Valuing quality in early childhood services : new approaches to defining quality / edited by Peter Moss and Alan Pence.
Contributor(s): Pence, Alan R
| Moss, Peter.
Material type: 
BookPublisher: London : P. Chapman, c1994Description: viii, 183 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1853962546 .Subject(s): Child care services -- Evaluation | Early childhood education -- Evaluation | Day care centers -- EvaluationDDC classification: 372.12
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Store Item | 372.12 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00070199 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
`Not only does this book offer a great deal of insight into evaluating early childhood services, it also provides a focal point for those interested in establishing goals, objectives and evaluation criteria for their own early childhood programmes′ - Early Years
`Quality′ has become a priority issue for all concerned with early childhood care and education services. Starting from the premise that `quality′ is a relative and dynamic concept based on values and beliefs, Valuing Quality in Early Childhood Services examines how the definitions of quality are established and who is involved in their establishment.
The book advocates that the process should involve a range of stakeholder groups, including children, parents, staff, care providers, researchers, employers and the community. A key issue that emerges is the need for new and creative approaches to the development of an inclusionary process in the definitions and attainment of quality care.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Defining Quality
- Values, Stakeholders and Processes
- Working in Conflict
- Developing a Dynamic Model of Quality
- Looking at Quality from the Child's Perspective
- Defining and Valuing Quality as a Parent
- Measure for Measure
- Values, Quality and Evaluation
- Quality in School-Age Child Care Services
- An Inquiry about Values
- No Equality, No Quality
- Developing Cross-Cultural Partnerships
- Implications for Child Care Quality Research and Practice
- The New Zealand Experience of Charter Development in Early Childhood Services
- Fragments for a Discussion about Quality
- Evaluation and Regulation
- A Question of Empowerment
- Towards an Inclusionary Approach in Defining Quality