Early Childhood Education in Brazil: The obstacles to a successful experience
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| author | Fernanda da R. Becker |
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| contents | Early Childhood Education in Brazil: The obstacles to a successful experience Fernanda da R. Becker Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) Brazil Decentralization Public policies Early childhood education Early Childhood Education is a right recognized inthe Convention on the Rights of the Child (2005). However, this righthas been neglected, as many countries do not have an official programfor the early years or, in case of having the program, it is not effective.In 1996, the Brazilian government introduced a policy to integrate theadministrative responsibility for nursery schools for 0-3 year-olds andpreschools for 4-6 year-olds into the educational sector, which was a firststep towards the expansion of Early Childhood Education provision. Tenyears later, there is a lack of public establishments, and the localgovernments do not give high priority to this stage of education in theirspending.This paper is aimed at the Brazilian experience in Early ChildhoodEducation in an effort to identify the remaining obstacles to accomplishthe established goals. The empirical analysis focuses on the differencesamong regions and the stages of Early Childhood Education expansion, inorder to measure the gap between the number of enrolments and the demand for vacancies. It evaluated official data, like the number ofestablishments and enrolments from 1996 to 2006. The appraisal pointsout some obstacles that local governments should overcome in order toimprove the provision and the quality of Early Childhood Education 2007 artículo científico 1692-715X https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=77350202 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=773 Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Niñez y Juventud application/pdf Fundación Centro Internacional de Educación y Desarrollo Humano Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Niñez y Juventud (Colombia) Num.2 Vol.5 |
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| spellingShingle | Early Childhood Education in Brazil: The obstacles to a successful experience Fernanda da R. Becker Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) Brazil Decentralization Public policies Early childhood education Early Childhood Education in Brazil: The obstacles to a successful experience Fernanda da R. Becker Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) Brazil Decentralization Public policies Early childhood education Early Childhood Education is a right recognized inthe Convention on the Rights of the Child (2005). However, this righthas been neglected, as many countries do not have an official programfor the early years or, in case of having the program, it is not effective.In 1996, the Brazilian government introduced a policy to integrate theadministrative responsibility for nursery schools for 0-3 year-olds andpreschools for 4-6 year-olds into the educational sector, which was a firststep towards the expansion of Early Childhood Education provision. Tenyears later, there is a lack of public establishments, and the localgovernments do not give high priority to this stage of education in theirspending.This paper is aimed at the Brazilian experience in Early ChildhoodEducation in an effort to identify the remaining obstacles to accomplishthe established goals. The empirical analysis focuses on the differencesamong regions and the stages of Early Childhood Education expansion, inorder to measure the gap between the number of enrolments and the demand for vacancies. It evaluated official data, like the number ofestablishments and enrolments from 1996 to 2006. The appraisal pointsout some obstacles that local governments should overcome in order toimprove the provision and the quality of Early Childhood Education 2007 artículo científico 1692-715X https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=77350202 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=773 Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Niñez y Juventud application/pdf Fundación Centro Internacional de Educación y Desarrollo Humano Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Niñez y Juventud (Colombia) Num.2 Vol.5 |
| title | Early Childhood Education in Brazil: The obstacles to a successful experience |
| topic | Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) Brazil Decentralization Public policies Early childhood education |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=77350202 |