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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Nirmala Rao; Jin Sun |
ISBN: | 9789881785251 9881785251 |
OCLC Number: | 1141076091 |
Description: | xiv, 50 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
Contents: | Ch. 1 Introduction -- Background and Rationale -- Goal 1 -- What is "Early Childhood Care and Education"? -- Conceptual Issues -- Regional Perspectives -- ch. 2 Factors Affecting Attainment of Goal 1 in the Asia Pacific Region -- Cultural Geography -- Demographic Characteristics -- Varying Levels of Development -- Economic Development -- Poverty and Inequality -- The Global Economic Crisis -- Current Status of ECCE -- ch. 3 Progress toward Goal 1 -- Child Well-being -- Under-Five Mortality Rate -- Malnutrition -- Preschool Access and Equity -- Improved Access -- Including the Marginalised -- Quality of Programmes -- Dimensions of Quality in Early Childhood Programmes -- Measurement of Quality -- Preschool Quality and Child Developmental Outcomes -- Effective Practices -- Characteristics of Effective Programmes -- Examples of Programmes -- Supporting the Transition to Primary School -- Governance and Funding -- The Role of the State. |
Series Title: | CERC monograph series in comparative and international education and development, no. 8. |
Other Titles: | Early childhood care and education in the Asia Pacific region : Moving towards goal one. |
Responsibility: | Nirmala Rao & Jin Sun. |
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