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Quality in Family Child Care: A Focus Group Study with Canadian Providers
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Doherty, Gillian – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2015
A substantial proportion of American, Canadian and English preschoolers regularly participate in family child care making its quality of vital importance for the children concerned, their parents, the school system and the society in which they live. This article discusses the seven key caregiver behaviors and physical space characteristics…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Child Development, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries
Predictors of Quality in Family Child Care
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Doherty, Gillian; Forer, Barry; Lero, Donna S.; Goelman, Hillel; LaGrange, Annette – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2006
This study of 231 regulated family child care providers proposed a theoretical model to explore the effects on quality of: (1) provider level of general education; (2) provider degree of intentionality; (3) provider training and experience in family child care; (4) provider use of support services; and (5) provider work environment. Hierarchical…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Models, Child Caregivers, Child Care
The Association between Child Care Quality, Ratio and Staff Training: A Canada-Wide Study.
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Doherty, Gillian; Stuart, Barbara – Canadian Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education, 1997
Examined the association between kindergarten-level child care quality and legislated requirements regarding staff-to-child ratio and staff training, across eight Canadian provinces. Found that classrooms in provinces with the highest requirements for staff education levels had the highest quality ratings. Association between staff to child ratio…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Early Childhood Education, Educational Attainment, Educational Policy