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URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/cie-research-cafe-researching-lebanese-e
 arly-childhood-education-in-a-perfect-storm/
SUMMARY:CIE Research Café: Researching Lebanese early childhood education 
 in a perfect storm
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 29 November\, 3:30-5:00pm  GMT\nWith Eva Lloyd (Uni
 versity of East London) \nLocation: Jubilee G36\, University of Sussex / 
 Zoom\nThe 2019 – 2022 Early Childhood Education in Lebanon study was fun
 ded by the British Academy Early Childhood Education Programme and support
 ed under the Global Challenges Research Fund. Undertaken in partnership wi
 th colleagues at Rafik Hariri University in Lebanon\, the project was insp
 ired by Lebanon’s 2014 decision\, further developed in 2016\, to open it
 s public education system to all children and young people aged 3 to 18\, 
 including Syrian child refugees\, the RACE I and II plans. At the time\, L
 ebanon hosted approximately 1.5 million Syrian refugees\, half of them chi
 ldren. The 2020 pandemic and major socio-economic and political unrest fro
 m autumn 2019 onwards\, resulting in widespread poverty among the populati
 on\, provided a challenging research environment. Nevertheless\, this stud
 y captured views of low-income Lebanese and Syrian parents\, policymakers\
 , NGOs\, teachers and headteachers on the provision of early childhood edu
 cation and its impact. In this seminar I share study findings and some of 
 the practical\, emotional\, and ethical dilemmas the project raised.\nEva 
 Lloyd OBE is Emeritus Professor of Early Childhood in the School of Educat
 ion and Communities at the University of East London and Co-Founder and fo
 rmer Director of its International Centre for the Study of the Mixed Econo
 my of Childcare. She is also attached as Visiting Professor to University 
 College London’s Thomas Coram Research Unit. Her research focuses on ear
 ly childhood policies and systems\, particularly marketised systems\, and 
 their impact on children growing up with disadvantage. She has provided e
 xtensive advice to national and international early childhood policymakers
 . Most recently as a member of an Expert Group developing recommendations 
 on a new funding model for the Irish Republic’s early learning and care 
 system. And currently as a member of the Programme Board to oversee planni
 ng for a dedicated state agency for early learning and care and school-age
  childcare in Ireland.\n&nbsp\;
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