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ERIC Number: EJ397713
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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An International Overview of Preschool Programs.
Kamerman, Sheila B.
Phi Delta Kappan, v71 n2 p135-37 Oct 1989
In Europe preschools are viewed as providers of both child care and early education. Preschool programs there are optional, universally available, and designed to further children's social and cognitive development. In the advanced industrialized world, only the U.S. and Great Britain are still debating differences between care and education. Includes six references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Social Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Europe