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A Neighborhood Notion of Emergent Literacy: One Mixed Methods Inquiry to Inform Community Learning
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Hoffman, Emily Brown; Whittingham, Colleen E. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2017
Using a convergent parallel mixed methods design, this study considered the early literacy and language environments actualized by childcare providers and parents of young children (ages 3-5) living in one large urban community in the United States of America. Both childcare providers and parents responded to questionnaires and participated in…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Emergent Literacy, Mixed Methods Research, Urban Areas
Primary Caregiving as a Framework for Preparing Early Childhood Preservice Students to Understand and Work with Infants
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Lee, Seung Yeon; Shin, Minsun; Recchia, Susan L. – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: This qualitative study explored the process through which a small group of preservice early childhood teachers engaged in primary caregiving as a framework for learning about early care and education with infants during an infant practicum course at a university-affiliated early childhood center in the United States. Based on…
Descriptors: Caregiver Attitudes, Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role, Caregiver Training
Concordance of Family and Staff Member Reports about End of Life in Assisted Living and Nursing Homes
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Rich, Shayna E.; Williams, Christianna S.; Zimmerman, Sheryl – Gerontologist, 2010
Purpose: To identify differences in perspectives that may complicate the process of joint decision making at the end of life, this study determined the agreement of family and staff perspectives about end-of-life experiences in nursing homes and residential care/assisted living communities and whether family and staff roles, involvement in care,…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Familiarity, Death, Interaction
Patient Suffering and Caregiver Compassion: New Opportunities for Research, Practice, and Policy
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Schulz, Richard; Hebert, Randy S.; Dew, Mary Amanda; Brown, Stephanie L.; Scheier, Michael F.; Beach, Scott R.; Czaja, Sara J.; Martire, Lynn M.; Coon, David; Langa, Kenneth M.; Gitlin, Laura N.; Stevens, Alan B.; Nichols, Linda – Gerontologist, 2007
The purpose of this article is to stimulate discussion and research about patient suffering and caregiver compassion. It is our view that these constructs are central to understanding phenomena such as family caregiving, and that recognizing their unique role in the caregiving experience provides new directions for intervention research, clinical…
Descriptors: Intervention, Caregivers, Altruism, Patients
Influences on the Co-Construction of the Teacher Role in Early Childhood Curriculum: Some Examples from a New Zealand Childcare Centre.
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Nuttall, Jocelyn – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2003
Draws on examples from a study of teachers' co-construction of definitions of curriculum in one New Zealand child care center to examine the influence of teachers' awareness of various early childhood education traditions/models and teachers' ideas about aspects of the center-based experience considered to be part of the curriculum. Concludes with…
Descriptors: Caregiver Attitudes, Caregiver Role, Child Caregivers, Early Childhood Education
A Conceptual Model for Studying Turnover among Family Child Care Providers.
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Deery-Schmitt, Deanna M.; Todd, Christine M. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1995
Outlines a theoretical framework for studying turnover among family child care providers. The model proposes four components which interact along the path to turnover: (1) potential sources of stress; (2) moderators of stress; (3) outcomes of a cognitive appraisal process; and (4) actions on those outcomes. (MDM)
Descriptors: Burnout, Caregiver Attitudes, Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role