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Early Childhood Trends Worldwide - First Annual World Early Childhood Report

by Roger Neugebauer
March/April 2001
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Early childhood education is riding a wave of intense interest worldwide. The source of this interest, however, varies from nation to nation and from community to community:


_ In nations with rapidly expanding economies (such as Malaysia, Korea, and Ireland), child care is in demand to facilitate the entry of young mothers into the workforce;
_ In other nations (such as Singapore), early childhood education is viewed as a means of developing the well-educated workforce of the future;
_ In nations with severe health challenges (such as Uzbekistan and Nepal), early childhood programs are seen as vehicles for delivering health and nutritional services;
_ In nations moving out from under the yoke of dictatorial rule (such as the Ukraine and Armenia), early childhood is seen as an opportunity to infuse democratic ideals into
society;
_ In some nations, due to interest in recent brain research, child care is being reconsidered as a developmental opportunity; and,
_ In some nations (such as Singapore and Japan), early childhood services are seen as a means of making it possi-ble for families to have more children.

In most nations, of course, there is a mix of the above motives for promoting early childhood services. This mix can lead to strong coherent support for early ...

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