Inclusive education has been promoted in primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong since the 1990s, and it has now spread to pre-primary education. Without qualified teachers and sufficient resources, however, it is difficult to implement inclusion in early childhood settings. This case study investigated how inclusive education was practised in…

Based on arguments according to which the concept of quality is multifaceted, difficult to be defined and defined differently by various stakeholders, it has been suggested that the quality of care and education be evaluated from different perspectives if one aims to create a global picture of the early childhood education and care programmes. The…

Investigated attitude changes resulting from the Child Development Associate (CDA) program, a competency-based teacher-education program to prepare early childhood personnel to maintain a state of harmonious relations with children through mutual affection and sympathetic understanding. Program participants' responses to the Minnesota Teacher…

British trainee teachers identified, from their perspective, the strengths and weaknesses of the National Literacy Strategy, and indicated their concerns for the teaching of literacy in the future. While the teachers generally supported the aims and objectives of the program, they identified areas of concern, including pace of instruction,…