Moss / Pence Valuing Quality in Early Childhood Services

New Approaches to Defining Quality
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4462-6625-0
Verlag: SAGE Publications
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten

`Not only does this book offer a great deal of insight into evaluating early childhood services, it also provides a focal point for those interested in establishing goals, objectives and evaluation criteria for their own early childhood programmes' - Early Years

`Quality' has become a priority issue for all concerned with early childhood care and education services. Starting from the premise that `quality' is a relative and dynamic concept based on values and beliefs, Valuing Quality in Early Childhood Services examines how the definitions of quality are established and who is involved in their establishment.

The book advocates that the process should involve a range of stakeholder groups, including children, parents, staff, care providers, researchers, employers and the community. A key issue that emerges is the need for new and creative approaches to the development of an inclusionary process in the definitions and attainment of quality care.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moss, Peter

Pence, Alan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Kindergarten & Vorschule
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Vorschul- und Kindergartenpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Familie, Kinder, Jugendliche

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Defining Quality - Peter Moss
Values, Stakeholders and Processes
Working in Conflict - Helen Penn

Developing a Dynamic Model of Quality
Looking at Quality from the Child's Perspective - Ole Langsted

Defining and Valuing Quality as a Parent - Mary Larner and Deborah Phillips
Measure for Measure - Julia Brophy and June Statham

Values, Quality and Evaluation
Quality in School-Age Child Care Services - Pat Petrie

An Inquiry about Values
No Equality, No Quality - Carol Joseph, Jane Lane and Sudesh Sharma

Developing Cross-Cultural Partnerships - Alan Pence and Marie McCallum
Implications for Child Care Quality Research and Practice
The New Zealand Experience of Charter Development in Early Childhood Services - Anne Smith and Sarah-Eve Farquhar

Fragments for a Discussion about Quality - Claus Jensen
Evaluation and Regulation - Gunilla Dahlberg and Gunnar Åsén

A Question of Empowerment
Towards an Inclusionary Approach in Defining Quality - Alan Pence and Peter Moss

Über Autor(innen)

Pence, Alan
Alan Pence is the UNESCO Chair for Early Childhood Education, Care and Development at the University of Victoria and a Full Professor in the School of Child and Youth Care, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He is the former Director of the School and has established three specialized units: the Unit for Early Years Research and Development (www.web.uvic.ca/~eyrd/); the First Nations Partnership Programs (FNPP: www.fnpp.org) for Community-Based Aboriginal Child and Youth Care Education; and the Early Childhood Development Virtual University (ECDVU: www.ecdvu.org), focusing on ECD leadership promotion and capacity building in the Majority (Developing) World. Dr. Pence is the recipient of the Canadian Bureau for International Education’s Award for Educational Leadership, the University of Victoria’s inaugural Craigdarroch Research Award for Societal Contributions, and his ECDVU program was a finalist for the internationally prestigious WISE Awards for innovation in education.