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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Influences on Politicians' Decision Making for Early Childhood Education and Care Policy: What Do We know? What Don't We Know?
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Bown, Kathryn; Sumsion, Jennifer; Press, Frances – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2009
Politicians play a key role in determining policy content and outcomes for early childhood education and care (ECEC). As a result, the quality of formal ECEC provisions for children rests considerably on the policy decisions of politicians. Despite direct and indirect effects of politicians' policy decisions for the ECEC field, few studies explore…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Decision Making, Educational Policy
Voices from the Other Side of the Fence: Early Childhood Teachers' Experiences with Mandatory Regulatory Requirements
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Bown, Kathryn; Sumsion, Jennifer – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2007
Guided by feminist research principles, the study reported in this article contributes to the growing research dialogue on early childhood teachers' experiences with, and perceptions of, the impact of regulatory requirements on their teaching and on their perceptions of themselves as professionals. Specifically, three teachers from metropolitan…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Figurative Language, Young Children, Integrity