ABSTRACT This paper explores legislative provision and pre-school education policy in England over the course of the twentieth century. The paper argues that there has been a significant ideational shift over this period, from a policy focus on nursery education for poor children to universal early childhood education. Not only have ideas changed but provision and funding have changed. Although there have been major revisions to legislative provision, there are elements of continuity as regards the institutions delivering early childhood education, particularly maintained nursery schools and nursery classes, but with layering of private-for-profit and not-for-profit institutions to ‘fill the gap’ in provision. At the same time, the central state has taken increasing control of publicly funded early childhood education through legislative provision.

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二十世纪的立法、理念和学前教育政策：从有针对性的幼儿园教育到普遍的幼儿教育和保育

摘要 本文探讨了 20 世纪英格兰的立法规定和学前教育政策。该论文认为，这一时期出现了重大的观念转变，从政策重点关注贫困儿童的托儿教育转向普及幼儿教育。不仅想法发生了变化，而且供应和资金也发生了变化。尽管对立法规定进行了重大修订，但在提供幼儿教育的机构方面存在连续性因素，特别是保留的托儿所和托儿班，但私立营利性和非营利性机构分层以“填补空白”。与此同时，中央政府通过立法规定对公共资助的幼儿教育进行了越来越多的控制。