Evaluation and Assessment Practices in Early Childhood Care: A Theoretical Approach to Training

<p>Cash transfer based social protection can potentially contribute positively upon targeted beneficiaries on a variety of developmental aspects. This study explored the pilot and scaled-up phases of the Harmonised Social Cash Transfer program to determine impacts towards improving under-eight children’s access to food, education, and health services. Stories of significant change were gathered in retrospect from purposively sampled caregivers and children beneficiaries. Based on thematic and guided analysis, it emerged that the programmes’ theoretical and practical approaches renders the interventions less effective as impact assessment is narrowed to the early childhood cohort. This is furthered by relatively insufficient size of grants disbursed per household and commodity supply-side challenges. Consequently, a review to theoretical and practical tenets of the cash transfer approach becomes imminent in the Zimbabwean context. Targeting criteria needs refinement and supplemented with policy and multi-faceted public investment to address underlying limitations to impact on young children. </p>

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Practices, Challenges and Opportunities of Early Childhood Care and Education Program Implementation in Bahir Dar City Administration

10.7176/jep/10-1-03 ◽

2019 ◽

Keyword(s):

Early Childhood ◽

Program Implementation ◽

Education Program ◽

Bahir Dar ◽

City Administration ◽

Early Childhood Care ◽

Childhood Care ◽

Challenges And Opportunities

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Moving forward with early childhood care and education (ECCE) post-2015 in the Asia Pacific Region: an analysis of global and national policy goals

International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy ◽

10.1186/s40723-015-0016-9 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Emma C. Pearson

Keyword(s):

Early Childhood ◽

National Policy ◽

Asia Pacific ◽

Pacific Region ◽

Asia Pacific Region ◽

Early Childhood Care ◽

Policy Goals ◽

Childhood Care

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Promoting sense of community in an early childhood care and education consortium

Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education ◽

10.1080/10901027.2021.1962442 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-19

Author(s):

Hilary Horn Ratner ◽

Lucy McGoron ◽

Kathryn A. G. Knoff ◽

Beverly Weathington ◽

Anna Miller

Keyword(s):

Early Childhood ◽

Sense Of Community ◽

Early Childhood Care ◽

Childhood Care

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Exploration of the Early Childhood Care and Education Provided in Kindergartens in Japan

Asian Review of Social Sciences ◽

10.51983/arss-2019.8.2.1594 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 24-29

Author(s):

Manjinder Kaur

Keyword(s):

Early Childhood ◽

World War Ii ◽

World War ◽

High Quality ◽

Early Childhood Care ◽

Childhood Care ◽

Different Types ◽

Education And Care ◽

Set Up ◽

Shed Light

This study tends to shed light on early childhood care and education (ECCE) institutions with special reference to kindergartens in Fukuoka, Japan. The choice of the topic for study was derived by the importance of ECCE in children’s life and huge economic growth of Japan after worst effects of world war-II, which are thought to be linked with the education that children receives in Japan. The study is limited to four kindergartens in Fukuoka City and observations made for the study refers to 2018. Herein, different types of institutions providing ECCE, their infrastructural set-up, activities, along with curriculum are discussed. At the end, issues and challenges of ECCE system in Japan are discussed. It has been observed that the infrastructural facility and nature of activities are of high quality. Each and every care is being taken to inculcate habits, as well as to maintain physical and intellectual growth of children. The children seem to be highly happy and enjoy learning via various activities in these schools. It is clear that the devised policies on education and care of children are implemented in full spirit.

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