Early childhood education and care: an overview of developments in the OECD countries

How Are Notions of Childcare Similar or Different among American, Chinese, Japanese and Swedish Teachers?

“…Similarly, have found that Swedish teachers favor group care for children aged one to three more than do teachers in China, Japan and the United States. This study has pointed out that Swedish public policy and early childhood programs are highly subsidized, and that Swedish early childhood care is known to be of high quality (Kamerman, 2000). The Chinese teachers' notions on group care are similar to those of the Swedish in favoring group care.…”

“…When comparing childcare systems in 19 countries, Kamerman (2000) found that usually 'the countries with the most generous early childhood education and care (ECEC) policies and the most extensive coverage tend to have higher rates of female labor force participation' (p. 9), and Swedish females enjoy both working and rearing their children at home thanks to political support and interest. In Sweden, '[a]lmost half of all employed mothers of young children have part-time jobs ' (Swedish Institute, 2001, p. 19).…”

Politike usklađivanja obiteljskih obaveza i plaćenog rada i položaj roditelja na tržištu rada

“…i isplativost rada. Stoga danas upravo zemlje s razvijenijim sustavima predš-kolskog odgoja i obrazovanja pokazuju više stope zaposlenosti žena (Kamerman, 2000.;OECD, 2011. ).…”

A road less travelled: early childhood evidence to investment

“…Traditional models of funding sources identified three types of investors: public, private and civil society (Britto, Yoshikawa, Ponguta, Oh, & Reyes, 2012;Gertsch, 2009;Kamerman, 2000). However, beyond this point of categorization of public, private and civil society, the detangling of sources becomes more complicated because of the multiple actors, including families and communities engaged in ECD service provision.…”