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Ramsay, Samantha; Holyoke, Laura – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2014
The purpose of this study was to expand the knowledge of adult motivation in unconventional professional settings. Nine focus group interviews were conducted with child care providers in child care settings from four states in the Western United States: California, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. At each focus group interview three to eight…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Video Technology, Vignettes, Focus Groups
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Sakai, Laura; Kipnis, Fran; Whitebook, Marcy; Schaack, Diana – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2014
As part of a longitudinal study, the authors interviewed 73 nontraditional students regarding their perceptions of the challenges experienced and supports received as they returned to school to earn bachelor's degrees. All participants were working in the early care and education field. Interviewees perceived the cohort structure of their B.A.…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Interviews, Nontraditional Students, Student Attitudes
Kipnis, F.; Whitebook, M.; Almaraz, M.; Sakai, L.; Austin, L. J. E. – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California at Berkeley, 2012
The Learning Together longitudinal study focuses on four counties' efforts to expand bachelor's degree opportunities in early care and education (ECE) for adults currently working in the field. The "student cohort" model--in which small groups of ECE students with similar interests and characteristics pursue a bachelor's degree together,…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Adult Students, Nontraditional Students, Bachelors Degrees
Whitebook, Marcy; Kipnis, Fran; Sakai, Laura; Almaraz, Mirella – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California at Berkeley, 2011
The "Learning Together" longitudinal study focuses on four counties' efforts to expand bachelor's degree opportunities in early care and education (ECE) for adults currently working in the field. The "student cohort model"--in which small groups of ECE students with similar interests and characteristics pursue a bachelor's…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Adult Students, Nontraditional Students, Bachelors Degrees
Whitebook, Marcy; Sakai, Laura; Kipnis, Fran; Bellm, Dan; Almaraz, Mirella – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California at Berkeley, 2010
Interest in expanding access to higher education has been driven by concerns about ethnic and linguistic stratification within the early childhood workforce, and building a pipeline for diversifying the early care and education (ECE) field's leadership. "Cohort" B.A. completion programs, which target small groups of adults working in ECE…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Organizational Change, Program Development, Adult Students
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California at Berkeley, 2008
In recent years, growing knowledge of the critical importance of early childhood development for lifelong learning and growth had led to increased calls for the professionalism of early childhood educators, including higher standards for their training and education. As part of this attention to professional development, many states are…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Cultural Pluralism
Zamani, A. Rahman, Ed.; Evinger, Sara, Ed. – California Childcare Health Program, 2007
This curriculum was first published in June 1998 to be used by qualified health and safety trainers to fulfill part of the learning needs and licensing requirements of child care providers (Health and Safety Code, Section 1596.866) in California. This second and updated edition of Module 2, Prevention of Injuries, covers the content of the…
Descriptors: Prevention, Injuries, Child Care, Child Health
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California at Berkeley, 2008
This report reflects the first year of a multiyear effort to examine B.A. completion cohort programs in early care and education in four California counties. The six programs under investigation were developed with similar goals: (1) To increase and retain a pool of B.A.-level professionals in the ECE field with culturally, linguistically, and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Educational Experience, Adult Students
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Drake, Pamela Marie; Greenspoon, Bayla; Unti, Lisa; Fawcett, Linda K.; Neville-Morgan, Sarah – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2006
Family, friend and neighbor (FFN) child caregivers represent a significant proportion of caregivers for young children. Yet, these caregivers receive little support for their services. In 2003, the First 5 California Children and Families Commission (First 5 California) began a study to determine the work-related needs of FFN caregivers in…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Young Children, Focus Groups, Interviews
Zamani, A. Rahman, Ed.; Calder, Judy, Ed.; Rose, Bobbie, Ed. – California Childcare Health Program, 2005
"Child Care Health Connections" is a bimonthly newsletter published by the California Childcare Health Program (CCHP), a community-based program of the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing. The goals of the newsletter are to promote and support a healthy and safe environment…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Health, Child Safety, Communicable Diseases
Zamani, A. Rahman, Ed.; Guralnick, Eva, Ed.; Calder, Judy, Ed.; Walsh, Eileen, Ed. – California Childcare Health Program, 2005
"Child Care Health Connections" is a bimonthly newsletter published by the California Childcare Health Program (CCHP), a community-based program of the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing. The goals of the newsletter are to promote and support a healthy and safe environment…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Health, Child Safety, Caregiver Training
Zamani, A. Rahman, Ed.; Guralnick, Eva, Ed.; Calder, Judy, Ed.; Lucich, Mardi, Ed.; Walsh, Eileen, Ed. – California Childcare Health Program, 2004
"Child Care Health Connections" is a bimonthly newsletter published by the California Childcare Health Program (CCHP), a community-based program of the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing. The goals of the newsletter are to promote and support a healthy and safe environment…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Health, Child Safety, Immunization Programs
Zamani, A. Rahman, Ed.; Guralnick, Eva, Ed.; Jensen, Susan, Ed.; Lucich, Mardi, Ed. – California Childcare Health Program, 2003
"Child Care Health Connections" is a bimonthly newsletter published by the California Childcare Health Program (CCHP), a community-based program of the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing. The goals of the newsletter are to promote and support a healthy and safe environment…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Health, Child Safety, Poisoning