The third way: the renewal of social democracy

1. What this book is about 2. Theoretical perspectives: modernity and postmodernity, power and ethics 3. Constructing early childhood institution: what do we think it is? 4. Constructing the early childhood institution: what do we think they are for? 5. Beyond the discourse of quality to the discourse of meaning making 6. The Stockholm project: constructing a pedagogy that speaks in the voice of the child, the pedagogue and the parent 7. Pedagogical documentation: a practice for reflection and democracy 8. Minority directions in the majority world: threats and possibilities

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Beyond quality in early childhood education and care : postmodern perspectives

The provision of quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) has remained firmly on government agendas in recent years. Public awareness of gaps in provision and of insufficient quality in services has moved the issue of child care and after-school care onto electoral agendas in many countries. There is a growing recognition that early access to ECEC provides young children, particularly from low-income and second-language groups, with a good start in life.

Starting Strong II. Early Childhood Education and Care

Southern Theory: The Global Dynamics of Knowledge in Social Science

Será que a desigualdade de rendimentos aumentou durante os últimos tempos? Quem ganhou e quem perdeu neste processo? Este processo afectou todos os países da OCDE uniformemente? Em que medida é que maiores desigualdades de rendimentos são a consequência de maiores diferenças nos rendimentos dos trabalhadores e até que ponto são afectados por outros factores? Finalmente, como é que a redistribuição governamental através do sistema de benefícios fiscais afecta estas tendências?

Book Review: OECD, Growing Unequal? Income Distribution and Poverty in OECD Countries:

Este artigo examina a visao do Banco Mundial sobre a primeira infância como exemplo da globalizacao da infância. Argumenta que a globalizacao e caracterizada por um ponto de vista economico neoliberal que exacerba a desigualdade entre nacoes ricas e pobres e entre ricos e pobres, dentro de cada pais, bem como por um otimismo tecnologico-cientifico que enfatiza os beneficios das intervencoes tecnologicas. O artigo mostra como esses dois aspectos da globalizacao influenciaram as politicas para criancas pequenas que o Banco Mundial vem promovendo ativamente. Recorre aos indicios apresentados pelo Banco Mundial para exemplificar as contradicoes inerentes a essa abordagem.

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Primeira infância: a visão do Banco Mundial

There is a substantial literature about cost-benefi t
studies of social welfare interventions. It is widely
assumed, and widely quoted by politicians and
policymakers, that early childhood interventions
in particular are effective and bring returns in the
order of seven dollars saved for every one dollar
spent. These savings do not appear to be apparent
until the children who received the intervention
reach adulthood.
We wished to scrutinise this evidence in detail.

What is known about the long-term economic impact of centre-based early childhood interventions?

Young children are particularly vulnerable to war and armed conflict. Although the long- term priority is always to try to unravel and reduce violence and conflict, in the short term some interventions may reduce suffering. In this article the authors report on recent evidence on psychosocial interventions designed to mitigate the impact of armed conflict on young children's development. A systematic review method was used to explore evaluations of interventions addressing the cognitive and psychosocial development of young children directly affected by armed conflict. In general the literature suggests therapeutic interventions drawing on the concept of post-traumatic stress disorder run the risk of imposing cultural norms from the global North. In contrast, more general psychosocial interventions and normalisation routines are likely to be more effective. But recent reviews also suggest that evaluation of interventions with children affected by armed conflict is weak. More robust evidence is badly needed.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.2304/ciec.2010.11.3.278

Working with Young Children Who are Victims of Armed Conflict

This report looks at research that assesses the effectiveness of measures taken to mitigate the impact of direct experience of armed conflict on the psychosocial and cognitive development of children aged 0–8.

How effective are measures taken to mitigate the impact of direct experience of armed conflict on the psychosocial and cognitive development of children aged 0–8?

SUMMARY Case studies of 10 private day nurseries in the UK were undertaken in June/July 1994. Information was collected concerning the access to the nurseries, the pay and conditions of employment of staff, and the curriculum and in-service training of the staff. The implications of these findings from the private day nurseries are discussed in relation to publicly funded and provided nursery education in the UK.

Helen Penn

Papers

Primeira infância: a visão do Banco Mundial

What is known about the long-term economic impact of centre-based early childhood interventions?

Working with Young Children Who are Victims of Armed Conflict

How effective are measures taken to mitigate the impact of direct experience of armed conflict on the psychosocial and cognitive development of children aged 0–8?

The relationship of private daycare and nursery education in the UK