Early childhood care and education (ECCE) settings offer an opportunity to provide children with a solid beginning in all areas of their development. The qualit

Due to the demand for flexible working hours and employees who are available around the clock, the time patterns of childcare and schooling have increasingly be

Children are already learning at birth, and they develop and learn at a rapid pace in their early years. This provides a critical foundation for lifelong progre

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This review of early childhood education and care (ECEC) in twenty OECD countries describes the social, economic, conceptual and research factors that influence