TY  - CHAP
AB  - It is widely acknowledged that the quality of cen tre-based care for young children is a critical determin ant of a range of positive social, education and health-related outcomes (Barnett & Ackerman 2006; Vandell et al, 1988; Schweinhar t et at. 1993). Yet in 2001, Australia ranked at near the bottom of an OECD league table measuring how much countries invest in children's earliest years (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2001). Further, Australia's quality assurance regime for child care has been criticised, particularly for its failure to make reliable or comparable information on th e quality of child care services readily available to parents (Radich 2002; Hill, Pocock & Elliott 2007; Rush 2006).
AU  - Dalton, BM
AU  - Wilson, R
CY  - Sydney, Australia
DA  - 2009/01/01
ED  - 1st
EP  - 230
JO  - Paid Care in Australia: Politics, Profits, Practices
PB  - Sydney University Press
PY  - 2009/01/01
SP  - 204
TI  - Improving quality in Australian child care: the role of the media and non-profit providers
Y1  - 2009/01/01
Y2  - 2026/07/29
ER  -