The growing role of schools in providing childcare is highlighted in the latest issue of Children in Europe magazine. Its editor Peter Moss, professor of early childhood education at the University of London's Institute of Education, points out that as out-of-school services have developed across Europe, increasingly they have been based in schools, raising questions over whether childcare services should be separate from or integrated with the school. Professor Moss said, 'The relationship is increasingly tense in countries (like Denmark) where governments want to improve their standing in international league tables of student performance, and there is pressure for more formal learning.' The magazine, which is a collaborative venture by national organisations from eight European countries, is available from Children in Scotland on 0131 222 2411, and costs 8 to non-members of Children in Scotland and the National Children's Bureau.
The growing role of schools in providing childcare is highlighted in the latest issue of Children in Europe magazine. Its editor Peter Moss, professor of early childhood education at the University of London's Institute of Education, points out that as out-of-school services have developed across Europe, increasingly they have been based in schools, raising questions over whether childcare services should be separate from or integrated with the school. Professor Moss said, 'The relationship is increasingly tense in countries (like Denmark) where governments want to improve their standing in international league tables of student performance, and there is pressure for more formal learning.' The magazine, which is a collaborative venture by national organisations from eight European countries, is available from Children in Scotland on 0131 222 2411, and costs 8 to non-members of Children in Scotland and the National Children's Bureau.
