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Nowak-Fabrykowski, Krystyna; Dinçer, F. Çaglayan; Sen, Müge – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
The goal of this research is to compare curricular expectations regarding caring behaviour in the USA and Turkey and to analyse the practical implication by investigating boys' and girls' caring behaviour. Conceptual framework of this research is underpinned in philosophical ideals of ethics of care and is grounded in theories stressing the…
Descriptors: Males, Females, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries
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Klebanov, P.K.; Brooks-Gunn, J. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2008
This study examined the associations of exposure to early childhood education (ECE) services upon 2.5-year-old children's task persistence and enthusiasm and their mothers' authoritative and authoritarian behavior and support stimulation. Families participated in the Infant Health and Development Program, an eight-site randomized comprehensive ECE…
Descriptors: African American Children, Body Weight, Stimulation, Mothers
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Chang, Chih-Ying; Austin, Ann M. Berghout; Piercy, Kathleen W. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2006
Six children (5 boys, 1 girl; aged 36-60 months) participated in this qualitative study. Each child was enrolled in a different family child care facility. The authors rated the child care providers in 3 of the facilities as using developmentally appropriate practices (DAP) most of the time and rated the providers in the 3 other facilities as…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Child Care, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Child Care Centers