Volume56,No1,2018
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Future Trend of Monitoring Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care: The Value of a Centralized Monitoring System		Mika Ikemoto		11-20
Assessing Early Childhood Education and Care as an Ecological System		Manabu Kawata		21-32
A Study of the Evaluation of the Early Child Care and Education System and Practice from a Viewpoint of Social Welfare		Fumiharu Yamagata		33-43
On the Evaluation of Early Childhood Education and Care from the Viewpoint of Architecture		Mariko Sadayuki		44-55
Study on the Development of 'Quality Assurance' and 'Quality Evaluation/ Assessment' in New Zealand Early Childhood Education Policy: Focusing on the Twenty Years that Have Passed since Te Whāriki		Yuki Iino		56-67
Foreign Quality Rating Scales’ Best Practice in Japan		Reiko Uzuhashi		68-78
An Evaluation of the Quality of Early Years Provision (Early Childhood Education and Care) through School Inspections in England: The Current Status and Issues as Seen via an Exploration of Practitioners (Teachers of ECEC)’ Perspectives		Hanako Senoo and Miki Yuzawa		79-90
Capturing and Improving the Quality of Play in Early Childhood Education and Care Settings through Formative Assessment		Hiroo Matsumoto, Hiromi Nishiu, Mina Taniguchi, Motoko Kataoka and Gota Matsui		91-102