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Nursery Education: In the United States, there are increasing group day care facilities, particularly under programs such as "Head-Start" and "Get Set," which have the objective 'of breaking the cycle of intergenerational poverty. These group day care centers may be called day nurseries, day care centers, child care centers, or nursery education schook Not all nursery education schools are true day care centers, but any good day care program for children of nursery education school age will have an educational component in its program indistinguishable from that of a good nursery education school. Because sound early childhood education is an important feature of a good day nursery education as well as of a good nursery education school, the distinction between the two kinds of programs tends to blur.
The program of a good nursery education school would be similar to the program of a good day nursery education although its primary purpose would be education rather than care and protection. Its hours of oper-ition would probably be shorter, too, and it would not always provide a noontime meal, and would not, therefore, so readily meet the needs of many children whose parents work.
Day care provisions are expanding all over the world, including the developing countries, and [he United States lags behind many other highly industrialized countries.
Tricia David has worked as a teacher and headteacher in nursery education and primary schools, as a researcher, community educator, playgroup tutor, and teacher trainer. She is now a Professor of Education at Canterbury Christ Church University College, with particular reference to the early years. Tricia is currently chairing the Kent nursery education Partnership Training Subgroup and finds this exciting multi-professional mix contributes to her own reflection and development, as part of an international network of researchers in the early years field. |
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