Toward High-Quality Early Childhood Development Programs and Policies at National Scale: Directions for Research in Global Contexts. Social Policy Report. Volume 31, Number 1

Autor/inn/en	Yoshikawa, Hirokazu; Wuermli, Alice J.; Raikes, Abbie; Kim, Sharon; Kabay, Sarah B.
Institution	Society for Research in Child Development
Titel	Toward High-Quality Early Childhood Development Programs and Policies at National Scale: Directions for Research in Global Contexts. Social Policy Report. Volume 31, Number 1
Quelle	(2018), (36 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISSN	1075-7031
Schlagwörter	Educational Quality; Early Childhood Education; Child Development; Educational Policy; Educational Improvement; Access to Education; Delivery Systems; Program Implementation; Theories; Political Issues; Social Influences; Measurement Techniques; Legislation; Strategic Planning; Data Collection + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Kindesentwicklung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Auslieferung; Theory; Theorie; Politischer Faktor; Sozialer Einfluss; Messtechnik; Gesetzgebungslehre; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Data capture; Datensammlung
Abstract	With decades of evidence to support early childhood development (ECD) programs and policies, investment in ECD has expanded worldwide. Currently, over 70 nations have national ECD legislation, the majority in the last 20 years. However, with these increased investments comes evidence that the capacity of policy systems to support ECD--across health, education, social protection, and other sectors--is weak, with unfulfilled developmental potential a serious consequence within and across countries. This report aims to develop a research agenda on the systems-level factors--at national, subnational, and local or municipal levels--that may enable or constrain program site-level implementation. Two types of scale--"small to bigger" and "big to better"--are described, as well as the specific challenges of these processes in the field of ECD. Systems factors are reviewed at the three levels, with implications of each for measurement. Finally, methodological challenges and directions are discussed with the aim of informing a research agenda to support national policy progress in early childhood development. [Work on this paper was supported by funding from the NYU Abu Dhabi Research Institute to the Global TIES for Children Center at New York University.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01