Chapter 4 Practice Test Questions

Access to Daycare and Early Childhood Education
  1. What are the characteristics of a market-determined childcare model?
  1. Define universal childcare. What social benefits can it give to the following groups?
    • women
    • Indigenous Peoples
    • low-income families
    • children
    • society as a whole
  1. What insights do functionalism, conflict theory, feminist theory, and symbolic interactionism have about the availability of childcare services?
  1. What factors are limiting the availability of affordable, high-quality childcare services in Canada?
  1. What historical reasons account for the fact that universal childcare is not currently part of the public education system in Canada?
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