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Sylva, Kathy – Oxford Review of Education, 2014
In the first volume of the "Oxford Review of Education" Jerome Bruner (1975) showed how the upbringing of the very young is influenced by poverty, and how different kinds of upbringing shape human development. He called the paper "Poverty and childhood" and baldly stated "With respect to virtually any criterion of equal…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Family Role, Educationally Disadvantaged
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Hall, James; Sylva, Kathy; Melhuish, Edward; Sammons, Pam; Siraj-Blatchford, Iram; Taggart, Brenda – Oxford Review of Education, 2009
The study reported here investigates the role of pre-school education as a protective factor in the development of children who are at risk due to environmental and individual factors. This investigation builds upon earlier research by examining different kinds of "quality" in early education and tests the hypothesis that pre-schools of…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Preschool Education, Young Children, At Risk Persons