How does early childhood care and education affect cognitive development? An international review of the effects of early interventions for children from different social backgrounds

BURGER, Kaspar

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How does early childhood care and education affect cognitive development? An international review of the effects of early interventions for children from different social backgrounds

BURGER, Kaspar

2010 • In Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 25 (2), p. 140 - 165

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Cognitive development; Compensatory effects; Early childhood education and care; Equality of opportunity; International review; Social background; Socio-economic disadvantage; Education; Developmental and Educational Psychology; Sociology and Political Science

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[en] A number of authors have investigated the impact of early childhood education and care programs on the development of children. Often they have focused on the effects on children from socio-economically disadvantaged families. To assess the effects of various preschool programs on cognitive development, recent key studies were reviewed. In addition, the extent to which these programs could establish equal educational opportunities for children from different social backgrounds was evaluated. Program start, intensity, and duration were considered. The findings indicate that the vast majority of recent early education and care programs had considerable positive short-term effects and somewhat smaller long-term effects on cognitive development and that in relative terms children from socio-economically disadvantaged families made as much or slightly more progress than their more advantaged peers. Despite this, early childhood education and care cannot compensate completely for developmental deficits due to unfavorable learning conditions in disadvantaged milieus. Implications for research and policy are discussed. © 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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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 ; Department of Educational Sciences, University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland

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How does early childhood care and education affect cognitive development? An international review of the effects of early interventions for children from different social backgrounds

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June 2010

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Early Childhood Research Quarterly

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140 - 165

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