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Direct linkRanta, Samuli; Uusiautti, Satu; Hyvärinen, Sanna – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The purpose of this paper is to analyze how positive pedagogical practices are implemented by early childhood education (ECE) teachers in Finland. A survey was conducted among 625 teachers, enquiring about specific positive pedagogical practices in ECEC. It was found that the correlation between the sum variables and principal components were…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers
Download full textMeacham, Deborah, Ed. – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2019
When the Model Work Standards were first crafted more than two decades ago, they were built on the premise that quality child care jobs are the cornerstone of high-quality services for children and families. The intent of these standards is to make it possible for those who choose family child care as a career to reasonably and responsibly support…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Family Environment, Caregivers
Stipek, Deborah – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2020
The use of the Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) to improve early childhood education program quality is based in part on assumptions that the quality of programs can be measured and that quality ratings are associated with meaningful differences in learning outcomes for children. This report reviews all of the state QRIS validation…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Educational Improvement, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality
Kinley, Gary J.; And Others – 1991
This document reports the results of a survey of resource and referral programs and their parent agencies. All the agencies were members of the California Child Care Resource and Referral Network. The survey instrument was a 96-item questionnaire divided into four sections: (1) staff salaries and qualifications; (2) working conditions; (3)…
Descriptors: Agencies, Demography, Early Childhood Education, Employer Employee Relationship
Ekholm, Bodil; And Others – 1982
Using a new approach to studying day care centers, this study focused on the total climate of the day care center and the climate's effects on children's social and emotional behavior. A theoretical model for analyzing day care climate is presented. The model includes variables such as job satisfaction, work atmosphere, interactions between…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment
Schryer, Mindi – 1994
This study examined the relationship between day care center size and child care workers' level of job commitment and job satisfaction. Surveys were completed by 128 teachers and aides who worked full-time in non-profit child care centers in the Chicago metropolitan area. The results of the data analysis revealed that there was not a statistically…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Job Satisfaction
Bloom, Paula Jorde; And Others – 1991
This report summarizes results of the evaluation of Head Start's Leadership Training Program. The introductory chapter provides background information on the program, including a rationale for leadership training, goals and objectives of the program, and ways in which participants were selected. Chapter II provides an overview of the training…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Compensatory Education, Course Descriptions, Early Childhood Education
Montgomery County Dept. of Family Resources, Rockville, MD. Div. of Program Development and Planning. – 1991
In this study of child care center wages, benefits, and working conditions, questionnaires were completed by directors and senior staff at 129 centers in Montgomery County, Maryland. Survey findings on staff education and experience indicated that 34 percent of staff had a bachelor's degree or higher. A typical staff member had 5.5 years of…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Educational Attainment
Doherty, Gillian; Lero, Donna S.; Goelman, Hillel; Tougas, Jocelyne; LaGrange, Annette – 2000
Canadian experts in diverse fields as well as people concerned about social justice and cohesion have identified quality child care as a crucial component in addressing a variety of broad societal goals. This study explored the relationships between quality in Canadian family child care homes and: provider characteristics and attitudes about…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role, Child Caregivers, Compensation (Remuneration)
Goelman, Hillel; Doherty, Gillian; Lero, Donna S.; LaGrange, Annette; Tougas, Jocelyne – 2000
Canadian experts in diverse fields as well as people concerned about social justice and cohesion have identified quality child care as a crucial component in addressing a variety of broad societal goals. This study explored the relationships between child care center quality and: center characteristics; teaching staff wages and working conditions;…
Descriptors: Administrators, Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role, Child Caregivers
Doherty, Gillian; Lero, Donna S.; Tougas, Jocelyne; LaGrange, Annette; Goelman, Hillel – 2001
Four Canadian provinces license or contract with family child care agencies, which in turn recruit and monitor child care providers. These family child care agencies have two primary roles: monitoring and supervising providers, and supplying their affiliated family child care providers with professional development opportunities and other types of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Agency Role, Child Caregivers, Compensation (Remuneration)
Wetherington, Patricia Reish – 1996
Because of the difficulty of finding time for professional and personal development, many family child care (FCC) providers are isolated in their work environment. This practicum study developed a provider-initiated support network to reduce this isolation. The local FCC association provided advertising about the formation of the network. A group…
Descriptors: Caregiver Attitudes, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Day Care
