Russias Childcare From a Global Perspective

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Russia:

Child Care from a GlobalPerspective

Presentation by: Sharon

Sabio, Niljen Quigaman,Nekeia Barclay, Douglas Joya,


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IntroductionSharon Overview of Russia

Kaitlin - Description of childcare

Nekeia History of childcareDouglas- Underlying philosophies

Niljen- Availability and Accessibility

Kaitlin- Training of childcare workers

Conclusion

Agenda


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Russian Federation

The world's largest country

It is a country in the Northern Eurasia(compromising Europe and Asia)

RUSSIA


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: Russian & 27 others co-official in variousregions

: 143 Million as of 2012 9th most

populated nation

: 17,075,400 square km (6.592.800 squaremiles)

: Russian Ruble

(1 Ruble = 0.0319 Canadian Dollar)

RUSSIA (cont)


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The largest and most populated 12million

residents

It is the country's major political,economic,

cultural and scientific center in Russia

andEurope

Moscow


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Federal Semi-presidentialConstitutional Republic

President is Vladimir Putin

Prime Minister is Dmitry Medvedev

Form of Government


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World's largest resources ofmineral and energyresources

Largest producer ofoil and natural gas globally

World's largest forest reserves Lakes contain1/4 of the world's largest fresh water

Facts About Russia


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Formal child care: In most regions, state run child care is most

common

Private preschools are on the rise.

Some child care facilities are funded by

enterprises, these centers often have morematerials and books available to the children.

Yasli- nursery school

Russias Childcare System


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Previously, child care curriculum focused on thedevelopment of health and physical education.

The government is currently implementing the

Rainbow Program which changed the focus to theChilds psychological development.

- creating a safe, comfortable envt

-preserving health of each child

-aiding the development of each child

Formerly teaching was more teacher directed,however with the introduction to the RainbowProgram, is now child more directed

Childcare Systemcurriculum


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There are special facilities for Children with specialneeds

Family is considered one of the most crucial factors

for a childs development and education similar toCanada's child care philosophies.

New programs are striving to introduce children totheir natural culture and renew the national history.

Childcare system


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More creativity promotion through the use of musicand art

Informal child care: babysitting by neighbors,family, friends or nannies.

Childcare system


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Russian preschools of the eighteenth to nineteenthcenturies mainly existed in the form of shelters andorphanages

Preschool and nurseries was first developed in 1871

The child-care workers had to convince women toplace their children in nurseries(day care) and(preschool)

The History of Childcare inRussia


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Childcare made it possible for women to attend theworkforce

The preschools used the Montessori approach in

1913

Some Pre-schools and nurseries were set up atschools and gymnasiums

The children spent 9-10 hours a day in theinstitutions learning how to read, write, count andlearn 2-3 foreign languages(German, English andFrench)

History of Russia Cont


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The preschools in Russia have to be licensed andaccredited as all the other educationalinstitutions

The network that Russia uses for its education isformed by the Ministry of Education

Previously marxist-lenisism philosophy was

followed, this was based on communistideologies.

Currently the Montessori approach is beingimplemented in most child care centers.

Russias underlyingphilosophy on childcare


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Detsky Sad (Kindergartens) Regulated by regionaland local authorities

PRE-SCHOOL The Ministry of Education and

Science regulates only a brief preparation programfor 5-6 year olds

Preschool is not compulsory

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AVAILABILITY AND

ACCESSABILITY


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WORKING MOTHERS & CHILDSUPPORT

The Russian system provided primary and kindergartenservice in urban areas to help working mothers to care fortheir young children in daytime

Women/pregnant women with child under 3 years of age

are strictly forbidden to work at night

There is a requirement of a three-year-paid maternity leavefor childcare.

Maternity leave based on the minimum wage rather thancurrent wage

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SINGLE MOTHERS

Single mothers with children with no support fromthe father may obtain additional 45 % of theminimum wage up to their childs sixth birthday.

Increased to 50 % and effective until child is 16

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BABYSITTING/NANNIES Often done by families, neighbours, friends

Nannies may do daily housework

Many are unregulated and Cheaper

Prices may vary:

Nanny (part-time) from 180 rub per hour

Nanny (live-in) from 30000 rub per month

-Expatica, Easy Expat


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ACCESSIBILITY : FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE

CHILD-CARE Territorial

Socio-economic inequality of families

Child Health

-Early Childhood Care and Education in the Russian Federation,


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TERRITORIAL (PLACE OF RESIDENCE)

73% lives in urban areas 80% of parents can take theirchild to Kindergartens

In rural areas, many children also attend kindergarten

where its located and the remainder live within 5 km away

Not all settlements in rural areas have a kindergarten

Bad roads and lack of suitable transportation

Percentages arejust the average



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SOCIO-ECONOMICINEQUALITY More accessible to high-income families

Above average-income families - moreopportunities to take them to lessons inprivate or official transport

The majority of services provided outside

kindergartens are paid for and this preventsaccess to them by low-income families.



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CHILDHEALTH

Specialized pre-school education availablefor children with disabilities

Range of ecological and socio-economicproblems weakening health of newborns,infants, pre-school age children

During pregnancy 40% mothers have poorbalanced diet

17% does not give up smoking



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Child care teachers often referred to as vospitateliwhich translates to up bringer and educator.

Education requirements of pre-school teachers

varies from incompletion of higher education tosecondary specialized education,

Education levels of teachers is constantly

increasing

Training of Child CareWorkers in Russia


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Training of Child CareWorkers

High standard of child care and low wages of the teacherscauses an increase in teaching load

In the late 80s, early 90s pre-school teachers were givenmore freedom in the programming and curriculum.

Continues to be a profession more commonly pursued bywomen


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There are 190 secondary pedagogical schools

To further education there are, 30 pedagogicalinstitutions of higher education

To become a manager you need to complete threeyears of training at a pedagogical institution ofhigher education

Training of Child CareWorkers


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