Early Childhood Education in the Mediterranean : Availability, Accessibility and Affordability of Services /

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 regi...

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Other Authors: Sollars, Valerie (Editor), Toran, Mehmet (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: Comparative Education and the Mediterranean Region ; 5.
Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2025.

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Call Number: LA227.3

Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Illustrations
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Introduction
  • 1 Availability, Accessibility and Affordability of ECEC services: An Overview
  • Mehmet Toran, Ziya Toprak and Ebru Aydın
  • 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 Višnjić-Jevtić and Ivana Visković
  • 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.