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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Early childhood programs"”.
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The Quest for Quality: Evaluation and Early Childhood Programs
The theory and practice of evaluation in early childhood education has lagged behind the larger field of evaluation. Needed are ongoing, informed, and democratic discussions of values, with evaluators facilitating discussions of quality and challenging shared assumptions and beliefs. Unless …
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Early childhood programs and the Arizona public schools: Promises and practices
… system in the state of Arizona as a provider of programs for young children. It specifically addressed the quality of preschool at-risk programs administered by the State Department of Education and compared practices to the promises set forth in the Guidelines for Comprehensive Early Childhood …
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An Examination of Three Early Childhood Programs in Relation to Early Childhood Music Education
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Educators’ attitudes about professional development, self-efficacy, and subjective well-being in early childhood programs
The purpose of this quantitative investigation, was to gain a better understanding about Head Start teachers’ attitudes concerning their professional development experiences, self-efficacy beliefs, and general sense of happiness as it relates to job satisfaction. The study compared the professional …
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A comparison of full-day and half-day early childhood programs: Classroom processes and outcomes
… in outcomes between full-day and half-day programs in saemaul nursery schools in Korea related to academic achievement and self-concept at the end of school year. The study also investigated the relationships among the length of program day, classroom process variables and children's …
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The attitudes and judgments of Indiana school superintendents regarding early childhood programs in the public schools
… in regard to the public school system and early childhood programs. Early childhood education was defined as: parent education for parents of young children, nursery school (prekindergarten) for children of ages three and four, kindergarten for five year olds, and day care programs for …
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Professional Learning for Educators: Enhancing Practice and Parent-Teacher Relationships in Early Childhood Programs in the Cayman Islands
… (DAP) to develop curriculum frameworks for early childhood programs in response to the convergence of multidisciplinary research indicating the importance of high-quality care and learning experiences in the early years. This study investigated how teachers and parents in the Cayman Islands …
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The Impact of State Early Childhood Programs and Child Protective Services Policies on Resilience Following Experiences of Child Maltreatment
… in children's counties on two popular statewide early childhood programs (Smart Start and More At Four) were found to predict competent functioning for maltreated and nonmaltreated children alike. These findings suggest that child welfare policies aimed at identifying and assisting high-risk …
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Understanding the Relationship Between Social Resources and Levels of Parent Involvement in Illinois Early Childhood Programs: A Program-Level Perspective
… parent involvement across state-funded preschool programs in Illinois. This dissertation presented a mixed methods study using survey data from the <italic>Illinois Birth to Five Evaluation FY09</italic> (n=843) and interviews with ten preschool administrators who completed the survey. Based on …
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The Influence of National Standards for Early Childhood Programs on Selected Rural Settings of the Education Service Centers in East Texas
This study addressed the current status of early childhood curriculum design and implementation in the Texas Education Service Centers Seven and Eight. No Previous research about the characteristics of the preschool programs had been completed in those areas. This research established if preschool …
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This Little Light of Mine: The History of The Amalgamated Nursery School
… have had impact on this school and on all early childhood programs in New York City.</p>
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In the Eye of the Beholder: Perspectives on Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care
… account for their perceptions of quality ii in early childhood programs. It is argued that the official discourse should make more effort to understand what teachers are doing and what parents' main concerns are, rather than only proposing what they should do and what rules they need to follow.
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A Needs Assessment of Communicare's Children Mental Health Services
… most of the revenue from their children programs comes from Medicaid, which is a fee-for-services payer source. The Kentucky Medicaid Program is in the process of contracting with managed care organizations to oversee services that have been paid directly from Kentucky Medicaid. With …
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The Influence of Early Childhood Program Participation on Academic Achievement at the Elementary Level
… of this study was to examine the influence of early childhood program participation on academic achievement by grade 3. This case study utilized a quantitative approach to data collection. For purposes of this research, one P-12 school district in central New Jersey was studied to look at the …
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Set up for success : a multiple case study exploring first-year job resources and demands for center-based new hire early childhood leaders.
Early childhood leaders have complex and challenging job responsibilities and often are not well-supported to fulfill these job tasks. The literature indicates that early childhood leaders play a significant role in early childhood program quality (Douglass, 2018; Kirby et al., 2021; Lee et al., …
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Perspectives on the fiction of John Steinbeck : a critical review of two prominent Steinbeck critics, Peter Lisca and Warren French
… in regard to the public school system and early childhood programs. Early childhood education was defined as: parent education for parents of young children, nursery school (prekindergarten) for children of ages three and four, kindergarten for five year olds, and day care programs for …
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Investigating early childhood teacher beliefs and teaching practices related to process factors of program quality
Early childhood teachers play an important role in preparing young children for all later learning and development. Their teaching practices give children an understanding of what school is and how it works as they facilitate the construction of foundational knowledge. Teachers’ beliefs about their …
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Creating Caring Qualified Early Childhood Teachers: An Exploration of the Relationship Between Teacher Efficacy and Learner-Centeredness Among Early Childhood Professionals in Arkansas
… 175 teachers working in the state of Arkansas in early childhood programs teaching children birth to 5 years of age. A significant relationship was confirmed between total teacher efficacy and teacher learnered-centeredness with regard to discipline and classroom management, teaching practices, …
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Perceptions Of Five Low-Income Parents On School Readiness
… The study has the potential to help early childhood advocates and other stakeholders (a) understand how low-income environments influence school readiness, (b) understand the aspirations low-income parents have for their children, (c) discover ways to improve the transition to school …
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Quality early childhood education : a cost-effective intervention to student achievement
This research study focused on early childhood education programs that were implemented by public school districts in Indiana. The research questions addressed in this study were as follows: 1. What benefits related to student achievement does an investment of financial and human resources in …
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