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Rudoe, Naomi – British Educational Research Journal, 2020
This article addresses the issue of 'quality' in early years education, with the aim of highlighting the voices of nursery school head teachers. Government early years achievement statistics display a reductive and de-contextualised focus on young children's developmental outcomes, with measures of the percentage of 5-year-olds achieving a 'good…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Preschool Education, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers
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Campbell, Tammy; Gambaro, Ludovica; Stewart, Kitty – British Educational Research Journal, 2018
For over a decade, all three-year-olds in England have been entitled to a free part-time early education place. One aim of this policy is to close developmental gaps between higher-income and low-income children. However, the success of the initiative depends on children accessing the places. Using the National Pupil Database, we examine all…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Access to Education, Educational Benefits
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Schmerse, Daniel; Anders, Yvonne; Flöter, Manja; Wieduwilt, Nadine; Roßbach, Hans-Günther; Tietze, Wolfgang – British Educational Research Journal, 2018
The present study is based on longitudinal data from a German early childhood education and care (ECEC) governmental initiative assessing children's grammatical and vocabulary development between 2;6 and 4;0 years (N = 1,331), quality of the home learning environment and quality of the preschool setting. Results showed that the quality of the home…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Preschool Education, Language Acquisition, Longitudinal Studies