ERIC Number: EJ1212128
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 28
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ISSN: ISSN-1934-5747
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Experimental Impacts of the "Quality Preschool for Ghana" Interventions on Teacher Professional Well-Being, Classroom Quality, and Children's School Readiness
Wolf, Sharon; Aber, J. Lawrence; Behrman, Jere R.; Tsinigo, Edward
Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, v12 n1 p10-37 2019
We assessed the impacts of a teacher professional development program for public and private kindergartens in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. We examined impacts on teacher professional well-being, classroom quality, and children's readiness during one school year. This cluster-randomized trial included 240 schools (teachers N = 444; children N = 3,345, M[subscript age] = 5.2) randomly assigned to one of three conditions: teacher training (TT), teacher training plus parental-awareness meetings (TTPA), and controls. The programs incorporated workshops and in-classroom coaching for teachers and video-based discussion groups for parents. Moderate impacts were found on some dimensions of professional well-being (reduced burnout in the TT and TTPA conditions, reduced turnover in the TT condition), classroom quality (increased emotional support/behavior management in the TT and TTPA conditions, support for student expression in the TT condition), and small impacts on multiple domains of children's school readiness (in the TT condition). The parental-awareness meetings had counteracting effects on child school readiness outcomes. Implications for policy and practice are discussed for Ghana and for early childhood education in low- and middle-income countries.
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, Intervention, Professional Identity, Well Being, Classroom Environment, School Readiness, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Inservice Teacher Education, Coaching (Performance), Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness, Control Groups, Randomized Controlled Trials, Parent Attitudes, Low Income, Preschool Teachers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ghana
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