ISOTIS researchers Konstantinos Petrogiannis (Hellenic Open University), Paul Leseman (Utrecht University) and Giulia Pastori (University of Milano-Bicocca) participated in the conference of the Pan-Hellenic Association of Early Childhood Educators (Πανελλήνιος Σύνδεσμος Βρεφονηπιαγωγών - PASYBN), on March 2nd-4th, in Thessaloniki, Greece. The conference theme focused on the reexamination of the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) at the international level.

Paul Leseman focused on quality indicators in ECEC, addressing the question: "What is needed to create an adequate system?".

Giulia Pastori, jointly with Claudia Giudici (Reggio Children), conducted a presentation on the relevance of an unified system and inter-service cooperation in ECEC, focusing on the case of Reggio Emilia.

Konstantinos Petrogiannis presented findings from the CARE project, which addressed issues related to the quality, inclusiveness, and benefits of ECEC in Europe.

The researchers also presented ISOTIS and its link to the CARE project. ISOTIS is a continuation of the CARE project and involves many of the former partners. ISOTIS expands on CARE by including the primary school phase and by focusing more specifically on the role of early and primary education in tackling inequality and exclusion.

Read more about the conference (in Greek)

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