Valuing Quality in Early Childhood Services: New Approaches to Defining Quality

by Peter Moss (Editor), Alan Pence (Editor)

Overview

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 group

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781853962547
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	10/28/1994
Series:	Early Childhood Education Series
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.42(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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 Mc Callum
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

Editorial Reviews

‘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

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