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Fick, Fiona; Muhajarine, Nazeem – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2019
Realist evaluation (RE) is increasingly adopted to assess the effectiveness of social programs. RE goes beyond measurement of outcomes, providing insight into how and why programs work by focusing on how participants experience and respond to programs within certain contexts. A RE was conducted on Healthy Start-Départ Santé (HSDS), an early…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Theories, Program Effectiveness
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Nxumalo, Fikile – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2016
In this paper, I craft a methodological orientation for attending to the intricacies of everyday place encounters in early childhood settings with particular attention to settler colonialism and more-than-human entanglements. Drawing from my work with children and educators in childcare settings located in what is now British Columbia, Canada, I…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Land Settlement, Teaching Methods
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Cowan, Jane – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2015
The Wheels Project took place from January to March, 2012 in a junior kindergarten/kindergarten classroom at the St. Nicholas location of Owl Child Care Services of Ontario in Waterloo. Owl Child Care Services, a nonprofit registered charity, operates seven centers in Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge, Ontario. Owl is one of the largest…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Early Childhood Education, Child Care Centers
Blatz, Ron – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2011
This article features Discovery Children's Centre, one of the highest quality centres in the province of Manitoba, Canada. Discovery Children's Centre believes that children, who may have little or no voice in a democratic society, can be heard if some adult will speak on their behalf. Even as it has grown from 35 to 230 children, quality has…
Descriptors: Caring, Foreign Countries, Child Development, Child Care Centers
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Elliot, 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