Early Childhood Education and Care in the Netherlands: Quality, Curriculum, and Relations with Child Development

The studies reported in this dissertation are part of the national cohort study pre-COOL to evaluate the developmental and educational effects of early childhood education and care (ECEC) provisions in the Netherlands. More specifically, we evaluated the quality of a large representative sample of ECEC provisions and examined the effects of attending ECEC on the development of two-to-three year old children. ECEC quality can be defined by structural and process characteristics that are thought to nurture child development. Process quality refers to children’s daily experiences and encompasses... Mehr ...