Childcare, early education and social inequality : an international perspective / Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blossfeld, Hans-Peter, editor.

Series:

eduLIFE lifelong learning.

eduLIFE Lifelong Learning

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational sociology.

Early childhood education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

Recognising that social change over recent decades has strengthened the need for early childhood education and care, this book seeks to answer what role this plays in creating and compensating for social inequalities in educational attainment.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

List of contributors

Foreword

Preface

PART I: INTRODUCTION

1. Childcare, early education, and social inequality: Perspectives for a cross-national and multidisciplinary study

PART II: PATTERNS OF CARE ARRANGEMENTS

2. Who cares for the children? Family social position and childcare arrangements in Italy, 2002-12

3. Early education and care in post-Soviet Russia: Social policy and inequality patterns

4. Time on leave, timing of preschool - The role of socio-economic background for preschool start in Sweden

PART III: THE ROLE OF FAMILY CARE QUALITY

5. The emergence of social disparities - Evidence on early mother-child interaction and infant development from the German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS)

6. Social inequality in cognitive outcomes in Ireland: What is the role of the home learning environment and childcare?

PART IV: CONSEQUENCES OF CARE AND PRESCHOOL FOR EARLY AND LATER EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES

7. Preschool and reading competencies - A cross-national analysis

8. Long-term effects of a system of high-quality universal preschool education in the United States

9. Effectiveness of Dutch targeted preschool education policy for disadvantaged children: Evidence from the pre-COOL study

10. What levels the playing field for socioeconomically disadvantaged children in the Norwegian ECEC model?

11. Early childcare, child cognitive outcomes, and inequalities in the United Kingdom

12. Entry to formal childcare and abilities of preschoolers: A comparison of East and West Germany

13. Childcare arrangements at preschool age and later child outcomes in Denmark: The role of maternal education and type of care

14. Home sweet home? Long-term educational outcomes of childcare arrangements in Finland

PART V: DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS.

15. The role of childcare and early education in creating and compensating educational (dis)advantages - Evidence from a multidisciplinary and international project

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-78643-209-9

OCLC:

985305384