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Showing 1 to 20 of 297 for “"childcare"”.
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Fathers' and mothers' childcare ideas and paternal childcare participation.
… and mothers' genderrole ideas with regard to childcare (childcare ideas) was examined to see whether these ideas influence paternal childcare participation. Specifically, what impact they had on performance of childcare tasks and the time fathers spent with their children. The responses of 38 …
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A RECONCEPTUALIZATION OF CHILDCARE BASED ON COMPARISONS OF THREE CHILDCARE ALTERNATIVES
<p>The present study examines three aspects of childcare: the childcare provider, the parent, and the social environment within childcare centers. Providers of family daycare, and directors of group daycare and nursery schools were surveyed regarding the services they provide. Parents whose …
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Childcare Needs of Ethiopian Families
<p>This study investigates the childcare experiences of Ethiopian families in a select South Dakota City. A total of 17 parents from ten families were interviewed using an interview guide. The childcare experiences of families while they were in Ethiopia and their experience in America were …
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Childcare Choices and Early Cognitive Development
… Development to evaluate features of wage and childcare price changes that are associated with positive effects on children's early cognitive skills. Identifying beneficial characteristics of changes in market variables is especially relevant in a policy environment where the main priority of …
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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Childcare
… subsidized food dollars on the amount of daily childcare in households. More specifically, households in the low income category are of interest because they are the most likely to receive food subsidies. There has been a political debate recently in the United States which argues over the …
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Family Preferences for Childcare in Central Kentucky
… child under the age of kindergarten currently in childcare. The participants completed a survey that used a Likert scale from 1 to 4 to rate thirty-six characteristics of childcare programs and were asked to select the three most important characteristics when selecting childcare for their …
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An Economic Development Practitioner’s Guide to Childcare
Childcare is a critical infrastructure that supports working families, businesses, and the economy in addition to providing important care and development opportunities for infants and young children. In the United States, infant and toddler childcare is largely delivered through the private market …
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Implementation of New Childcare Policies in New Orleans
The high number of working parents in the U.S. means that there are millions of child in need to care during working hours. Research shows that the quality of this care is of high importance in a child's development, both in the short-term and the long-term. States have used a variety of policy …
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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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Parent-Childcare Provider Partnerships: Exploring Beliefs About Overlap
… study examined the beliefs held by parents and childcare providers regarding continuity between home and childcare environments. The study was divided into two parts. Part one investigated the question of what overlap areas do parents and providers believe to be important. Data was collected …
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Job satisfaction: what it means to childcare teachers
The study explored job satisfaction among 12 childcare teachers and 6 directors uSing semi-structured interviews. The interviews generated a range of facets that comprise job Satisfaction. Relationships with the children was a primary source of satisfaction for most of these childcare …
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The Influence of Gender Bias on Children in Childcare Settings
… and teaching non-traditional gender practices in childcare settings. Further, many child care providers, specifically ECE teachers, are women. This paper describes how many teachers in childcare settings are teaching boys and girls to take on both gender neutral and non-traditional gender roles …
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Childcare politics: Life and power in Japanese day care centers
This dissertation examines two of the main functions--the socialization of children and the politicization of adults--of day care centers in Japan.
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Considerations for delivery of online professional development courses for childcare professionals
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Domestic Workers and their access to childcare: A Socio-Legal study
… workers within the Cape Town area access childcare. From this exploration, the argument that the state should provide childcare to mothers as a redress measure under s9(2) is developed. This argument is drawn from the proposition that universal access to childcare has the potential to …
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Storytelling in Emergent Literacy: Supporting Community Based Childcare Centers in Malawi
… in Malawi's resource deprived Community Based Childcare Centers (CBCCs). It focused on the professional development of four caregivers from four CBCCs following a Formative and Design Experiment model, and using qualitative methods of inquiry. The professional development on storytelling was …
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Prototypical design for a proprietary childcare center located in Christiansburg, Virginia
… using the collected data to design an actual childcare facility. Qualitative interviews were conducted with directors and selected staff members of two different childcare centers, as well as with the parents of children currently attending each center. Analysis of the data collected reveals …
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Effect of Childcare Facilities on Vigorous Physical Activity in Preschool Aged Children
1 PDF file (87 leaves)
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Reactions to male and female employees requesting family leave for childcare and eldercare
… leave and the reason for the requested leave (childcare or eldercare). It was hypothesized that men requesting leave would be perceived more negatively than women. Further, it was hypothesized that those requesting leave for childcare would be perceived more negatively than those requesting …
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