Kids Count: Better Early Childhood Education and Care in Australia

Author:   Elizabeth Hill ,  Barbara Pocock ,  Alison Elliott
Publisher:   Sydney University Press
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9781920898700


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   02 July 2007
Format:   Paperback
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Demand for childcare has soared over the past decade as Australian families seek to reconcile work and care responsibilities. But the cost of care keeps rising, waiting lists in many metropolitan centres are long, and high quality services are not always available. Australia's system of early childhood education and care is fragmented, and the major political parties have failed to take a comprehensive approach to policy development. So what would a good system of early childhood education and care in Australia look like? In this book, a selection of Australia's leading early childhood researchers, teachers, advocates and social policy experts consider: The goals of a good national system How a high quality and equitable early childhood education and care system can be delivered. What makes quality care? Who should provide and who should pay? Training and professional development for workers Regulation and funding of services The authors offer a comprehensive set of policy principles that would deliver a better early childhood education and care regime for Australian children and their families.

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Author:   Elizabeth Hill ,  Barbara Pocock ,  Alison Elliott
Publisher:   Sydney University Press
Imprint:   Sydney University Press
Weight:   0.405kg
ISBN:  

9781920898700


ISBN 10:   1920898700
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   02 July 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Author biographies Introduction Elizabeth Hill, Barbara Pocock and Alison Elliot Part 1: defining a high quality ECEC system 1. The childcare policy challenge in Australia Barbara Pocock and Elizabeth Hill 2. Lessons from the Swedish experience Anita Nyberg 3. Home and away: the policy context in Australia Deborah Brennan 4. The new discrimination and child care Patricia Apps Part 2: setting the goals for a national system 5. The goals of a good national system: placing priority on the wellbeing of children Bettina Cass 6. Getting the basics right – goals that would deliver a good national children’s services system Lynne Wannan Part 3: perceptions of child care 7. Contested, corporatised, and confused? Australian attitudes to child care Gabrielle Meagher 8. Employees’ views on quality Emma Rush Part 4: the question of quality 9. Public investment, fragmentation and quality care – existing challenges and future options Frances Press 10. Improving early childhood quality through standards, accreditation and registration Alison Elliot 11. The determinants of quality care: review and research report Margaret Sims Part 5: who should pay? Who should provide? 12. Childcare provision: whose responsibility? Who pays? Joy Goodfellow 13. Funding children’s services Eva Cox Appendix 1: participants at ASSA workshop Child care: A better policy framework for Australia, University of Sydney, July 13–14, 2006 Index

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About the editors: Elizabeth Hill is a senior lecturer in political economy at the University of Sydney. Barbara Pocock is professor emerita of business services at the University of South Australia. Alison Elliot is the Head of the School of Education at Charles Darwin University.

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