DCU Early Childhood Research Centre
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ECRC based in Dublin, @DCU_IoE: Interdisciplinary inquiry for practice and policy at local, regional and international level. Research for Competent Systems.
Dublin City, Ireland
Joined June 2018
RT @Froebelbanjo: Delighted to represent @dcu_ecrc today at @dfatirl event to mark Ireland joining @g20org, hosted by South Africa. Since 2….
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RT @DCU: Could a truly public system fix childcare and education in Ireland?. Piece by Prof Mathias Urban @Froebelbanjo, @dcu_ecrc @DCU_IoE….
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RT @RTEBrainstorm: Could a truly public system fix childcare and education in Ireland? ‘A public system may be complex to achieve, but it i….
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A public system may be complex to achieve, but it is necessary if we want a society that takes shared responsibility for all children
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Congratulations to @WorldOMEP and all organisations brought together by @UNESCO for this important task! At DCU-ECRC we are delighted to be working with you and all members of the TAG. @DCU @DCU_Research.
#UNESCO invites Mercedes Mayol Lassalle and Gilles Petreault of OMEP, to join its Technical Advisory Group to advance global commitments on early childhood education. The meeting will focus on the 2024-2030 Roadmap for quality, accessible, and equitable education
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RT @FranceskAlbs: Breaking News: The ICC's Pre-Trial Chamber has just issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu….
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Every child has the right to education and care, from birth. This is one important step from aspiration to international law and enforceable right, writes @Froebelbanjo. @DCU @DCU_IoE @globaleducation @RTEInitiative @WorldOMEP @dcediy .
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Blog by Professor Mathias Urban, Dublin City UniversityWhen does education begin? There is no magical date, say, when a child reaches compulsory school age, that marks the beginning of education. Any...
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RT @Froebelbanjo: A fruitful collaboration with my @dcu_ecrc PhD students Diana Paola Gómez Muñoz and Germán Camilo Zárate Pinto.
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RT @Froebelbanjo: Hot off the press and open access. 'Alliances for change: conversations across the abyssal line' in the @SAGE_GSC themed….
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This paper traces a conversation between the authors about their long-standing (Urban) and more recent (Gómez Muñoz, Zárate Pinto) engagement in and with RECE. ...
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The group of experts, activists, and advocates published under the name of INFORM: Jenny Bernard (R.I.P.), Emma Byrne-MacNamee, Nóirín Hayes, Winifred Jeffers, Colette Murray, and Mathias Urban. Now is the time to act!.
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The arguments weren't taken up for the last programme for government but they still stand. More relevant than ever. Read them here: [. ].
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On 19-09 we launched #TogetherForPublic, the alliance of 30+ civil society organisations presenting a roadmap to a rights-based, universal, public #ECEC system for Ireland. In 2021 @Froebelbanjo coordinated a group of experts that laid out arguments and a plan for action [. }.
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RT @Froebelbanjo: We must-and can-realise the right to education and care for ALL children from birth, integrated in a competent, multisect….
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. set up with EOCP money years ago) to be brought into public ownership if they wish so? Yes - to prevent buyout by for-profit-only corporate providers.8. Should the state pay educators' salaries? Yes.9. Is a 'public system' about providing childcare only? No - it is . .
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. from the sector and the country, and channelled into shareholders' pockets.6. Should access to high-quality #ECEC be an enforceable right for ALL children and families, from birth? Yes.7. Should there be a fully funded scheme to enable those private services (many of them . .
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4. Should there be a place for surplus? Yes - if it is reinvested in services for children and families, and in decent work conditions for educators.5. Should there be a place for 'profit'? No - if 'profit' means public funds (your tax payers money) being extracted . .
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. most needed services to children, families, and communities all over Ireland.3. Should those services be securely, well-funded? Yes. Government commitment to increased funding is welcome - but falls short of meeting international benchmarks.
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For clarification:.1. Does a 'public system' mean more 'hands-on involvement of the state in planning, coordinating, and providing #ECEC? Yes.2. Will there be a place for private providers? Yes - because they are the people who have been, and are, providing the best and . .
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We are delighted to work in support of this broad alliance of 30+ organisations demanding transition to a public system of early childhood education and care for Ireland. Join us for the launch on Thursday 19 September. @DCU @dcediy #CompetentSystems.
💪Next week, we're launching #TogetherForPublic - a new campaign alliance for a Public System of Early Childhood Education & Care #EveryChild. ⭐We want all political parties to pledge to deliver a public system in their General Election manifesto & Programme for Government ⭐
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RT @WorldOMEP: PART 2📣Summary in images of the last day of the 76th OMEP World Assembly and Conference. Thank you all who were part of this….
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