Early Childhood Care and Education and Equality of Opportunity Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives on Social Challenges /

• Main Author: Burger, Kaspar (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer VS, 2013.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Social Sciences.; Social Sciences, general.

Early childhood care and education has become a key issue in social science as well as in politics. In many countries, different actors increasingly use early childhood programs to tackle a variety of societal challenges. The studies collected in this book contribute theoretical and empirical dimens...

Table of Contents:

• Equality of opportunity in view of social inequalities.- New contributions to early childhood care and education research
• Effects of early childhood care and education programs on intellectual development.- History of childcare in France and in the United States.- Desire, language, and education in early childhood.- Multiple methodical approaches
• Implications for practice and research.