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Early Childhood Education in the Mediterranean
Availability, Accessibility and Affordability of Services
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The existing body of comparative studies on ECEC in the Mediterranean region has received little attention from the academic community. The chapters in this book make a significant contribution by providing prospective readers with a comprehensive overview of the current state of affairs in the region, highlighting the challenges faced by ECEC and stimulating further discourse and research on the future of the sector. In addition, the chapters in this volume represent a diverse and important collection, reflecting the unique characteristics of the respective countries.
Contributors are: Bassel Akar, Anies Al-Hroub, Elina Antoniou, Sofia Avgitidou, Ebru Aydın, Nicoletta (Niki) Christodoulou, Rahime Cobanoglu, Thomas Cook, Fetiye Erbil, Abdelbasit Gadour, Mine Göl-Güven, Gülçin Gülmez, Thanaa Hashem, Reem Jawabreh, Pandelis Kiprianos, Mohamed Miliani, Soheil Salha, Valerie Sollars, Maura Striano, Habib Tiliouine, Nasser Tolba, Ziya Toprak, Mehmet Toran, Adrijana ViÅ¡njiÄ-JevtiÄ, Ivana ViskoviÄ and Farah El Zein.
Contributors are: Bassel Akar, Anies Al-Hroub, Elina Antoniou, Sofia Avgitidou, Ebru Aydın, Nicoletta (Niki) Christodoulou, Rahime Cobanoglu, Thomas Cook, Fetiye Erbil, Abdelbasit Gadour, Mine Göl-Güven, Gülçin Gülmez, Thanaa Hashem, Reem Jawabreh, Pandelis Kiprianos, Mohamed Miliani, Soheil Salha, Valerie Sollars, Maura Striano, Habib Tiliouine, Nasser Tolba, Ziya Toprak, Mehmet Toran, Adrijana ViÅ¡njiÄ-JevtiÄ, Ivana ViskoviÄ and Farah El Zein.
Valerie Sollars is a professor in Early Childhood Education at the University of Malta. Valerie has researched and published extensively in the field of early childhood education. At a national level, she drew up several policy documents.
Mehmet Toran is a professor in Early Childhood Education Studies at the Istanbul Kültür University. His research deals mainly with early childhood education curricula, early childhood education approaches, early childhood education policy, poverty and childhood, and critical pedagogy.
Mehmet Toran is a professor in Early Childhood Education Studies at the Istanbul Kültür University. His research deals mainly with early childhood education curricula, early childhood education approaches, early childhood education policy, poverty and childhood, and critical pedagogy.
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
1 Availability, Accessibility and Affordability of ECEC services: An Overview
âMehmet Toran, Ziya Toprak and Ebru Aydın
2 Early Childhood Education in Algeria
âHabib Tiliouine and Mohamed Miliani
3 Early Childhood Education and Care in Croatia: Perspectives of Practitioners, Researchers and Policy Makers
âAdrijana ViÅ¡njiÄ-JevtiÄ and Ivana ViskoviÄ
4 Addressing Equity and Quality in Cyprusâ Early Years Provision
âNicoletta (Niki) Christodoulou and Elina Antoniou
5 Pre-school Education in Egypt: A Decade of Setbacks, Challenges and Successes in the Midst of Revolution and Beyond
âNasser Tolba and Thanaa Hashem
6 Reconsidering Availability, Accessibility and Affordability in Early Childhood Education: Acritical Analysis of the Greek Context
âSofia Avgitidou and Pandelis Kiprianos
7 From Welfare to Education: A Cultural, Professional and Social Transformation of the Role and Function of Childcare Services in Italy
âMaura Striano
8 Political and Social Intersections of Early Childhood Education Rights for Lebanese and Refugee Children in Lebanon
âAnies Al-Hroub, Bassel Akar and Farah El Zein
9 Early Childhood Education in Libya: Opportunities and Challenges
âAbdelbasit Gadour
10 Scratching Beneath the Surface: Overt Challenges and Subtle Inequalities Despite Available ECEC Services in Malta
âValerie Sollars
11 Early Childhood Education in Palestine
âSoheil Salha, Reem Jawabreh and Thomas Cook
12 Accessibility and Affordability of Early Childhood Education and Care Services in Türkiye
âFetiye Erbil and Mine Göl-Güven
13 Unveiling Inequities: Critical Insights into Early Childhood Education in Türkiye
âRahime Cobanoglu and Gülçin Gülmez
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
1 Availability, Accessibility and Affordability of ECEC services: An Overview
âMehmet Toran, Ziya Toprak and Ebru Aydın
2 Early Childhood Education in Algeria
âHabib Tiliouine and Mohamed Miliani
3 Early Childhood Education and Care in Croatia: Perspectives of Practitioners, Researchers and Policy Makers
âAdrijana ViÅ¡njiÄ-JevtiÄ and Ivana ViskoviÄ
4 Addressing Equity and Quality in Cyprusâ Early Years Provision
âNicoletta (Niki) Christodoulou and Elina Antoniou
5 Pre-school Education in Egypt: A Decade of Setbacks, Challenges and Successes in the Midst of Revolution and Beyond
âNasser Tolba and Thanaa Hashem
6 Reconsidering Availability, Accessibility and Affordability in Early Childhood Education: Acritical Analysis of the Greek Context
âSofia Avgitidou and Pandelis Kiprianos
7 From Welfare to Education: A Cultural, Professional and Social Transformation of the Role and Function of Childcare Services in Italy
âMaura Striano
8 Political and Social Intersections of Early Childhood Education Rights for Lebanese and Refugee Children in Lebanon
âAnies Al-Hroub, Bassel Akar and Farah El Zein
9 Early Childhood Education in Libya: Opportunities and Challenges
âAbdelbasit Gadour
10 Scratching Beneath the Surface: Overt Challenges and Subtle Inequalities Despite Available ECEC Services in Malta
âValerie Sollars
11 Early Childhood Education in Palestine
âSoheil Salha, Reem Jawabreh and Thomas Cook
12 Accessibility and Affordability of Early Childhood Education and Care Services in Türkiye
âFetiye Erbil and Mine Göl-Güven
13 Unveiling Inequities: Critical Insights into Early Childhood Education in Türkiye
âRahime Cobanoglu and Gülçin Gülmez
Policy makers, ECEC researchers, ECEC teachers, Post-graduate ECEC students, Post-graduate comparative education students, Scholars.