Improving quality in Australian child care: the role of the media and non-profit providers
- Publisher:
- Sydney University Press
- Publication Type:
- Chapter
- Citation:
- Paid Care in Australia: Politics, Profits, Practices, 2009, 1st, pp. 204 - 230
- Issue Date:
- 2009-01
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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).
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