Publication Date
In 2024 | 0 |
Since 2023 | 2 |
Since 2020 (last 5 years) | 3 |
Since 2015 (last 10 years) | 4 |
Since 2005 (last 20 years) | 4 |
Descriptor
Author
Alasuutari, Maarit | 4 |
Ruutiainen, Ville | 2 |
Eerola, Petteri | 1 |
Karila, Kirsti | 1 |
Paananen, Maiju | 1 |
Repo, Katja | 1 |
Räikkönen, Eija | 1 |
Schmidt, Lene S. K. | 1 |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 4 |
Reports - Research | 3 |
Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
Early Childhood Education | 4 |
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Schmidt, Lene S. K.; Alasuutari, Maarit – Global Studies of Childhood, 2023
How parents spend time with their children, what they teach their children and how they raise them in the early years have again become topics of policymaking and public debate. There is an intensive discussion about parental involvement in early childhood education and care (ECEC). The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Parent Participation, Parent Teacher Cooperation
Ruutiainen, Ville; Räikkönen, Eija; Alasuutari, Maarit – International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 2023
The marketisation and privatisation of welfare services such as early childhood education and care (ECEC) have been a global trend in recent decades. Earlier research suggests that market-based ECEC provision often leads to inequalities and stratification of service users. In Finland, as in other Nordic countries where provision of ECEC has…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Social Differences, Parent Attitudes, Public Schools
Ruutiainen, Ville; Alasuutari, Maarit; Karila, Kirsti – Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 2021
In accordance with the Nordic welfare model, the Finnish early childhood education and care (ECEC) system has traditionally been based on public provision and the idea of universalism. However, over the last twenty years the ECEC system has undergone market-oriented reforms. As a result, the share of private for-profit ECEC provision has grown…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Schools, Early Childhood Education, Child Care Centers
Paananen, Maiju; Repo, Katja; Eerola, Petteri; Alasuutari, Maarit – Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 2019
Early childhood education's role in increasing equality in society has been highlighted by international organizations. However, it is unclear what is meant by the concept of equality in different situations, as the meaning fluctuates and reflects the cultural political contexts in which it is embedded. In this paper, we analyse the equality…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Social Justice