Equality and early childhood education in the global education agenda

Abstract

The present paper is inspired by the need to carry out an analysis of equality in early childhood education using a holistic approach and contribute to the current debate regarding the importance of equality in the new education agenda and its goals for early childhood. This analysis is based on the foundations of the theoretical study of educational equality from a holistic perspective, which facilitates its application to early childhood education in Ibero-American societies. This will provide a broader perspective on the discussion of the achievements and challenges in the area of equality. Finally, the understandings reached as a result of this analysis facilitate the interpretation of the limits and possibilities of global education targets for early childhood, the measurement of progresses and implications for educational equality.