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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Quality Childcare"”.
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Teaching in Early Education: Examining the Relationship among Job Satisfaction, Efficacy, Connection to Students and Student Poverty Concentration
… the United States are currently in some type of childcare setting. In defining quality, education of teachers is often used as an important indicator but has been shown to be an ineffective way to define quality. The importance of understanding high quality is especially important given gains …
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Influences of Preschool on Social-Emotional Development for Children with Disruptive Behavior Disorders
Childcare research has examined effects of center-based childcare on the cognitive, behavioral, and social development for young children, often finding mixed results and short-term benefits. Many studies focus on at-risk populations, specifically children from low-income backgrounds who are often …
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Childcare Tutors: Profiles, Perspectives and Professional Development Needs
… have seen significant developments in Irish childcare policy and practice. Growth in the numbers benefiting from childcare has been accompanied by increasing numbers of childcare practitioners acquiring qualifications. These developments are well documented in a variety of reports and …
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Capabilities eroded and childcare dilemmas: A phenomenological study of low-income single student mothers in higher education in the United States and Germany
… micro-level were shaped by policies regarding childcare and financial support at the macro-level. As single mothers represent a marginalized constituency, the capabilities approach in combination with the concept of defamilisation was used as an analytical framework that focused on their …
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Essays in Gender and Labor Economics
… examines how household bargaining affects childcare expenditure among heterosexual couples with children. Traditional models assume income pooling when allocating resources towards consumption expenditure, but this study uses a household bargaining approach, suggesting that relative income …
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Experiences with Childcare Choices Reported by Mothers in Single- and Multiple-Income Households
… mothers' experiences and satisfaction with childcare selection. The self-selected group of mothers from 30 different childcare settings in three Midwestern states participated in the study. Similarities and differences with mothers' experiences when selecting childcare were analyzed by three …
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Understanding Childcare Choices amongst Low-Income Employed Mothers in Urban and Rural KwaZulu-Natal
… already stretched thin balancing work and childcare with limited support. The ‘choices' made by working women are also framed by their understanding of motherhood, which are in turn framed by cultural and societal expectations and perceptions. Having engaged with the balance between paid …
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Exploring Attitudes of Four Groups of Stakeholders Toward Family Childcare and Recommending Best Practices to Promote Positive Experiences
… to increase the awareness of licensed family childcare programs and use the viewpoints of four stakeholder groups to construct recommended best practices. These best practices are crucial for supporting effective business practices and providing high-quality services to their stakeholders. …