Effective early childhood care and education: Successful approaches and didactic strategies for fostering child development

BURGER, Kaspar

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Effective early childhood care and education: Successful approaches and didactic strategies for fostering child development

BURGER, Kaspar

2015 • In European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 23 (5), p. 743 - 760

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and social-emotional development; early childhood care and education; effective approaches; fostering skills; language; mathematics; Education; Developmental and Educational Psychology

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[en] This research article attempts to determine strategies that can be used to support children's cognitive and social-emotional development in early childhood care and education programs. By synthesizing empirical evidence about pedagogical techniques that promote children's competencies, the article aims to identify those characteristics of programs that ultimately contribute to the effectiveness of early childhood care and education. In particular, the article summarizes strategies that foster children's acquisition of language, math, and social-emotional skills. In so doing, it responds to the needs of program staff who struggle to understand and address the numerous developmental needs of young children and it provides concrete guidance for policymakers and management personnel who aim to design purposeful programs which benefit child development effectively.

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Social & behavioral sciences, psychology: Multidisciplinary, general & others

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BURGER, Kaspar ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Social Sciences (DSOC) > Centre for Childhood and Youth Research ; Children’s Rights Unit, University Institute Kurt Bösch, Sion, Switzerland

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English

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Effective early childhood care and education: Successful approaches and didactic strategies for fostering child development

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20 October 2015

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European Early Childhood Education Research Journal

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1350-293X

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1752-1807

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Routledge

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743 - 760

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