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Gerde, Hope K.; Duke, Nell K.; Moses, Annie M.; Spybrook, Jessaca; Shedd, Meagan K. – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: Examining the effects of professional development of the early childhood workforce that fit within the constraints of government policy is crucial for identifying types and amounts of effective training and informing child care policy. The present study used a cluster-randomized trial to evaluate the effects of a professional…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Child Care, Child Care Centers, Child Caregivers
Lemay, Lise; Bigras, Nathalie; Bouchard, Caroline – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2015
The objective of this study was to examine how quantity, type, and quality of care interact in predicting externalizing and internalizing behaviors of 36-month-old children attending Quebec's educational child care from their first years of life. To do so, the authors examined two hypothesized models: (1) a mediation model where quantity, type,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Care Centers, Child Care, Child Behavior
Page, Jools; Elfer, Peter – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2013
In a single intensive nursery case study, using in depth interviews, group discussion and self completed daily diaries, this article reports on staff accounts of the emotional aspects of their interactions with young children. The findings show how much the staff achieved through their empathy for children and families and the establishment of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Interviews, Attachment Behavior, Caregiver Child Relationship
Vicars, Dennis – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2012
A day in the life of anyone who works in or around a center-based early care and education program is one of numerous duties, timelines, staffing issues, program concerns, parent meetings, training, budget analysis, and teaching. The list is endless. Their days are filled with multiple priorities, all demanding their time and energy. It's so easy…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Child Care Centers
Peterangelo, Joe; Carlson, Virginia; Henken, Rob – Public Policy Forum, 2014
The authors' recent research has revealed that most afterschool programs in Milwaukee County have received relatively low ratings, and that their biggest hurdle to improving their scores often involved the educational qualifications of program staff. In light of the potential consequences of that finding--which include the possibility that the…
Descriptors: Child Care, Program Evaluation, Educational Quality, After School Programs
Campbell, Fernanda Q.; Patil, Pratima A. – Boston Foundation, 2019
Over the past three years, the Boston Birth to Eight Collaborative has convened more than 200 individuals and organizations from across the early childhood field--center and family-based providers, pediatricians, public health researchers, hospitals, family engagement organizations, and parents--to ensure all children are ready for sustained…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Access to Education, Supply and Demand, Child Care
Young, Billie – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2011
Teaching is a blend of knowledge, pedagogical skills, environmental factors, and personal dispositions. Experience tells individuals that they can successfully impact knowledge, skills, and environmental factors. Dispositions are harder to change. Dispositions--beliefs, attitudes, and experiences--can play a powerful role in the decision making…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Child Care, Child Care Centers, Environmental Influences
Perlman, Michal; Fletcher, Brooke A. – Early Education and Development, 2012
Research Findings: The amount and quality of communication between staff and guardians in child care centers was examined using extensive naturalistic observations. Interactions between staff and more than 1,000 guardians who dropped their child off at their child care center were captured through a series of 20-s time-sampled observations.…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Child Care Centers, Child Care, Interpersonal Communication
Reunamo, Jyrki; Sajaniemi, Nina; Suhonen, Eira; Kontu, Elina – Early Child Development and Care, 2012
Children's stress in day care is related to the stressful qualities of the environment and to children's orientations in that environment. The study involved 55 children in five day centres in Finland. Baseline saliva samples for measuring cortisol (stress) levels were collected five times during the day. Children were interviewed to measure their…
Descriptors: Child Care, Foreign Countries, Young Children, Metabolism
Sugiyama, Takemi; Okely, Anthony D.; Masters, Jane M.; Moore, Gary T. – Environment and Behavior, 2012
This study examined characteristics of child care centers associated with preschoolers' moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and sedentary behavior while in child care (MVPA-C, SB-C), and attributes of outdoor play areas associated with the same behaviors during outdoor time (MVPA-O, SB-O). Participants were 89 children (3 -5 years) recruited…
Descriptors: Play, Physical Activities, Foreign Countries, Child Care Centers
Gilbert, Jaesook Lee; Harte, Helene Arbouet – Child Care in Practice, 2013
This paper describes efforts to increase the quality in early care and education through targeted coaching. A collaborative including several community agencies and a university developed a framework of support for early care and education providers, using coaching as its foundational basis, called Coaching to Quality (CTQ). This paper provides a…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Child Care, Child Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
Jung, Jeesun – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2013
Using a qualitative research approach, this article explores teachers' roles in infants' play and its changing nature in an infant group care setting. Three infant teachers in a child care center were followed over three months. Observations, interviews, ongoing conversations, emails, and reflective notes were used as data sources. Findings…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Play, Group Dynamics, Infants
Mortensen, Jennifer A.; Barnett, Melissa A. – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: The teacher-child relationships that develop in infant/toddler child care provide a critical caregiving context for young children's socioemotional development. However, gaps remain in researchers' understanding of the individual-level processes that facilitate socioemotional development, specifically in center-based…
Descriptors: Infants, Infant Care, Toddlers, Interaction
Faria, Ann-Marie; Hawkinson, Laura E.; Greenberg, Ariela C.; Howard, Eboni C.; Brown, Leah – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2015
Documenting and improving early childhood program quality is a national priority, leading to a rapid expansion of Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRISs). QRISs document and improve the quality of early childhood education programs and provide clear information to families about their child care choices. The current study described how…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Educational Improvement, Program Improvement
Bigras, Nathalie; Bouchard, Caroline; Cantin, Gilles; Brunson, Liesette; Coutu, Sylvain; Lemay, Lise; Tremblay, Melissa; Japel, Christa; Charron, Annie – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2010
This study seeks to determine whether center-based and family-based child care services differ with respect to process quality, as measured by the Educative Quality Observation Scales ("EQOS", Bourgon and Lavallee 2004a, b, c), for groups of children 18 months old and younger. It also seeks to identify structural variables associated…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Child Care, Child Care Centers, Infants