Early Childhood Education in the Mediterranean

Availability, Accessibility and Affordability of Services
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-73365-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Reihe: Comparative Education and the Mediterranean Region

The existing body of comparative studies on ECEC in the Mediterranean region has received little attention from the academic community. The chapters in this book make a significant contribution by providing prospective readers with a comprehensive overview of the current state of affairs in the region, highlighting the challenges faced by ECEC and stimulating further discourse and research on the future of the sector. In addition, the chapters in this volume represent a diverse and important collection, reflecting the unique characteristics of the respective countries.

Contributors are: Bassel Akar, Anies Al-Hroub, Elina Antoniou, Sofia Avgitidou, Ebru Aydin, Nicoletta (Niki) Christodoulou, Rahime Cobanoglu, Thomas Cook, Fetiye Erbil, Abdelbasit Gadour, Mine Göl-Güven, Gülçin Gülmez, Thanaa Hashem, Reem Jawabreh, Pandelis Kiprianos, Mohamed Miliani, Soheil Salha, Valerie Sollars, Maura Striano, Habib Tiliouine, Nasser Tolba, Ziya Toprak, Mehmet Toran, Adrijana Višnjic-Jevtic, Ivana Viskovic and Farah El Zein.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Sollars, Valerie

Toran, Mehmet

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

1 Availability, Accessibility and Affordability of ECEC services: An Overview Mehmet Toran, Ziya Toprak and Ebru Aydin

2 Early Childhood Education in Algeria Habib Tiliouine and Mohamed Miliani

3 Early Childhood Education and Care in Croatia: Perspectives of Practitioners, Researchers and Policy Makers Adrijana Višnjic-Jevtic and Ivana Viskovic

4 Addressing Equity and Quality in Cyprus’ Early Years Provision Nicoletta (Niki) Christodoulou and Elina Antoniou

5 Pre-school Education in Egypt: A Decade of Setbacks, Challenges and Successes in the Midst of Revolution and Beyond Nasser Tolba and Thanaa Hashem

6 Reconsidering Availability, Accessibility and Affordability in Early Childhood Education: Acritical Analysis of the Greek Context Sofia Avgitidou and Pandelis Kiprianos

7 From Welfare to Education: A Cultural, Professional and Social Transformation of the Role and Function of Childcare Services in Italy Maura Striano

8 Political and Social Intersections of Early Childhood Education Rights for Lebanese and Refugee Children in Lebanon Anies Al-Hroub, Bassel Akar and Farah El Zein

9 Early Childhood Education in Libya: Opportunities and Challenges Abdelbasit Gadour

10 Scratching Beneath the Surface: Overt Challenges and Subtle Inequalities Despite Available ECEC Services in Malta Valerie Sollars

11 Early Childhood Education in Palestine Soheil Salha, Reem Jawabreh and Thomas Cook

12 Accessibility and Affordability of Early Childhood Education and Care Services in Türkiye Fetiye Erbil and Mine Göl-Güven

13 Unveiling Inequities: Critical Insights into Early Childhood Education in Türkiye Rahime Cobanoglu and Gülçin Gülmez

Über Autor(innen)

Valerie Sollars is a professor in Early Childhood Education at the University of Malta. Valerie has researched and published extensively in the field of early childhood education. At a national level, she drew up several policy documents.

Mehmet Toran is a professor in Early Childhood Education Studies at the Istanbul Kültür University. His research deals mainly with early childhood education curricula, early childhood education approaches, early childhood education policy, poverty and childhood, and critical pedagogy.