Team Concepts in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC)
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Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2023 17:23
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Innovative ways of handling staff shortages in ECEC? Increasing flexibility in the regulatory frameworks for non-traditional and non-German professional staff qualifications
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...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2023 17:22 -
Multi-professional teamwork in Finnish early childhood education and care
This article analyses the theoretical, practical, and political interpretations of multi-professional teamwork in Finnish early childhood education and care during the last two decades. A semi-systematic appro...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2023 17:21 -
Pandemic-related challenges for team leadership in ECEC centres in Germany
This article investigates Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic. The focus is on ECEC leaders’ perceptions of team leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2023 17:20 -
“…Because we do so together”: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Assistant Teacher’s Work Environment, Conditions, and Teamwork Experiences
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...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2023 17:19 -
Qualifications and supports for teaching teams in state-funded preschool in the United States
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...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2023 17:18 -
Embracing team heterogeneity: a case study of the collaborative teaching practice in an international kindergarten in Hong Kong
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 ...
Citation: International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2023 17:17