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Degotardi, Sheila; Han, Feifei – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2020
Evidence suggests that the quantity of linguistic input experienced by infants in early childhood centres relates to the quality of educator-infant interactions. However, little is known about the linguistic properties of mutually responsive educator-infant interactions. This study uses sequence analyses to identify patterns of educator-infant…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Infants, Child Care Centers, Caregiver Child Relationship
Bouzek, Allison; Rainville, Alice Jo – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2020
Developing healthy eating habits in childhood may support future healthy food choices. With most children spending some time outside of the home, child care facilities have the opportunity to positively influence children's eating habits. The purpose of this paper is to review recent research regarding foods served in child care settings and…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Food, Eating Habits, Child Care Centers
Sokal, Laura – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2020
While the importance of secure relationships between children and caregivers has been well established in the literature as an essential feature of healthy child development, the influence of animal-human relationships on healthy development and attachment is also beginning to gain attention. A burgeoning literature supports the developmental and…
Descriptors: Child Care Centers, Animals, Risk, Child Development
Bergersen, Ove – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2021
Childcare centres in Norway, which serve children from 0 to 5 years, are obliged to prepare an annual plan and to involve children in the planning process. Based on a systematic Internet search carried out in 2015-2016, this article describes children's participation in annual plans through representations of their direct speech. Internet searches…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Care Centers, Planning, Student Participation
Reichlin Cruse, Lindsey; Richburg-Hayes, Lashawn; Hare, Amanda; Contreras-Mendez, Susana – Institute for Women's Policy Research, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic brought the care crisis in the United States to the fore. Unprecedented closures of child care programs throughout 2020 placed a disproportionate burden on families, and mothers in particular. For parents enrolled in college or considering postsecondary enrollment at the time of the pandemic, the loss of child care services…
Descriptors: Child Care, College Students, Parents, Student Personnel Services
Yohannes Tigro Tilbe; Gai Xiaosong – International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 2024
Quality teacher-child interaction is considered one of the primary mechanisms through which educational experience fosters the development of children's competencies. Teachers' self-efficacy and beliefs about developmentally appropriate practices influence the quality of classroom interaction. However, the findings are mixed, and more research…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, Correlation
Anouk Van Der Wildt; Rachida Aghallaj; Fauve De Backer; Michel Vandenbroeck; Orhan Agirdag – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2024
The literature strongly emphasises the importance of constructive relationships between parents and their children's caregivers. However, minimal empirical research has investigated relationships between language minority parents and caregivers in childcare. This large-scale study seeks to fill this gap by exploring the quality of the language…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Language Minorities, Child Care Centers, Parent Caregiver Relationship
Kaisa Harju; Mari Vuorisalo; Maiju Paananen; Niina Rutanen – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2024
This longitudinal multiple case study explores children's transitions within early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Finland. In ECEC children typically transition from one group or center to another. This study explores how physical, social and philosophical discontinuities and continuities constitute these transitions. Five focus children's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Preschool Children
Justin B. Doromal; Erica Greenberg; Elli Nikolopoulos; Eve Mefferd; Heather Sandstrom; Rachel Lamb; Victoria Nelson; Timothy Triplett – Urban Institute, 2024
Early childhood educators play essential roles in providing stable and high-quality child care for young children and supporting their development and growth. As is also true nationwide, historically low wages in the District of Columbia have led to challenges in compensating and retaining qualified early childhood educators, and in turn, building…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Early Childhood Education, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance
Giordano, Keri; McKeating, Eileen; Chung, Debbie; Garcia, Victoria – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023
Expulsion has been a well-documented practice in early learning centers throughout the United States. The present study attempted to describe expulsion practices in one state's community childcare centers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Surveys from 161 childcare program administrators were analyzed and, overall, expulsion rates appeared to be lower…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Child Care Centers, Expulsion
Schulz, Daniel; Richter, Tobias; Schindler, Julia; Lenhard, Wolfgang; Mangold, Madlen – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2023
Inhibitory control is a core executive function that develops during childhood and is measured with tasks that require the inhibition of a dominant response. The current study examined the diagnostic value of using response accuracy and latency in a simple inhibitory control test, the computerized Pointing-Stroop Task (cPST), for kindergarten…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Item Response Theory, Reaction Time, Inhibition
Greenberg, Erica; Nelson, Victoria; Doromal, Justin B.; Sandstrom, Heather; Bose, Soumita; Lauderback, Eleanor – Urban Institute, 2023
The District of Columbia Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund provides large and sustainable wage supplements for early childhood educators working in child care. Synthesizing qualitative evidence from 11 key informants, including DC early childhood education leaders, advocates, and implementation partners; 39 parents and legal guardians of…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Salary Wage Differentials, Promotion (Occupational), Teacher Salaries
Emily R. Wiegand; David McQuown; Robert M. Goerge – Administration for Children & Families, 2023
Child care and early education (CCEE) educators typically have low levels of compensation; limited opportunities for education, training, and professional development; inconsistent working conditions; and high levels of stress and burnout. There are also high rates of job turnover, which can strain remaining educators and decrease the quality of…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Care Centers, Child Care Occupations, Early Childhood Teachers
Sheila Smith; Maribel Granja; Carolina Zamora; Todd Grindal; Christen Park – National Center for Children in Poverty, 2023
A recently launched professional development initiative in Arkansas, called Array, is designed to proactively identify early care and education (ECE) programs that could benefit from social-emotional-focused (SE-focused) professional development and support, and to offer assistance tailored to a program's particular needs. Because Array is…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Program Effectiveness, Student Behavior
Stensen, Kenneth; Lydersen, Stian; Stenseng, Frode; Wallander, Jan Lance; Tveit, Håvard; Drugli, May Britt – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2022
Childcare providers are vanguards in identifying children at risk for mental health problems. Thus, the aim of the current study was to investigate the accuracy of childcare providers' nominations of children at risk for mental health problems against a well-established comparator, the Caregiver-Teacher Report Form. Findings from the present…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Mental Disorders, Accuracy, Child Caregivers