Early Childhood Education: ECE202

(1) CIA Factbook (information about all countries-political, economic, social, geographic, etc.) Go to website and click on individual country for detailed information. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/



(2) Social Progress Index (info about world’s countries progress caring for its citizens.)  Go to website and check out map;  go to “see scorecard” and in pull down menu, select your country to see scores.  https://www.socialprogress.org/

(3) OECD Better Life Index (a look at info comparing countries and their care of citizens)  http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/

Additionally--OECD General Statistics http://www.oecd.org/statistics/

(4)  OECD Early Care and Education Thematic Studies and Country Information 

http://www.oecd.org/education/school/earlychildhoodeducationandcare.htm

Go to the home page and see both thematic studies and the country  by country lists.  You will need to look at the country profiles, country notes and background notes for those studies that have had thematic reviews over the last 20 years. 

(5)  World Happiness Survey (A look at happiness in countries around the world).  Go to home page and click on data on the right side--Statistical Appendix 1 for Chapter 2 of World Happiness Report 2018 to see countries and their scores, especially pgs. 25-30)  http://worldhappiness.report/ed/2018/

(6) World Bank Data Bank.  http://databank.worldbank.org/data/home.aspx

(7) UNICEF- Unite for Children (at top pull down menu, choose country for specific country resources)http://www.unicef.org/

(8) Child Rights Information Network (at top pull down menu, choose country for specific country resources) http://www.crin.org/

(9)  Status of Children in the World:  High Hopes, Huge Challenges

http://ccie-media.s3.amazonaws.com/Issue/StatusoftheChildren.pdf

(10) Global trends in early childhood education: 2009 http://www.childcareexchange.com/library/5018734.pdf

(11) Wide Angle: Time for School Video series on web Part 2— Print materials only, video no longer posted
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/time-for-school-series/video-back-to-school-full-episode/272/

(12) Wide Angle: Time for School Video series on web Part 3— Print materials only, video no longer posted 
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/time-for-school-series/introduction/4340/

(13) UNESCO-Education for All Global Monitoring Report: Strong Foundations—early childhood care and education (with country statistics).  Country by country index:
 http://en.unesco.org/countries

(14) International Step-by-Step Association.  https://www.issa.nl/research_member_support

NOTE: 

• Countries used for UA #2 with OECD Early Care and Education materials.  Pay close attention to these materials…will be very helpful in your report. 

Australia, Canada,  Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom

• UNESCO and UNICEF info particularly strong for Kenya, Nigeria, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Czech Republic, Hungary and South Africa

China


Google Early Care and Education in China to find more resources

Others to help: 

(1) Child Care Practices in Three Asian Countries,   https://thekeep.eiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1009&context=eemedu_fac

(2) Bridging Two Languages: Engaging Activities for Bilingual Immersion Programs (Beijing, China) http://www.naeyc.org/files/yc/file/200711/BTJSoderman.pdf     https://www.nesacenter.org/uploaded/conferences/WTI/2013/handouts/Soderman/Bridging_Article_-_NAEYC.pdf

(3) Nurturing Care for China’s Orphaned Children 
http://www.naeyc.org/files/yc/file/200711/BTJEdwards.pdf     https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ784113 

(4) The State of the World’s Children: Child rights in China http://www.unicef.org/rightsite/sowc/pdfs/panels/Child%20rights%20in%20China.pdf

(5) Early Childhood Care and Education in China (Access through ERIC connection in BHCC Library) http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/recordDetail?accno=EJ582441

(6) Bi Ying Hu;Judit Szente. Exploring the Quality of Early Childhood Education in China: Implications for Early Childhood Teacher Education. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, Volume 30, Issue 3 July 2009, Pages 247 – 262. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10901020903084330

(7) Save the Children-China https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/where-we-work/asia/china

South Korea (Republic of South Korea or Korea)


Google Early Care and Education in Korea or South Korea to find more resources

Others to help: 

(1) Eco-Early Childhood Education: the New Paradigm of Early Childhood Education in South Korea. (Full article access through ERIC connection in BHCC Library)  
https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ784110

(2) Guang-Lea Lee;Donald A. Myers;Kyoung Jin Kim.  Kindergarten Teachers' Professional Training and Their Social Status in Korea Pages 263 – 271.
 (Full article access through ERIC connection in BHCC Library) Abstract:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10901020903084363?journalCode=ujec20 


(3) OECD Early Childhood  Education and Care-South Korea http://www.oecd.org/education/school/earlychildhoodeducationandcarehomepage-countryinformationkorea.htm   Pay close attention to Country profiles , Country Notes, and Background Reports listed

(4)  OECD Library:  Quality Matters in Early Care and Education :  South Korea  https://www.oecd.org/education/school/50219964.pdf                   

Japan     

Google Early Care and Education in Japan to find more resources

Others to help: 

(1) Sunao (Cooperative) Children: How Japanese Teachers Nurture Autonomy. (Full article access through ERIC connection in BHCC Library) https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ784110

(2) "Hansei": Japanese Preschoolers Learn Introspection with Teachers' Help.  (Full article access through ERIC connection in BHCC Library). https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ868186

(3) Perspectives on play in three nations (a comparison between Swedish, Japanese and American preschools) http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v12n1/izumi.html

(4) See Wide Angle Time for School Series in General Information above

(5)  OECD Early Childhood  Education and Care-Japan  Pay close attention to Country profiles , Country Notes, and Background Reports listed

http://www.oecd.org/education/school/earlychildhoodeducationandcarehomepage-countryinformationjapan.htm

(6)  OECD Library:  Quality Matters in Early Care and Education:  Japan.  https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/quality-matters-in-early-childhood-education-and-care-japan-2012_9789264176621-e

General Information

Google Early Care and Education in Africa  to find more resources. Others to help: 

(1) In Sub-Saharan Africa Context Matters: Building the Capacity of Professionals in Early Child Care and Development. (Access through ERIC connection in BHCC Library)
http://www.eric.ed.gov:80/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=
true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=EJ784114&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=
no&accno=EJ784114

(2) International Child Resource Institute (news letter, blogs and web info about projects in Africa) http://www.icriafrica.org/

(3)  Engaging Families and Communities to Support Early Childhood Development: The African Experience.  NAEYC Young Children Journal 9/2017 pgs. 24-30. https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/sep2017/global-practices

South Africa



Google Early Care and Education in South Africa to find more resources

Others to help: 

(1) The State of the World’s Children: Child rights in South Africa http://www.unicef.org/rightsite/sowc/pdfs/panels/
Child%20rights%20in%20South%20Africa.pdf

(2) Save the Children-South Africa  http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/where-we-work/africa/south-africa

(3) Early childhood in South Africa http://www.unicef.org/southafrica/early_childhood.html

(4) Child Care and Poverty in South Africa
 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10796120601171187

(5) National Association of Child Care Workers (in South Africa) including journal articles of children and family issues. http://www.naccw.org.za/news/18-celebrating-cyc-week-2016

Kenya



Google Early Care and Education in Kenya to find more resources

Others to help: 

 (1) Teacher education in Kenya

http://www.grin.com/en/e-book/275812/an-insight-into-teacher-education-program-in-kenya-before-the-devolved

(2) Early Childhood Care and Education in Kenya- a Unesco report http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001390/139026e.pdf

(3) The Kenya literacy project: A world bank project- http://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/sief-trust-fund/brief/kenya-emerge-reading

(4) Save the Children-Kenya http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/where-we-work/africa/kenya

(5) International Child Resource Institute (news letter, blogs and web info about projects in Africa and Kenya) - http://www.icrichild.org/kenya

(6) Tata Mbugua. Teacher Training for Early Childhood Development and Education in Kenya. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, Volume 30, Issue 3 July 2009, Pages 220-229.
 Abstract:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00094056.2004.10522230


(7)  Save the Children-  Kenya.  https://www.savethechildren.org/us/what-we-do/where-we-work/africa/kenya

Nigeria



Google Early Care and Education in Nigeria to find more resources

Others to help: 

(1) Early childhood care and education in Nigeria-a Unesco report
 http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001472/147201e.pdf

(2) Monica N. Odinko;Joanne M. Williams;Gari Donn . Teacher Qualification and Instructional Delivery Modes at the Preschool Level in Nigeria. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, Volume 30, Issue 3 July 2009, Pages 220 – 229. Abstract:http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a913910781~frm=titlelink 


(3) Save the Children-Nigeria http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/where-we-work/africa/nigeria

(4) Early Years in Nigeria - https://www.unicef.org/where-we-work - N

Google Early Care and Education in Australia to find more resources

Others to help: 

(1) Australian Children Catch the Bug: Motivating Young Children to Engage in Reading
(Access through ERIC connection in BHCC Library) http://www.eric.ed.gov:80/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=
true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=EJ784107&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=
no&accno=EJ784107

(2) OECD Early Childhood  Education and Care Australia.   Pay close attention to Country profiles , Country Notes, and Background Reports listed

http://www.oecd.org/education/school/earlychildhoodeducationandcarehomepage-countryinformationaustralia.htm

(3)  Nature and its influences on children’s outdoor play.  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262180932_Nature_and_its_Influence_on_Children%27s_Outdoor_Play  Also check the 9/2017 NAEYC Young Children Journal for article on Australia’s efforts in this area, pgs 8-16.  See BHCC Library for Young Children access

(4) Australia is still lagging on some aspects of early childhood education.  The Conversation Journal.  http://theconversation.com/australia-is-still-lagging-on-some-aspects-of-early-childhood-education-79660http://theconversation.com/australia-is-still-lagging-on-some-aspects-of-early-childhood-education-79660

Google Early Care and Education in Canada to find more resources. Others to help: 

(1) We value children (Home page for Canadian Child Care Federation-click on various topics)
 http://www.cccf-fcsge.ca/2012/07/01/cccf-committed-to-best-practice-in-early-childhood-education/

(2) Mother Earth’s Children’s Charter School (early care for indigenous families)
 http://www.childcareexchange.com/resources/view_article.php?article_id=5019192

(3) OECD Early Childhood  Education and Care-Canada.   Pay close attention to Country profiles , Country Notes, and Background Reports listed

http://www.oecd.org/education/school/earlychildhoodeducationandcarehomepage-countryinformationcanada.htm

(4) Kathryn Underwood; Isabel Killoran. Early Intervention Practice and Research in Ontario, Canada: Listening to the Field. . Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, Volume 30, Issue 3 July 2009, pages 298-305.
 Check BHCC library for access to ECTE Journal

(5) Ontario’s Child and Family Centres.  http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/childcare/plan.html    also check 9/2018 journal of NAEYC Young Children for article entitled Learning from Birth:  Ontario’s Early ON Child and Family Centres (pl 42-48)  Check BHCC Library for Young Children access.

(6) Ontario’s Early Learning Kindergarten Program:  A transformative Early Childhood Education Intiative.  NAEYC Young Children, September 2017.  https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/sep2017/ontario’s-early-learning–kindergarten

General information about Eastern Europe

Google Early Care and Education in Eastern Europe to find more resources. 

Others to help:

(1) Partnering to Support Early Childhood Development in Eastern Europe http://www.naeyc.org/files/yc/file/200711/BTJWalmsley.pdf     Check BHCC library for access info to Young Children Journal

(2) Family and Support Policy in Central and Eastern Europe http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001337/133733e.pdf

(3) Improving Early Childhood Education in Eastern Europe Step by Step.  https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9391/index1.html

Hungary


Google Early Care and Education in Hungary to find more resources

Others to help: 

(1) OECD Early Childhood  Education and Care-Hungary Pay close attention to Country profiles , Country Notes, and Background Reports listed

http://www.oecd.org/education/school/earlychildhoodeducationandcarehomepage-countryinformationhungary.htm

(2) What can an orphanage teach us? Lessons from Budapest (Hungary) https://search.proquest.com/openview/5affee939f516e91b4ad3b72b3840c8c/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=27755

(3) Early Childhood Educatioin and Care in Hungary: Challenges and Recent Developments.  International Journal of child care and education policy  November 2008, Vol.2, Issue 2 pp 443-52.  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/2288-6729-2-2-43

(4)  Roma and Early Childhood Education in Hungary.  Rachel Cooper.  Working Group on Peace, Conflict and Education-Teachers College, Columbia Univesity. http://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/peace/2014/01/23/roma-and-early-childhood-education-in-hungary/

Czech Republic

Google Early Care and Education in Czech Republic  to find more resources

Others to help: 

(1)  OECD Early Childhood  Education and Care-Hungary Pay close attention to Country profiles , Country Notes, and Background Reports listed

http://www.oecd.org/education/school/earlychildhoodeducationandcarehomepage-countryinformationczechrepublic.htm

(2) Measuring Child Care outcomes in the Czech Republic (a Step-by-Step Association project) https://www.issa.nl/research_member_support

(3) UNESCO- Czech Republic matters.  https://en.unesco.org/countries/Czech-Republic

(4)  OECD Library-Quality Matters in Early Care and Education-Czech Republic

https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/quality-matters-in-early-childhood-education-and-care-czech-republic-2012_9789264176515-en

Romania

Google Early Care and Education in Romania  to find more resources

Others to help: 

(1) See Wide Angle Time for School Series in General Information above

(2) Child care in a changing world: Romania
 http://europa.eu/epic/studies-reports/docs/rr-554-dg-employment-childcare-brief-v-0-16-final.pdf

(3) Child Care system reform in Romania: http://www.unicef.org/romania/imas1.pdf

(4) Romania seeks EU standard child care-a BBC report: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4633269.stm

Jordan



Google Early Care and Education in Jordan to find more resources

Others to help: 

(1) Abdallah Abu Naba'h;Hamza Al-Omari;Fathi Ihmeideh;Suad Al-Wa'ily 
Teacher Education Programs in Jordan: A Reform Plan 
Pages 272 – 284
Abstract: 
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a913910580~frm=abslink

(2) National Task Force for Children-Jordan http://www.crin.org/organisations/vieworg.asp?id=707

(3)  Fact Sheet:  Early Childhood Care and Education in Jordan.  https://www.qrf.org/report/fact-sheet-early-childhood-care-and-education-jordan

(4)  What is the Reality of Preschool in Jordan?  Journal of Education and Practice
ISSN 2222-1735 (Paper) ISSN 2222-288X (Online) Vol.6, No.10, 2015  https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1081656.pdf

Israel

Google Early Care and Education in Israel to find more resources. Others to help: 

(1) Child care in Israel 

(2) Social Services in Israel http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Facts+About+Israel/Looking+at+Israel/
Looking+at+Israel-+Social+Services.htm

(3) Child Rights in Israel
 http://www.loc.gov/law/help/child-rights/israel.php

(4) Nina Koren-Karie, Abraham Sagi-Schwartz, Noa Egoz-Mizrachi 
The emotional quality of childcare centers in Israel: The Haifa study of early childcare Infant Mental Health JournalVolume 26, Issue 2, pages 110–126, March/April 2005
 Abstract: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/imhj.20039/full

Italy

Google Early Care and Education in Italy to find more resources

Others to help: 

(1) OECD Early Childhood  Education and Care-Italy.   Pay close attention to Country profiles , Country Notes, and Background Reports listed 

(3) An overview of Italy’s education system.  NCEE org report.  http://ncee.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Italy-Education-Report.pdf

(4)  Italy: Preprimary and primary education.  http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/717/Italy-PREPRIMARY-PRIMARY-EDUCATION.html

Germany

Google Early Care and Education in Germany to find more resources

Others to help:

(2) Conceptualizing the professional role in early childhood centers in four European countries (Full article ccess through ERIC connection in BHCC Library) http://www.eric.ed.gov:80/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=
true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED438086&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=
no&accno=ED438086

(3)  In Germany, parents can sue the government for failing to provide child care.  Caitlyn Collins.  The Atlantic.  1/10/2017.  https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/01/german-childcare/512612/

France

Google Early Care and Education in France to find more resources

Others to help: 

(2) Mary Ann McGovern. Some Ideas from the French System of Early Child Care and Education - http://www.springerlink.com/content/y3x732187242k9h7/

(3)  The Autonomous 3-year old:  Universal PreK in France.  SLATE 2/2014.  http://www.slate.com/articles/business/dispatches_from_the_welfare_state/2014/02/universal_pre_k_france_is_about_180_years_ahead_of_america_on_preschool.html

(4)  France has underinvested in early childhood education for many years.  4/19/2018.  Live watch France 24.  https://www.france24.com/en/20180419-perspective-eric-charbonnier-education-france-schools-compulsory-age-three-inequalities

Netherlands

Google Early Care and Education in Netherlands to find more resources

Others to help: 

(2) Teaching and Learning in Early Childhood Education https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/national-policies/eurydice/content/teaching-and-learning-early-childhood-education-and-care-3_en

(3) UNESCO-Netherlands.  https://en.unesco.org/countries/netherlands

(4) Preschool and daycare in the Netherlands.   EXPATICA .  https://www.expatica.com/nl/family-essentials/Preschool-in-the-Netherlands_107653.html

Google Early Care and Education in Scandinavia to find more resources

Norway

Google Early Care and Education in Norway to find more resources

Others to help: 

(1) International Child Resource Institute (news letter, blogs and web info about projects in Norway) http://www.icrichild.org/norway

(2) OECD Early Childhood  Education and Care-Norway. Pay close attention to Country profiles , Country Notes, and Background Reports listed

http://www.oecd.org/education/school/earlychildhoodeducationandcarehomepage-countryinformationnorway.htm

(3) OECD Library-Quality Matters in Early Care and Education-Norway http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/quality-matters-in-early-childhood-and-education_22269673     

(4)  Early Care and Education in Norway.  https://www.regjeringen.no/en/topics/families-and-children/kindergarden/early-childhood-education-and-care-polic/id491283/

Sweden

Google Early Care and Education in Sweden to find more resources

Others to help: 

(1) The State of the World’s Children: Child rights in Sweden http://www.unicef.org/rightsite/sowc/pdfs/panels/
Child%20rights%20in%20Sweden.pdf

(2) Perspectives on play in three nations (a comparison between Swedish, Japanese and American preschools) - http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v12n1/izumi.html

(3) OECD Early Childhood  Education and Care-Sweden.   Pay close attention to Country profiles , Country Notes, and Background Reports listed

http://www.oecd.org/education/school/earlychildhoodeducationandcarehomepage-countryinformationsweden.htm

(4) OECD Library-Quality Matters in Early Care and Education-Sweden https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/quality-matters-in-early-childhood-education-and-care-sweden-2012_9789264176744-en

Denmark

Google Early Care and Education in Denmark to find more resources

Others to help:

​(1) OECD Early Childhood  Education and Care-Denmark Pay close attention to Country profiles , Country Notes, and Background Reports listed 

(2) Early Childhood and Education in Denmark http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199756810/obo-9780199756810-0093.xml

(3) The effectiveness of Danish early year preschool program.  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0883035513000670

(4) Can Denmark’s generous childcare system survive?  BBC Nes 30 Dec 2016. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-38254474

Finland

Google Early Care and Education in Finland to find more resources

Others to help: 

(2) Eeva-Liisa Kronqvist;Eila Estola. From preservice preparation to working life: career experiences of early childhood teachers in Finland  Journal of early childhood teacher education, volume 20, issue, 999 , pages 221 – 230
For abstract: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0163638990200301

(3) OECD Library-Quality Matters in Early Care and Education-Finland 

http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/quality-matters-in-early-childhood-and-education_22269673     

(4) OECD Library-Immigrant Families, Well-Being and Social Justice:  A Finnish Perspective.  https://www.oecd.org/els/mig/Heinonen.pdf

(5) Lack of poverty in Finland.  Borgen Magazine.  https://www.borgenmagazine.com/lack-of-poverty-in-finland/

Google Early Care and Education in Central and/or South America to find more resources

Mexico

Google Early Care and Education in Mexico to find more resources

Others to help: 

(1) The State of the World’s Children: Child rights in Mexico http://www.unicef.org/rightsite/sowc/pdfs/panels/Child%20rights%20in%20Mexico.pdf

(2) OECD Early Childhood  Education and Care-Mexico.   Pay close attention to Country profiles , Country Notes, and Background Reports listed

http://www.oecd.org/education/school/earlychildhoodeducationandcarehomepage-countryinformationmexico.htm

(3) Early Childhood Education in Mexico:  Expansion, quality improvement, and curricular reform.  UNICEF reporting/innocent research centre. 

https://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/478-early-childhood-education-in-mexico-expansion-quality-improvement-and-curricular.html

Colombia

Google Early Care and Education in Colombia to find more resources

Others to help: 

(1) Save the Children: Colombia https://support.savethechildren.ca/sslpage.aspx?pid=1637​

(2) United Nations: Girls Initiative in Colombia
 http://www.ungei.org/infobycountry/colombia_1197.html

(3) Colombia:  Early Childhood Care and Education programs.  http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001480/148094e.pdf

(4) Early Childhood Education in Colombia.  International Handbook of Early Childhood Education.  Springer International Handbooks.

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-024-0927-7_40

Brazil

Google Early Care and Education in Brazil to find more resources

Others to help: 

(1) See Wide Angle Time for School Series in General Information above

(2) Save the Children-Brazil 


http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/where-we-work/brazil

(3) Early Childhood Care and Education in Brazil
 http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001512/151271e.pdf

(4) What the U.S. can learn from Brazil’s Less-Than Universal Preschool  http://www.governing.com/topics/education/gov-brazil-less-than-universal-preschool.html

(5) Early Childhood Education in Brazil.  http://www.unesco.org/new/en/brasilia/education/educational-quality/early-childhood-education/

Ireland

Google Early Care and Education in Ireland to find more resources. Others to help: 

(1) Partnering to Support Early Childhood Development in Eastern Europe 
http://www.naeyc.org/files/yc/file/200711/BTJWalmsley.pdf  Check BHCC library for access info to Young Children Journal

(2) Developing a culture of respecting differences in early childhood centers in northern Ireland http://www.unesco.org/education/WCECCE/presentations/Fitzpatrick.pdf

(3) The Toy Box Project - Belfast, Northern Ireland http://www.childcareexchange.com/resources/
view_article.php?article_id=5018782

(4) OECD Early Childhood  Education and Care-Ireland.   Pay close attention to Country profiles , Country Notes, and Background Reports listed

http://www.oecd.org/education/school/earlychildhoodeducationandcarehomepage-countryinformationireland.htm

(5) Save the Children-Northern Ireland - https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/what-we-do/uk-work/northern-ireland

Britain (sometimes England, the UK or United Kingdom)

Google Early Care and Education in United Kingdom or Britain to find more resources.  Others to help: 

(1) Childminding in Britain (Access through ERIC connection in BHCC Library) http://www.eric.ed.gov:80/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=
true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=EJ784108&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=
no&accno=EJ784108

(2) OECD Early Childhood  Education and Care-Britian or United Kingdom.  Pay close attention to Country profiles , Country Notes, and Background Reports listed

http://www.oecd.org/education/school/earlychildhoodeducationandcarehomepage-countryinformationunitedkingdom.htm

(3)Save the Children: United Kingdom

http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/about-us/where-we-work/united-kingdom

(4) OECD Library Quality Matters in Early Care and Education-United Kingdom. http://www.oecd.org/education/school/50165861.pdf