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Direct linkGirolametto, Luigi; Weitzman, Elaine; Greenberg, Janice – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2012
Purpose: This study examined the efficacy of a professional development program for early childhood educators that facilitated emergent literacy skills in preschoolers. The program, led by a speech-language pathologist, focused on teaching alphabet knowledge, print concepts, sound awareness, and decontextualized oral language within naturally…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Oral Language, Speech Language Pathology, Emergent Literacy
Howe, Nina; Jacobs, Ellen; Vukelich, Goranka; Recchia, Holly – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2011
The purpose of this study was to assess three methods of delivering in-service professional development regarding constructivist curriculum for early childhood educators. Educators in 44 not-for-profit child care centres in three Canadian cities were studied; 94 educators with formal preservice training participated. The three methods were (a) a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Rating Scales, Child Care
Download full textPrentice, Susan – Online Submission, 2005
Noting that there has been no national policy on child care, Canada has relied on non-profit organizations and privately owned businesses to provide most of its child care services. Historically, federal funding policies and provincial choices have produced wide differences across the country in the distribution of non-profit, for-profit and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Child Care Centers, Child Care
Peer reviewedCanning, Patricia M.; Lyon, Mary E.; Kienapple, Kim; Young, Jeffrey – Canadian Journal of Infancy & Early Childhood, 2002
Examined how Canadian day care centers are operated and managed, to identify differences in organizational structure and behavior between non-profit and for-profit centers and characteristics of structure and management linked with high quality care. Found that non-profit centers were more complex, more formalized, and less centralized than…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Child Care, Child Care Centers, Comparative Analysis
Goelman, Hillel; Forer, Barry; Kershaw, Paul; Doherty, Gillian; Lero, Donna; LaGrange, Annette – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2006
This paper reports on the design, methodology, and results of a study of quality in 326 classrooms in 239 Canadian child care centers. This study, the largest and most extensive ever undertaken in Canada, used the Caregiver Interaction Scale (CIS) to rate the adult-child interactions in the classrooms and the Infant-Toddler Environment Rating…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Wages, Questionnaires, Public Policy
Kershaw, Paul; Forer, Barry; Goelman, Hillel – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2005
Research shows that stability is one component of quality child care. We investigate the understudied phenomenon of the stability of child-care facilities over time, focusing on the province of British Columbia, Canada. Although net figures show growth in the number of providers between 1997 and 2001, they obfuscate a dramatic level of closure…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Caregivers, Child Care
Whitehead, Judith, Ed. – 2000
Serving as a vehicle for raising the profile of and thereby gaining recognition for the important research and development work being conducted in Canada in support of children and families, the "Research Connections Canada" series compiles research and/or development papers as well as background papers, analytical literature reviews,…
Descriptors: Action Research, Change Strategies, Child Care, Child Care Centers
Peer reviewedElliot, Enid – Young Children, 2003
Contends that assumptions concerning infants' adjustment to child center care need to be tempered with attention to observation, thought, and commitment to each individual baby. Describes the Options Daycare program for pregnant teens and young mothers. Presents a case study illustrating the need for openness in strategy and planning for…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Caregiver Child Relationship, Case Studies, Child Care
Whitehead, Judith, Ed. – 2000
Serving as a vehicle for raising the profile of and thereby gaining recognition for the important research and development work being conducted in Canada in support of children and families, the "Research Connections Canada" series compiles research and/or development papers as well as background papers, analytical literature reviews,…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Care Centers, Child Care Effects, Early Experience
Dionne, Carmen; Squires, Jane; Leclerc, Danielle; Peloquin, Josianne; McKinnon, Suzie – Developmental Disabilities Bulletin, 2006
The psychometric properties of the Ages & Stages Questionnaires (ASQ) (Bricker & Squires, 1999) used in a French-Canadian preschool population were compared with psychometric data derived from U.S. normative studies. The ASQ was translated into French (Bonin, Robaey, Vandaele, Bastin, & Lacroix, 2000) and used in four early childhood…
Descriptors: Intervals, Cross Cultural Studies, French Canadians, Screening Tests
Kaiser, Barbara; Rasminsky, Judy Sklar – 1999
Partners in Quality is a research and development project sponsored by the Canadian Child Care Federation and its affiliates to explore how child care providers, parents, and other partners can work together to support and improve quality in child care. This booklet, in both English and French, is the third in a series to support child care…
Descriptors: Administrators, Advocacy, Child Care, Child Care Centers
