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HADDAD, Lenira. Políticas integradas de educação e cuidado infantil: desafios, armadilhas e possibilidades. Cad. Pesqui. [online]. 2006, vol.36, n.129, pp.519-546. ISSN 0100-1574.

The present article is a synthesis of a research project commissioned by OECD and UNESCO in 2001, on the development and implementation of integrated and coordinated services for early childhood education and care - ECEC - in a systemic perspective. The project underlined issues related to both developed and developing countries, and proposed a new approach for an integrated system of ECEC. This model resulted in a paradigm shift related to responsibility for the care and education of the young children, which shifted from an exclusive attribution of the family to a task to be shared with society at large. This model was built on the legitimation of out-of-home child socialization, making the upbringing process to become both a public and a private concern. The research pointed out the implications of this model for policy and program implementation and identified convergent and divergent tendencies among the countries analyzed. It also called attention to the main challenges and pitfalls that emerge in the path towards the elaboration of a coherent and consistent integrated policy.

Palabras clave : Early Childhood Education; Child Care; Public Policies; Educational Research.

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