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HomePublicationsInclusion In Early Childhood Education and Care: A Literature Review of Best Practice
Inclusion in early childhood education and care: A literature review of best practice
Inclusion in early childhood education and care:  A literature review of best practice
Author/editor: Bray, R J
Year published: 2020

Abstract

This review was undertaken to identify from a literature review elements of best practice for  inclusion in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) in Australia. While it has identified a large  number of documents which address the subject of inclusion, it has found many limitations in the  literature, with significant gaps, and only a relatively light coverage of inclusion in ECEC, as opposed  to schools. Practice in the literature is also variable, and is exacerbated by the extent to which much  research is small scale and context‐specific (especially with regard to children with particular forms  of need), but these findings are generalised well beyond this. Sitting over this are fundamental  differences in approaches to inclusion.  In considering the question of best practice this review has adopted three lenses: practice and  pedagogy; the legal framework; and financing. Discussion of these is preceded with a discussion of  the definition of inclusion and of the changes in the role of ECEC and the scope of inclusion. The  report’s final chapter presents an overview of some of the other literature reviews and meta‐ analyses undertaken in the field. 

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