Policy studies - International Building a strong and equal partnership between early childhood services and schools Author(s) Bennett, John Publication date 30 Jan 09 Source Council for Early Child Development Availability - Power Point presentation Related links -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Description: On January 29-30, 2009 the Council for Early Child Development in partnership with the Canadian Council Learning’s Early Childhood Knowledge Centre and the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development organized a conference in Montreal entitled ‘Connecting early child development and schools: Building alliances for children-- Information-inspiration-interaction’. As a keynote speaker at the conference, Dr. John Bennett presented briefly on the OECD Starting Strong reviews and focused on building strong and equal partnerships between early childhood services and schools. Issues addressed include: • What is the general picture? • At central policy level, partnership takes place around two issues: transitions, continuity of curriculum – • What are countries doing? • Some explanations of different approaches, with reference to two strong traditions: pre-primary education and the Nordic social approach. Dr. Bennett’s presentation slides are linked to above.