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Finland - Early childhood care and education

Ministries, institutions

National curriculum

The National Curriculum Guidelines on Early Childhood Education and Care in Finland was published in September of 2003. It will serve as a basis for local municipal curricula and for the curricula implemented in the day-care centres and other forms of ECEC, such as family day care. This English translation of the document was published in 2004.

Reports

The e-book highlights the contextual approach in leadership in early childhood. The articles are organised under three sections:1. Introduction to leadership in early childhood education, discusses the leadership issues in general. 2. Comparative perspectives to leadership introduces culturally based differences within the work of Finnish and Russian directors. 3. [...]

Early childhood and schools studies by the OECD.