early education
collocation in Englishmeaningsofearlyandeducation
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early
adjective
adverb
uk/ˈɜː.li/us/ˈɝː.li/
near the beginning of a period of time, or before the usual, expected, or ...
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education
noun[S or U]
uk/ˌedʒ.ʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌedʒ.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/
the process of teaching or learning, especially in a school or college, or the knowledge that you get ...
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This was particularly difficult where fathers were unavailable or unable to help, and where children attended freeearlyeducationin a school setting.
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She added, they were now 'dreading' the time when their youngest child would begin attendingearlyeducation.
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The forms of childcare included are: fee-paying childcare (private nursery, childminders, out-of-school clubs, nannies), informal family care, and stateprovidedearlyeducationin school nurseries.
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Respondents were invited to take part by letter sent via formal childcare providers and school nurseries providingearlyeducation.
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As expected, the non-working group tended not to use any childcare, but eight did useearlyeducation.
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Tell us about yourearlyeducationand influences.
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Earlyeducationprovided in a school nursery therefore appeared to present a current barrier to employment.
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Information about relationships between shared reading and vocabulary acquisition among bilingual children is needed to guideearlyeducationand intervention.
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A mixed economy of provision was encouraged through funding subsidies for some private registered childcare services and increased state funding ofearlyeducation.
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Serres'searlyeducationin mathematics made a crucial impression on him and shaped his philosophy.
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They used a mix of private nursery andearlyeducation(in a school nursery) for the oldest child and private nursery for the baby.
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These difficulties were clearly exemplified in the complex case study above where the full-time working parents went to extraordinary lengths to coordinateearlyeducationwith childcare.
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Third, the institutional and cultural divide between childcare andearlyeducationneeds to be tackled.
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It is debatable whether parents or providers seeearlyeducationas a form of 'care' that can facilitate maternal employment.
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Jamal had hisearlyeducationin a government school that was gender-mixed.
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Additionally, when considered from a family perspective, the disincentives to employment seemed to have a longer time dimension when younger siblings were expected to follow on inearlyeducation.
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It was difficult to dovetail the part-time fixed hours ofearlyeducationwith the fixed hours of private nursery care and to transport the child across these two providers.
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Much has already been achieved with increased numbers of childcare andearlyeducationplaces, as well as improvements to parental rights to help reconcile work and family life.
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It is counted alongside 'childcare' for that reason and also because parents would have to fit other childcare (wraparound care) and/or working hours aroundearlyeducationtimes.
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All four-year-olds have been able to access a freeearlyeducationplace since 1998.
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