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Preschool Education in England
December 29, 2006
Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.
-Marcus Tullius Cicero
-Marcus Tullius Cicero
This article, according to the author's abstract, focuses in particular on, "quality, availability, and affordability and in so doing explores issues of equity. It will be argued that whilst overall levels of pre-school educational provision have increased, there are still not enough places, costs are too high for some, and the quality is variable. In the light of research evidence indicating greater cognitive and social progress in certain types of pre-school provision, it is argued that there is a particular need to improve access to such forms of provision as they can enhance the educational and social outcomes of children from disadvantaged backgrounds. A number of policy changes are proposed in order to enhance the quality, availability, and affordability of pre-school education for children from disadvantaged backgrounds."
Sound vaguely familiar?
West, A. (2006, September). "The pre-school education market in England from 1997: quality, availability, affordability and equity." Oxford Review of Education; 32(3), 283-30.
Contributed by Michael Kalinowski
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Comments (3)
Displaying All 3 CommentsBethesda, MD, United States
You might consider this for a future issue, copied from The Week, Dec. 29, 2006, page 30:
"Dirt makes kids healthier. Scientists have found that kids from clean, Western, urban homes are more prone to asthma and allergies than those who live in rural, Third World environments. When children are raised in sterile homes and schools, their immune systems are never trained to tell the difference between a real threat, such as germs, and a foreign particle, like cat hair. So when too-clean American kids encounter a suspicious invader, their bodies go on red alert, causing a rush of allergy symptoms."
It's accompanied by a wonderful picture of a very dirty toddler.
nca
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Another part of this quality discussion is wholeness. In England, there seems to be quite a bit of attention placed on spiritual development. This is an area completely avoided due to separation of church and state. There are reasons for this separation, but one cannot help but wonder what effect it might have on total child development.
United States
I have been working both sides of the 'pond' lately and whilest the UK efforts to provide every child over 3 free access to early education is noble; it has put provider's of the services in jeopardy with additional adminstration costs and sometimes disparity between the monies paid and the actual cost of care to the nurseries. The UK is committed to improving early care and education, but they are only looking at desired outcome rather than how providers can live up to and adminster the mandates.
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