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Prochner, Larry; Cleghorn, Ailie; Green, Nicole – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2008
This paper draws on the comparative and qualitative data from a triple case study carried out in three semi-rural early childhood education centres in Canada, India, and South Africa. The primary objective of this four year study was to provide in-depth understanding of the ways in which policy, practice, and culture intersect in semi-rural…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Space Utilization, Comparative Education
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Willan, Jenny – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2007
This paper explores and questions some of the evidence used to support early childhood interventions in the UK, and reports on discussions with three rural Mini Sure Start project leaders in Devon. Sure Start funding in the UK has been repeatedly increased to provide more centres for 0-3-year-olds and their parents. It is increasingly linked to…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Welfare Services, Parent Attitudes, Rural Sociology
Grace, Cathy; Shores, Elizabeth F.; Zaslow, Martha; Brown, Brett; Aufseeser, Dena; Bell, Lynn – National Center for Rural Early Childhood Learning Initiatives - Mississippi State University Early Childhood Institute, 2006
This report shows the rural disparities in the baseline data of the Birth and Kindergarten Cohorts of the national Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS). The National Center for Rural Early Childhood Learning Initiatives, known as Rural Early Childhood, commissioned Child Trends to perform the analysis of key indicators of child well-being and…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Geographic Regions, Young Children, School Readiness