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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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Sustaining ECEC Quality through Continuing Professional Development: Systemic Approaches to Practitioners' Professionalisation in the Italian Context
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Lazzari, Arianna; Picchio, Mariacristina; Musatti, Tullia – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2013
There is a broad consensus in international debates that the quality of early childhood education and care (ECEC) services is inextricably linked to the professionalisation of its workforce. In particular, the importance of providing ECEC practitioners with continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities has been increasingly recognised in…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Educational Quality, Professional Continuing Education
Reconceptualising Professionalism in Early Childhood Education: Insights from a Study Carried out in Bologna
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Lazzari, Arianna – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2012
This paper explores the issue of early childhood professionalism from a socio-cultural perspective. In particular the article is concerned with how pre-school teachers conceptualise their professionalism by making sense of the work they carry out on an everyday basis in early childhood institutions. In analysing teachers' perceptions special…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Professional Identity