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Excellence in Early Childhood Education: Defining Characteristics and Next-Decade Strategies

by Sharon Lynn Kagan - 1991

In this chapter I suggest that American early childhood education (like education in general) is at the brink of a major shift in how it conceptualizes and defines its mission. Linking care and education, such redefinition affords promising options and opportunities. Following an analysis that delineates this change, I offer a new definition of excellence in early care and education and suggest strategies for achieving it.

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This article originally appeared as NSSE Yearbook Vol 90, No. 1.

Cite This Article as: Teachers College Record Volume 92 Number 5, 1991, p. 237-258
https://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 19304, Date Accessed: 6/5/2020 9:51:29 AM

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Sharon Kagan Yale University SHARON L. KAGAN is a Senior Associate at The Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy Yale University.

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