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La calidad de los Centros Infantiles del Buen Vivir en Ecuador
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In this paper, the authors analyzed data collected in 2012 from a sample of public child care centers in Ecuador and characterized different quality aspects of the services provided by these centers to children under 3 years of age.Abstract:
This study analyzes data collected in 2012 from a sample of public child care centers in Ecuador. It aims to characterize different quality aspects of the services provided by these centers to children under 3 years of age. The main finding is that the child care services studied have a considerable margin for improvement in terms of structural and process aspects. The quality challenges faced by these centers are consistent with those of similar
services in different countries throughout the region, such as Peru, Colombia, and Brazil. The study also finds that while efforts undertaken in recent years in Ecuador to improve service quality are aimed in the right direction, continuous, long-term interventions will be required in order to make significant improvements in the quality indicators studied. The most complex changes?but also the most necessary?are related to aspects of process
quality, particularly those connected to the training of child care staff and the skill-building necessary to offer experiences that maximize well-being and promote learning in all areas of child development.read more
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Preschoolers’ problem behavior, prosocial behavior, and language ability in a Latin-American context: The roles of child executive functions and socialization environments
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Measuring preschool quality in low- and middle-income countries: Validity of the ECERS-R in Colombia
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Implementing aeioTU: quality improvement alongside an efficacy study-learning while growing.
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Measures of classroom quality in prekindergarten and children's development of academic, language, and social skills.
Andrew J. Mashburn,Robert C. Pianta,Bridget K. Hamre,Jason T. Downer,Oscar A. Barbarin,Donna M. Bryant,Margaret Burchinal,Diane M. Early,Carollee Howes +8 more
TL;DR: Analysis of prekindergarten programs in 11 states suggests that policies, program development, and professional development efforts that improve teacher-child interactions can facilitate children's school readiness.
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Teachers' Education, Classroom Quality, and Young Children's Academic Skills: Results From Seven Studies of Preschool Programs
Diane M. Early,Kelly Maxwell,Margaret Burchinal,Soumya Alva,Randall Bender,Donna M. Bryant,Karen Cai,Richard M. Clifford,Caroline Ebanks,James A. Griffin,Gary T. Henry,Carollee Howes,Jeniffer Iriondo-Perez,Hyun-Joo Jeon,Andrew J. Mashburn,Ellen Peisner-Feinberg,Robert C. Pianta,Nathan Vandergrift,Nicholas Zill +18 more
TL;DR: It is found that policies focused solely on increasing teachers' education will not suffice for improving classroom quality or maximizing children's academic gains, and raising the effectiveness of early childhood education likely will require a broad range of professional development activities and supports targeted toward teachers' interactions with children.
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Classroom assessment scoring system
TL;DR: The first tool to measure teacher child interactions for the toddler age group, "CLASS(r) Toddler" as discussed by the authors, covers two crucial domains of teacher child interaction Emotional And Behavioral Support and Engaged Support For Learning.
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Internal Consistency, Retest Reliability, and Their Implications for Personality Scale Validity:
TL;DR: Internal consistency of scales can be useful as a check on data quality but appears to be of limited utility for evaluating the potential validity of developed scales, and it should not be used as a substitute for retest reliability.
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Universal Childcare, Maternal Labor Supply, and Family Well-Being
TL;DR: This paper analyzed the impacts of Quebec's $5 per day childcare program on childcare utilization, labor supply, and child (and parent) outcomes in two parent families and found that the new childcare program led to more hostile, less consistent parenting, worse parental health, and lower-quality parental relationships.