Early Childhood Research Internationally

After exploring early childhood research for Australia, I found that they have similar issues to the U.S. in regards to the field of early childhood.  Australia’s early childhood organizations are working with the same mission as countries around the world, to “ensure quality, social justice, and equity for the care of young children.  Research issues stem from diversity to quality standards of early childhood programs, to the 

importance of play-based learning; which for Australia is mandatory under the National Quality Standard.  Australia has recognized the importance of early childhood education.  “Investment in early childhood education and care (ECEC) programs is a cornerstone policy of the Australian Government”. I found it intriguing that Australis offers universal access to early childhood education.   They are providing children with access to early childhood education programs for all children in the year before full-time schooling. “While attendance is not compulsory, early childhood education programmes are delivered in a range of settings including child care, stand-alone preschools and school-based preschools, in order to meet the needs of working families, and will be accessible to all Australian children, regardless of their location”. This is shocking to me due to the fact that as a country the U.S. is not doing that, not on a national level. 

References:

http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/

https://education.gov.au/universal-access-early-childhood-education