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What Makes an Effective Early Childhood Parenting Programme: a Systematic Review of Reviews and Meta analyses (2020)
Report
Gao, J., Brooks, C., Xu, Y., & Kitto, E. (2020). What Makes an Effective Early Childhood Parenting Programme: a Systematic Review of Reviews and Meta analyses. UCL Institute of Education, Centre for Teacher and Early Years Education

The widely acknowledged importance of educating parents in children's early years has led to a substantial number of parenting programmes aimed at various aspects of early childhood care and education (ECEC). A vast amount of research has been conduc... Read More about What Makes an Effective Early Childhood Parenting Programme: a Systematic Review of Reviews and Meta analyses.

Beliefs and attributions: Insider accounts of men’s place in early childhood education and care (2020)
Journal Article
Sullivan, V., Coles, L., Xu, Y., Perales, F., & Thorpe, K. (2020). Beliefs and attributions: Insider accounts of men’s place in early childhood education and care. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 21(2), 126-137. https://doi.org/10.1177/1463949120929462

Theoretical perspectives, and a large body of empirical research examining sex-segregated occupations, identify the attitudinal barriers of the majority as pivotal for both workplace well-being and the retention of minorities. Globally, where more th... Read More about Beliefs and attributions: Insider accounts of men’s place in early childhood education and care.

One child policy, China (2020)
Book Chapter
Xu, Y., & Woodyer, T. (2020). One child policy, China. In D. T. Cook (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529714388.n426

China’s one-child policy is renowned as the most aggressive and comprehensive population policy in the world. Introduced in China in 1979 at a time of high labour surplus, unemployment, and poverty, the policy sought to minimise the negative effects... Read More about One child policy, China.

Does the gender of a practitioner matter in early childhood education and care? Perspectives from Scottish and Chinese young children (2020)
Journal Article
Xu, Y. (2020). Does the gender of a practitioner matter in early childhood education and care? Perspectives from Scottish and Chinese young children. Children & Society, 34(5), 354-370. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12371

This paper responds to concerns over the assumed ‘feminisation’ of early childhood education and care (ECEC) and adds children's perspectives to debates on whether more men should work in ECEC. Pictorial conversations were conducted with 280 children... Read More about Does the gender of a practitioner matter in early childhood education and care? Perspectives from Scottish and Chinese young children.