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ERIC Number: EJ605429
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1350-293X
Review Paper: The Once and Future Child.
Gammage, Philip
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, v7 n2 p103-17 1999
Examines the change in family structure together with the various pressures that now inhibit, inform, or constrain modern child rearing. Argues for educators of vision and compassion, who are articulate and well read. Concludes that without effective, knowledgeable early years professionals and appropriate institutions for the very young, societies will increasingly lack cohesion. (SD)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Early Childhood Education, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Relationship, Family Structure, Social Problems, Social Structure, Social Systems, Teacher Education, Teacher Qualifications, Teachers
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Family Formation; Family Functioning; Modernity
Note: This article is the first of a series of review papers in which leading academics are invited to provide an overview of an identified aspect of policy, practice, research, or development in early childhood education and care.