`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.
Defining Quality - Peter Moss
Values, Stakeholders and Processes
Working in Conflict - Helen Penn
Developing a Dynamic Model of Quality
Looking at Quality from the Child's Perspective - Ole Langsted
Defining and Valuing Quality as a Parent - Mary Larner and Deborah Phillips
Measure for Measure - Julia Brophy and June Statham
Values, Quality and Evaluation
Quality in School-Age Child Care Services - Pat Petrie
An Inquiry about Values
No Equality, No Quality - Carol Joseph, Jane Lane and Sudesh Sharma
Developing Cross-Cultural Partnerships - Alan Pence and Marie McCallum
Implications for Child Care Quality Research and Practice
The New Zealand Experience of Charter Development in Early Childhood Services - Anne Smith and Sarah-Eve Farquhar
Fragments for a Discussion about Quality - Claus Jensen
Evaluation and Regulation - Gunilla Dahlberg and Gunnar Åsén
A Question of Empowerment
Towards an Inclusionary Approach in Defining Quality - Alan Pence and Peter Moss
