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Rauschenbach, Thomas; Riedel, Birgit – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
In a European comparison, the childcare profession in Germany has taken a distinct path of development which is closely interwoven with the history of early childhood education and care (ECEC) in general. Institutional choices critical to this path are the assignment of childcare as part of social welfare, the pursuit of a maternalist tradition in…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Governance, Child Care, Early Childhood Education
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Verger, Antoni; Edwards, D. Brent, Jr.; Altinyelken, Hulya Kosar – Comparative Education, 2014
This paper explores the nature and quality of the participation that characterises the Bank's consultations with external actors and examines the extent to which the Bank is responsive to such feedback when it comes to defining its policy preferences and strategies in the education domain. It draws on a case study of the participatory process that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Banking, Global Approach, Educational Policy
Smith, Anna Tolman – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1917
The Bureau of Education is frequently asked for information as to current activities in regard to vocational education in the principal European countries engaged in the present war. This manuscript summarizes the current information on this subject for the following countries: (1) Germany; (2) France; and (3) England. Results of the survey…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Voluntary Agencies, Foreign Countries, Citizenship
Shinman, Sheila M. – 1994
Home-Start is an international organization in which volunteers offer regular support, friendship, and practical help to young families under stress in their own homes in order to prevent family crisis and breakdown. It is available to any family with at least one child under 5 years of age. This book presents a snapshot of the day-to-day…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Rearing, Disabilities, Family Counseling
Moss, Steve, Ed. – 1992
This monograph presents nine author-contributed papers which look at issues of aging and mental retardation from the perspectives of nine nations: Australia (by Trevor R. Parmenter), Great Britain (by Steve Moss), Canada (by Gerrit Groeneweg), Germany (by Gottfried Adam), Hong Kong (by John W. L. Tse), Indonesia (by D. Lianta), Japan (by Takeo…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Cultural Differences, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Delivery Systems