Kids Count: Better early childhood education and care in Australia: Recent submissions
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Contested, corporatised and confused? Australian attitudes to child care
Published 2007-01-01Controversies about child care have been much in the news in Australia in recent times. Some commentators have damned the very existence of child care for very young children, using cortisol studies, among other evidence, ...Open AccessBook chapter -
The determinants of quality care: review and research report
Published 2007-01-01There is consensus around the world that young children must experience high quality services, not only to ensure the best possible future outcomes, but because children have the right to the best possible present (Elliott ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Funding children’s services
Published 2007-01-01It is now over 30 years since the original federal Child Care Act was passed in the dying days of the McMahon Liberal government but funding and policy issues are still confused and contested. Many more child care places ...Open AccessBook chapter -
The childcare policy challenge in Australia
Published 2007-01-01Australian newspapers often feature stories about child care and its potential benefits or hazards and many parents read them diligently, wondering if they are making the right decisions for their own children. Controversy ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Improving early childhood quality through standards, accreditation and registration
Published 2007-01-01Social practices and community values and issues are always in the process of redefinition and reconstruction. This means that our views on what is appropriate for children’s care and education are constantly changing. ...Open AccessBook chapter