Improving quality in Australian child care: the role of the media and non-profit providers

Dalton, BM; Wilson, R

Improving quality in Australian child care: the role of the media and non-profit providers

Dalton, BM

Wilson, R

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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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dc.contributor.author	Dalton, BM https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9507-1447	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Wilson, R	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	King, D	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Meagher, G	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Paid Care in Australia: Politics, Profits, Practices, 2009, 1st, pp. 204 - 230	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781920899295	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/7903
dc.description.abstract	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).	en_US
dc.publisher	Sydney University Press	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Paid Care in Australia: Politics, Profits, Practices	en_US
dc.title	Improving quality in Australian child care: the role of the media and non-profit providers	en_US
dc.type	Chapter
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utslib.for	111704 Community Child Health	en_US
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Abstract:

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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