Project proposal

The Project Idea The basic idea is to develop an international research to carry out a detailed survey on preschool services and on the involvement of families in education activities with children aged 0-6, comparing the ways different countries organize educational services, focusing in particular on the quality criteria applied. ©Copyright I.S.P.E.F. - E.C.E. Tutti i diritti sono riservati

The Project Idea The development of networks among international institutions and organisations based on the priority 1 of the LifeLong Learning Comenius Network Programme it is essential in promoting highly specialized childcare and educational services. It is also fundamental to address the research on issues relevant to education professionals in a perspective of lifelong learning. ©Copyright I.S.P.E.F. - E.C.E. Tutti i diritti sono riservati

The Project Idea The various aspects of innovative services for pre-primary children that can be analysed are: typology: small nurseries, nurseries located inside households, infancy centres, recreational centres, toy ad book libraries, etc. management: government, city council, private, mixed, etc. personnel training and duties: coordinators, educational psychologists, educationists, entertainers, etc. ©Copyright I.S.P.E.F. - E.C.E. Tutti i diritti sono riservati

The Project Idea The objective is the creation of a network that can analyse, research, experiment, promote and spread good practices in pre-primary services, reaching the following objectives in three years: 1 st year: the creation of an European website; the accomplishment of an international survey comparing the good practices of services for 0-6 year old children (in the 10 countries involved and in Latin America); the elaboration of future research and experimental projects. ©Copyright I.S.P.E.F. - E.C.E. Tutti i diritti sono riservati

The Project Idea The objective is the creation of a network that can analyse, research, experiment, promote and spread good practices in pre-primary services, reaching the following objectives in three years : 2 nd and 3th year: the start up and implementation of research and experimental projects; the construction of European dynamic models of innovative infancy services that take into account the peculiarities and the contexts of the different countries; the evaluation of the processes involved and of the results obtained; the validation of the existing services in the different countries; the development of a consultancy service for the certification of training in 0-6 children services. ©Copyright I.S.P.E.F. - E.C.E. Tutti i diritti sono riservati

Priority 1: Development of pre-primary and early learning provision Under this priority networks should provide a forum for provider, research institutions and associations in pre-primary and early learning provision, with joint involvement of parents as shared responsibility. They should cover all of the following aspects: identifying, exchanging and building on experience and good practice in pre- primary and early learning provision; pedagogic approaches which foster creativity in children from an early age; early language learning; identifying topics for multilateral projects and other cooperation at European level.. ©Copyright I.S.P.E.F. - E.C.E. Tutti i diritti sono riservati

The structure of the partnership The structure of the partnership among institutions and organization is: main coordinator: I.S.P.E.F. (Istituto Europeo di Scienze Psicologiche dell’Educazione e della Formazione) Rome (Italy) ( ©Copyright I.S.P.E.F. - E.C.E. Tutti i diritti sono riservati

The structure of the partnership In a network project, each partner can potentially be the main coordinator, both at a national and at an international level, and the network itself can be the means to promote the development of new research and experimentations in the field of education and childcare. New partners can be involved in the REEI Network upon approval of the national partner and of the network coordinator. ©Copyright I.S.P.E.F. - E.C.E. Tutti i diritti sono riservati