Quality Matters in Early Childhood Education and Care: Korea 2012

Description

Early childhood education and care (ECEC) can bring a wide range of benefits - for children, parents and society at large. However, these benefits are conditional on "quality". Expanding access to services without attention to quality will not deliver good outcomes for children or long-term productivity benefits for society. This series of country reports focuses on quality issues. Each report tackles a specific theme that was selected by the country reviewed. These reports suggest strengths and point to areas for further reflection on current policy initiatives.  Read more... Foreword -- Executive Summary -- Introduction -- Where does Korea stand regarding policy outcomes and inputs? -- What does research say? -- Where does Korea stand compared to other countries? -- What are potential areas for reflection? -- What are the challenges and strategies? -- Definitions and methodologies -- Figures for the spider web on policy outcomes -- Figures for the spider web on policy inputs -- Notes to the spider webs -- Methodology and data sources for the spider webs.