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John P. Rech; K. Snyder; M. Rasmussen; D. Dev; D. Dinkel – Child Care in Practice, 2024
Family engagement in childcare is important to ensure the optimal growth, development, and safety of children. Previous research has explored family engagement practices, but limited research is available on the application of theory to explain the uptake of family engagement principles. The purpose of this study was to explore the use and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care Centers, Child Care, Child Caregivers
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Rouine, Helen; McDonnell, Fiona; Hanafin, Sinead – Child Care in Practice, 2022
Introduction: This paper reports on the outcomes from an analysis of 500 noncompliant regulations drawn from 1563 Early Years Services inspections that took place in Ireland between January and December 2017. Aim: The aim of this study was to consider the impact of the early years inspection process on the quality of early years services.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Inspection, Compliance (Legal)
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Ferguson, Jesica; Lampkins, Chanel; Moody, Brandon; Shpancer, Noam – Child Care in Practice, 2022
Parents (N = 123; 90% Caucasian; 99% with college experience) of young children (ages 1-5) were asked to list the top three reasons for their childcare choices. Parents were also asked a hypothetical question about how their childcare choices would have changed if money were no object. Results showed that the majority of participants who chose…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Child Care, Decision Making, Parent Role
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Moran, Kaitlin K. – Child Care in Practice, 2021
This study examines why African-American caregivers in low-income urban neighborhoods in the United States transition their children between different childcare arrangements involving relative care, home/family care and center-based care, based on interviews conducted with 40 caregivers from three different childcare centers in one metropolitan…
Descriptors: African Americans, Child Care, Child Caregivers, Low Income Groups