The United States - Early childhood care and education
Ministries, institutions
National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
United States of America (USA)
The National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) was initially established (in 1962) to investigate the broad aspects of human development as a means of understanding developmental disabilities, including intellectual and developmental disabilities, and the events that occur during pregnancy. [...]
National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education (ECI)
United States of America (USA)
The National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education (ECI) was created to carry out a comprehensive program of research, development, and dissemination to improve early childhood development and learning. The Institute helps its members through grants for national research and development centers, [...]
National curriculum
The Program for Infant/Toddler Caregivers
Das amerkanische Programm wurde gemeinsam von der kalifornischen Fakultät für Bildung und Erziehung und WestED, einer Non-Profit Forschungs-, Entwicklungs- und Serviceagentur mit Bezug auf den Bildungsbereich entwickelt. Die Website bietet umfangreiche Information (auf englisch) über die Ziele des Programms, sowie unter -`Library-` Publikationen, Fachartikel, Präsentation, [...]
Reports
High/Scope - ein frühpädagogischer Ansatz
Der High/Scope-Ansatz wurde Anfang der 60er Jahre des 20. Jahrhunderts von David P. Weikart in den USA entwickelt und wird mittlerweile in vielen anderen Ländern eingesetzt. Der Erfolg der entwickelten pädagogischen Maßnahmen wurde vor allem durch zwei Längsschnittstudien belegt (-Perry Preschool Project-, -High/Scope Preschool Curriculum Comparison Study-. Der [...]
NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (SECCYD)
United States of America (USA)
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) “started the Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (SECCYD), formerly the NICHD Study of Early Child Care (SECC), in 1991. Working with more than 1,300 children and their families from when the children were infants until they turned [...]
The Children of the Cost, Quality, and Outcomes Study Go To School. Technical Report.
This report presents the longitudinal findings from the Cost, Quality, and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers study, an investigation designed to examine the complex relationships between children's experiences in centerbased child care and school and their social, emotional, and cognitive outcomes. This research began in 1992 - 93 as a comprehensive examination of the costs [...]
The unique American vision of childhood.
The present article scrutinizes "the unique American vision of childhood" (UAVC) as a phenomenon undermining high academic expectations and good work ethics, and in turn, contributing to the generally low academic achievement of U.S. students compared to their counterparts in other advanced countries. It starts with a definition of UAVC, followed by a discussion of how [...]
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