New educational provision for young children in Italy |
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Authors: | Susanna Mantovani Tullia Musatti |
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Institution: | 1. Istituto di Pedagogia, Universita di Milano, via Festa del Perdono, 7, 20122, Milano, Italy 2. Istituto di Psicologia del CNR, Viale Marx, 15, 00137, Roma, Italy
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Abstract: | A widespread latent demand for educational provision for under 3s exists in Italy. This demand emerges from different material and psychological needs of families. In the last twenty years a large network of day care centers for infants and toddlers, asilo nido, have been installed by local governments in many regions of Central and Northern Italy. These facilities provide daily child care within an educationally oriented context. More recently, new types of facilities have been set up. They stem from the public asilo nido in both cultural and organizational terms and are integrated, together with all the other services, into a local network of educational facilities for young children and their families. The new facilities are aimed at quantitatively expanding the supply of educational provision and at broadening the range of choice for families with respect to their different needs. This paper provides an overview of the new facilities. |
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