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1 online resource (x, 446 pages): illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Nina Howe and Larry Prochner -- Part I: Historical and contemporary perspectives -- 1. Early childhood education and care in Canada in the 1950s and 1960s: retrenchment and renewal / Larry Prochner and Lynne Robertson -- 2. Provision, policy, and politics in early childhood education and care in Canada / Martha Friendly and Susan Prentice -- 3. The economics of early childhood education and care in Canada / Gordon Cleveland -- 4. Canadian child care regulations regarding training and curriculum / Ellen Jacobs and Emmanuelle Adrien -- Commentary: towards a geology of early childhood education and care in Canada / Hillel Goelman -- Part II: Children, curriculum, and teachers -- 5. Revisioning multiculturalism in early childhood education / Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw and Judith K. Bernhard -- 6. Intergenerational learning programming from a curriculum studies perspective: new directions, new possibilities / Rachel M. Heydon -- 7. Innovations in provincial early learning curriculum frameworks / Rachel Langford -- 8. The investigating quality project: innovative approaches in early childhood education / Alan Pierce and Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw -- 9. Elements of mentoring: two case studies of in-service professional development for early childhood educators / Nina Howe and Ellen Jacobs -- Commentary: reflections on children, curriculum, and teachers / Alan Pence -- Part III: Government involvement -- 10. The Quebec child care system: lessons from research / Christa Japel -- 11. Community-based early child development projects / Ray Dev Peters, Angela Howell-Moneta, and Kelly Petrunka -- 12. Federal investments in strenghening indigenous capacity for culturally based early childhood education and care / Jessica Ball -- 13. Integrated early childhood services in school-as-hub models: lessons from Toronto first duty and Peel best start / Janette Pelletier -- Commentary: Government roles in early childhood education and care in Canada: patchwork, perils, and promise of new directions / Carl Corter -- Postscript: early childhood education and care in Canada / Helen Penn. |
| Summary |
The contributors to this volume demonstrate the pressing need that exists to further public discussion on early childhood education to help policymakers shape better decisions for Canadian families. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Early childhood education -- Canada.
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Early childhood education. |
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Canada. |
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Child care services -- Canada.
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Child care services. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Howe, Nina, 1951-
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Prochner, Laurence Wayne, 1956-
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| Other Form: |
Original 9781442645202 1442645202 9781442613317 1442613319 (DLC) 2014397543 (OCoLC)795756583 |
| ISBN |
9781442662032 (electronic book) |
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1442662034 (electronic book) |
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9781442645202 bound |
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1442645202 bound |
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9781442613317 paperback |
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1442613319 paperback |
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