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The Socializing Role of Early Childhood Development and Education (ECD) in the 21st Century

Noting demographic and socio-political shifts in Europe, this paper discusses challenges facing early childhood education in providing children with sufficient competence to cope successfully with discontinuities in their lives caused by rapidly changing social conditions and family structure. The paper outlines some contextual conditions which need to be considered when defining quality education, then focuses on three aspects of European early childhood education of central importance in terms of social integration: social integration of children with special needs, intercultural education as a reality in Europe, and continuities versus discontinuities, or coping with transitions.

• Contributor: Fthenakis, Wassilios E.
• Date Published: 04-00
• Notes: Connect to the catalog at the library of the University of Colorado at Boulder. English Paper presented at the European Policy Conference (Amsterdam, April 23-24, 1998). Document (RIE) 141 Reports--Descriptive; 150 Speeches/Meeting Papers EDRS: EDRS Price MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS.
• Year: 1998

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• Network/channel: NCCRESt: People: Families

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