Participation rates of under-three-year-old children in group-based early childhood services have risen in many countries including Japan. Currently, the importance of the quality of infant and toddler education and care is widely noticed and many empirical studies are conducted to generate evidence basis for policy and practice. This paper reviews the studies on the quality of infant and toddler education and care. The review focuses on (1) the history of the research on the quality of infant and toddler education and care, (2) the scales for measuring the process quality, (3) the impact of the process quality on child development, and (4) the factors predicting the process quality. In conclusion, the future research directions in Japan are discussed.
雑誌名
東京大学大学院教育学研究科紀要
巻
56
ページ
399 - 419
発行年
2017-03-31
ISSN
13421050
書誌レコードID
AN10516641
著者版フラグ
publisher
出版者
東京大学大学院教育学研究科
出版者別名
The Graduate School of Education, University of Tokyo