scholarly journals A Mixed-Methods Study of Early Childhood Education and Care in South Korea: Policies and Practices During COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hae Min Yu ◽  
Yu Jin Cho ◽  
Hyun Jeong Kim ◽  
Jin H. Kim ◽  
Jee Hyun Bae
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Education And Care ◽  
Policies And Practices

Space for toddlers in the guidelines and curricula for early childhood education and care in Finland

Childhood ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 526-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niina Rutanen
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Best Interests ◽  
Older Children ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Education And Care ◽  
Policies And Practices

In Finland, the policies and practices in early childhood education and care (ECEC) have been characterized by a division into practices and forms of care for children under and over 3 years old. This study analyses the construction of space in the national and local level curricula for the very youngest children. These documents both present ‘child’s best interests’ as age-related, and generalize and distinguish the needs and abilities of the ‘younger’ and the ‘older’ children. At the local level, the space offered for the youngest children is linked to the emphasis on the daycare group as a community of social actors; the youngest ones are seen as inexperienced newcomers, faced with adaptation to the group and its rules.

Social Investment and Childcare Expansion

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarita León
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Perfect Match ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Conceptual Level ◽  
Social Investment ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Education And Care

The chapter first examines at a conceptual level the links between theories of social investment and childcare expansion. Although ‘the perfect match’ between the two is often taken for granted in the specialized literature as well as in policy papers, it is here argued that a more nuance approach that ‘unpacks’ this relationship is needed. The chapter will then look for elements of variation in early childhood education and care (ECEC) expansion. Despite an increase in spending over the last two decades in many European and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, wide variation still exists in the way in which ECEC develops. A trade-off is often observed between coverage and quality of provision. A crucial dividing line that determines, to a large extent, the quality of provision in ECEC is the increasing differentiation between preschool education for children aged 3 and above and childcare for younger children.

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