Quality Matters in Early Childhood Education and Care: Japan 2012 [electronic resource] /
Taguma, Miho.
Litjens, Ineke.
Makowiecki, Kelly.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2012.
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) can bring a wide range of benefits – for children, parents and society at large. However, these benefits are conditional on "quality". Expanding access to services without attention to quality will not deliver good outcomes for children or long-term productivity benefits for society. This series of country reports focuses on quality issues. Each report tackles a specific theme that was selected by the country reviewed. These reports suggest strengths and point to areas for further reflection on current policy initiatives.
Foreword  -- Executive Summary  -- Introduction  -- -Aim of the policy profile -- Structure of the report -- Chapter 1. Where Does Japan Stand Regarding Policy Outcomes and Inputs?  -- -Spider web chart on policy outcomes  -- Spider web chart on policy inputs -- Chapter 2. What Does Research Say?  -- -Why do workforce qualifications, education and training matter for better child development? -- What are "qualifications, education and professional development" in ECEC?  -- What is at stake?  -- Why do qualifications, education and professional development matter?  -- What matters most?  -- What are the policy implications?  -- What is still unknown? -- Why do working conditions matter for better child development?  -- What are "working conditions"? -- What is at stake?  -- Why do working conditions in ECEC matter?  -- What matters most?  -- What are the policy implications?  -- What is still unknown? -- References -- Chapter 3. Where Does Japan Stand Compared to Other Countries?  -- What is a high-quality ECEC system and workforce? -- Improving staff qualifications, education and competences  -- Recruitment -- Professional development -- Staff evaluation and monitoring -- Working conditions and retention  -- References -- Chapter 4. What are the Challenges and Strategies?  -- 1. Improving staff qualifications, education and competences  -- 2. Recruitment  -- 3. Professional development  -- 4. Staff evaluation and monitoring  -- 5. Working conditions and retention  -- Annex A. Definitions and Methodology  -- Annex B. Figures for the Spider Web on Policy Outcomes  -- Annex C. Figures for Spider Web on Policy Inputs  -- Annex D. Notes to the Spider Webs  -- Annex. E. Methodology and Data Sources for the Spider Webs 
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) can bring a wide range of benefits – for children, parents and society at large. However, these benefits are conditional on "quality". Expanding access to services without attention to quality will not deliver good outcomes for children or long-term productivity benefits for society. This series of country reports focuses on quality issues. Each report tackles a specific theme that was selected by the country reviewed. These reports suggest strengths and point to areas for further reflection on current policy initiatives.
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