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Publication Date: 2003
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A Comparative Analysis of the Function of Coordination of Early Childhood Education and Care in France and Italy.
Baudelot, Olga; Rayna, Sylvie; Mayer, Susanna; Musatti, Tullia
International Journal of Early Years Education, v11 n2 p105-16 Jun 2003
Surveyed local early childhood coordinators in France and Italy regarding their status, training, and tasks in order to compare the function of coordinating municipal early childhood education and care services in these two countries. Found impressive similarities in services, policies, and the function of coordination. Also found that service coordination was crucial to the main program issues of expansion and quality improvement. (KB)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Administrators, Child Care, Child Care Quality, Comparative Analysis, Coordination, Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, Government Role, Local Government, Surveys, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: France; Italy
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