LIST OF FIGURES Epigraph E1 Epigraph
3.10 Canada’s Public Education System is Pulling Its Weight: The Equalizing Effect of Canada’s Schools
Introduction
3.11 ECE Pays Big Dividends
I.1
The Benefits of Early Childhood Education
Chapter 4
Chapter 1
By the Numbers
By the Numbers
4.1 Parental Benefits in Canada and Quebec (2019)
1.1 The Preschool Brain: Neural Pathways Under Construction 1.2 Thinking, Well-Being and Language
4.2 Federal Expenditures to Support Early Childhood (2019)
1.4 Early Development Instrument (EDI)
4.2b Federal Investments in Early Learning and Child Care for Aboriginal Communities
Chapter 2
4.3 Enrolment in School-Operated ECE Programs (2019)
1.3 Top Ten 21st Century Competencies
By the Numbers 2.1 Play Matters 2.2 Doctors Prescribe Play 2.3 Decrease in Play Results in Increase in Mental and Physical Health Challenges 2.4 Continuum of Play-Based Learning 2.5 Early Learning Environments
4.4 Change in Number of Regulated Child Care Spaces by Province/Territory 4.5 Early Childhood Education Report Progress
Chapter 5 By the Numbers
2.6 21st Century Skills Children Will Need to Succeed
Chapter 6
Chapter 3
6.1 Canada’s ECE Enrolment Rates Compared to Other OECD Countries
By the Numbers 3.1 A Good Start in Life 3.2 Inequality in Canada 3.3 Maternal Labour Force Participation by Age of Youngest Child 3.4 A Child Care Tale of Two Cities 3.5 Pierre Fortin, Economist 3.6 Canada Does Not Fare Well Compared to Other OECD Countries in Rates of Low Wage Employment 3.7 The Compensatory Impact of ECE 3.8 Impact of ECE Participation at Secondary School 3.9 ECE Addresses Special Education Needs (SEN)
By the Numbers
6.2 Spending Required by Province/ Territory for Canada to Reach OECD Average ECE Enrolment of 70% for 0-5 Year Olds
Becoming A Capable Child AJ1 A Child is a Capable Person AJ2 Similar Goals – Different Language, Bridging Western and Indigenous Early Learning Curricula AJ3 Shaping Influences of ‘A Capable Person’ AJ4 Educators, Researchers and Scholars Have Used a Variety of Expressions in Discussing “A Capable Person” Philosophy
Terms Used ECE Programs Have Many Names
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EARLY YEARS STUDY 4
