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A 5 page paper illustrating why workers in early childhood education in the UK need to be informed of political and policy matters. The UK’s approach to early childhood education was as fragmented and variable as that in the US until the Labour government implemented changes beginning in 1997. Today, all 4-year-olds have access to free daycare that includes academic instruction in preparation for compulsory school attendance beginning at age 5. There are concerns that very young children receive instruction for which they are not yet ready, a fact that workers need to remain aware of and avoid. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KSeduEarlChPol2.rtf
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Perplexing paradoxes emerge when comparing Western and Eastern educational results. By the time students reach their teen years, those in developed Asian economies - and increasingly in developing economies
as well - consistently outperform their Western counterparts. The British approach to early childhood education has been piecemeal and highly fragmented in the past, and is believed to have
contributed to preserving this east-west division in later results. Relatively recent changes in structure and policy have provided a more uniform and standardized
approach to providing early childhood education in the United Kingdom. Workers in early childhood education need to be aware both of the struggle for greater achievement and its implications.
Structural Aspects of Early Childhood Education (Note: Education Policy Analysis: 2001 Edition available for purchase from the OECD at http://oecdpublications.gfi-nb.com/cgi-bin/OECDBookShop.storefront/EN/product/962001031P1). As recently
as the mid-1990s, early childhood education in the UK was as fragmented and decentralized as it remains in the United States. The Labour government set about reforming both structure
and content in 1997, with the result that sweeping changes have been underway for several years. By 2001, the government had identified more than 25 day care centers throughout
the UK that exemplified the "best practices" that the government seeks in providing early childhood education for the people of the UK. The government seeks to serve both children
and their parents, and it appears to be succeeding quite well. Lubeck (2001) reports that prior to the shift made by the Labour
government in 1997, "a hodge-podge of services has evolved over time to meet the diverse needs of working and nonworking parents and their children" (p. 216). Then, there were
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