Exploratory Analysis of Decentralized Governance and Its Implications for the Equity of Early Childhood Education Services in Four Countries of Europe and Central Asia

Autor/inn/en	Ponguta, Liliana Angelica; Aggio, Carlos; Moore, Kathryn; Hartwig, Elisa; Jang, Bosun; Markovic, Jelena; Hasanova, Leyla; Bosworth, Joanne; Grover, Deepa
Titel	Exploratory Analysis of Decentralized Governance and Its Implications for the Equity of Early Childhood Education Services in Four Countries of Europe and Central Asia
Quelle	In: Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 39 (2019) 3, S.326-342 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0957-5146
DOI	10.1080/09575146.2019.1634009
Schlagwörter	Governance; Administrative Organization; Institutional Autonomy; Accountability; Equal Education; Early Childhood Education; Content Analysis; Educational Policy; Educational Quality; Educational Finance; Policy Formation; Capacity Building; Social Differences; Cross Cultural Studies; Profiles; Foreign Countries; Azerbaijan; Moldova; Serbia; Kyrgyzstan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Institutionelle Autonomie; Verantwortung; Early childhood; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Inhaltsanalyse; Politics of education; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Bildungsfonds; Politische Betätigung; Sozialer Unterschied; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Ausland; Aserbaidschan; Moldava; Moldau (Republik); Moldau; Moldawien; Moldawa; Moldowa; Serbien
Abstract	We conducted a qualitative study in four countries of the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region and explored the Early Childhood Education (ECE) policy landscape with an emphasis on the challenges and opportunities decentralization has presented for the provision of services. We content-analyzed ECE policies and documents to map national approaches to ECE. Key informant interviews were conducted to assess the implementation of decentralized ECE governance. An analytical framework that combined core constructs of ECE systems and key domains of decentralization (autonomy, institutional capacity and accountability) was developed and applied. Our analysis points to four overarching processes that contribute to the perpetuation and possible increase of inequitable ECE including (1) sparse mechanisms for participatory and autonomous policy formulation, with few systematic efforts to strengthen local institutional capacities; (2) fragmented policy approaches to promote the assessment and strengthening of quality at scale; (3) funding frameworks and financing schemes that tend to benefit enrolment in contexts of higher levels of economic development; and (4) few mechanisms for coordination to ensure operational coherence across the ECE sector. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01