Quality in Norwegian childcare for toddlers using ITERS-RFootnote^*

* This study is a part of the Better Provision for Norway’s Children in ECEC (BePro) project with the following Key Investigators: Elisabeth Bjørnestad, Jan Erik Johansson and Lars Gulbrandsen (Oslo and Akershus University College); Marit Alvestad and Eva Johansson (University of Stavanger); Liv Gjems and Thomas Moser (University of Southeast Norway); Edward Melhuish (Oxford University) and Jacqueline Barnes (Birkbeck University of London). This study is a part of the Searching for Qualities project with the following Key Investigators: Leif Hernes, Ellen Os, Nina Winger, Brit Eide and Tona Gulpinar (Oslo and Akershus University College), Torill Vist (University of Stavanger), Anne Myrstad and Toril Sverdrup (The Arctic University of Stavanger).

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