Quality Matters in Early Childhood Education and Care: Japan 2012

Quality Matters in Early Childhood Education and Care: Japan 2012

Early childhood education and care (ECEC) can bring a wide range of benefits – for children, parents and society at large. However, these benefits are conditional on “quality”. Expanding access to services without attention to quality will not deliver good outcomes for children or long-term producti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Taguma, Miho (-)
Corporate Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, sponsoring body (sponsoring body)
Other Authors: Litjens, Ineke, Makowiecki, Kelly
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Paris : OECD Publishing 2012.
Series:Quality Matters in Early Childhood Education and Care,
Subjects:
Education
Social Sciences
Theory & Practice of Education
Japan
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009705985106719
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Executive Summary
  • Introduction
  • -Aim of the policy profile
  • Structure of the report
  • Chapter 1. Where Does Japan Stand Regarding Policy Outcomes and Inputs?
  • -Spider web chart on policy outcomes
  • Spider web chart on policy inputs
  • Chapter 2. What Does Research Say?
  • -Why do workforce qualifications, education and training matter for better child development?
  • What are "qualifications, education and professional development" in ECEC?
  • What is at stake?
  • Why do qualifications, education and professional development matter?
  • What matters most?
  • What are the policy implications?
  • What is still unknown?
  • Why do working conditions matter for better child development?
  • What are "working conditions"?
  • What is at stake?
  • Why do working conditions in ECEC matter?
  • What matters most?
  • What are the policy implications?
  • What is still unknown?
  • References
  • Chapter 3. Where Does Japan Stand Compared to Other Countries?
  • What is a high-quality ECEC system and workforce?
  • Improving staff qualifications, education and competences
  • Recruitment
  • Professional development
  • Staff evaluation and monitoring
  • Working conditions and retention
  • References
  • Chapter 4. What are the Challenges and Strategies?
  • 1. Improving staff qualifications, education and competences
  • 2. Recruitment
  • 3. Professional development
  • 4. Staff evaluation and monitoring
  • 5. Working conditions and retention
  • Annex A. Definitions and Methodology
  • Annex B. Figures for the Spider Web on Policy Outcomes
  • Annex C. Figures for Spider Web on Policy Inputs
  • Annex D. Notes to the Spider Webs
  • Annex. E. Methodology and Data Sources for the Spider Webs

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