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Team Concepts in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC)

  1. The staff shortages in the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector in Germany are an important issue. They impact centres that are forced to close earlier, shut down entire groups or are unable to ope...

    Authors: Mariana Grgic and Tina Friederich
    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2023 17:22
  2. Quality improvement strategies largely focus on lead teachers’ qualifications with little regard to their work environment, while also overlooking a significant segment of the workforce—assistant teachers. Ear...

    Authors: Marisa Schlieber, Tobi Adejumo, Jenna Knight, Enrique Valencia Lopez and Elizabeth Pufall Jones
    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2023 17:19
  3. In the United States, state-funded preschool is a critical component of both K-12 public education and the early childhood education and care system. In 2021, 44 states and the District of Columbia operated 63...

    Authors: Georgenne G. Weisenfeld, Kate Schellie Hodges and Abby Copeman Petig
    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2023 17:18
  4. International kindergartens, which offer an immersive dual-language (English and Chinese) environment, are popular among middle-class families in Hong Kong. The international learning and teaching environment ...

    Authors: Jessie Ming Sin Wong
    Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2023 17:17