusci is a researcher at the Centro Europeo dell'Educatione in
Frascati, Rome, where he is national co-ordinator of the lEA Preprimary
Project. He is an experienced teacher, and holds a doctorate from the
University of Rome. His publications include an edited comparative text
evaluating new curricula in the primary education systems of ten Euro-
pean countries, and
Ricerca e politica educativa in prospettiva europa,
published by Armando in Rome.
Karin Vilien BA, MA has been Director of the Department for Early
the Royal School
of Educational
Childhood Studies
at
Studies,
Copenhagen since 1984, working in the field of continuing education for
pedagogues. Her earlier experience includes teaching and directing in
daycare institutions, involvement in the development of 'co-ordinated
school start', and methods teaching in a college for preschool teachers.
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