2017-10-02
Improving quality of the child care environment through a consultancy programme for centre directors
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International Journal of Early Years Education , Volume 25 - Issue 4 p. 361- 378
This study examined the effects of a newly developed on-site consultancy programme to improve global quality of the child care environment in non-parental child care centres for 0- to 4-year-old children as measured with the ITERS-R/ECERS-R. Using a randomised controlled trial with a pretest, posttest, and follow-up test, we compared 35 experimental group with 33 control group. The consultancy programme comprised three consultations in total. Analysis on the items that were specifically targeted during the consultancy showed a significant improvement on these targeted items between pretest and posttest and between posttest and follow-up. The effect of the consultancy programme on the total scores (including the non-targeted items) was not significant.
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| Organisation | Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences |
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Helmerhorst, K., Fukkink, R.G. (Ruben G.), Riksen-Walraven, J.M.A. (J. Marianne A.), Gevers Deynoot-Schaub, M.J.J.M. (Mirjam J. J. M.), & Tavecchio, L.W.C. (Louis W. C.). (2017). Improving quality of the child care environment through a consultancy programme for centre directors. International Journal of Early Years Education, 25(4), 361–378. doi:10.1080/09669760.2017.1321528 |
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