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Challenges in Working with Pedagogical Quality in Preschools--A Meta-Interpretation Synthesis of Empirical Studies
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Svärdemo Åberg, Eva; Insulander, Eva – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
This article presents a meta-interpretative synthesis of contrasting research studies about methodological and theoretical challenges for Swedish preschool teachers in systematic quality development work. The first challenge involves an awareness of producing documentation from different levels of preschool work. The second challenge concerns…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, Documentation
Evaluating Early Education Programmes.
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Sylva, Kathy – Early Child Development and Care, 1990
Discusses trends in early child development (ECD) programs. Considers future trends in evaluation research in terms of seven prototype designs expected to be widely used in the 1990s. Examines recent developmental theory and its implications for evaluating ECD programs. Lists principles that ECD programs need to follow if they are to convince…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Educational Trends, Evaluation Methods
Monitoring and Evaluation in Services for Child Development.
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Nikapota, A. D. – Early Child Development and Care, 1990
Discusses the development and use of indicators for the monitoring and evaluation of services for child mental health and development in Sri Lanka. Also considers indicators for rating home environment. The conclusion covers the effects of the development and use of indicators. (BG)
Descriptors: Child Development, Evaluation Methods, Family Environment, Foreign Countries
Evaluation Practices of Model Early Childhood Programs.
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Slavenas, Rosemarie – Early Child Development and Care, 1993
Summarizes literature on early childhood (EC) program evaluation, presents an overview of the national standards addressing quality in EC programs, and presents the results of a survey of the evaluation practices of 18 model EC programs. Found that the programs' evaluation procedures were varied, well-developed, open-ended, and process-orientated.…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems
Assessing the Quality of Provision in Community Nurseries.
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Stephen, Christine; Wilkinson, J. Eric – Early Child Development and Care, 1995
Discusses issues involved in the assessment of community nurseries providing integrated education, health, and social services in the Strathclyde region of Scotland. Describes a quality assessment that found that quality varied over time and between institutions, although all showed improvements by the third and final rating. (MDM)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Educational Quality, Evaluation Methods
Improving the Quality of Childcare Provision through Self-Assessment: Organizational Characteristics of Nurseries as Predictors of the Ability To Plan and Implement Change.
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Munton, Anthony G.; Mooney, Ann – Early Child Development and Care, 1999
Investigated use of standardized questionnaires to establish organizational characteristics of group day-care providers in self-assessments. Examined processes by which nurseries instigate group discussing of self-assessment procedures, establish priorities for change, develop action plans, and implement change. Identified several suitable…
Descriptors: Day Care, Day Care Centers, Evaluation Methods, Program Development
A Participatory Methodology for the Evaluation of Innovation in the Context of the Integrated Pre-school Services.
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Wilkinson, J. Eric; And Others – Early Child Development and Care, 1995
Describes a longitudinal and ecological methodology for evaluating innovation in preschool education which features the involvement of those responsible for the innovation being evaluated. Reviews the use of this methodology in an evaluation of community nursery schools in the Strathclyde region of Scotland. (MDM)
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Integrated Services
A Collaborative Approach to Family Literacy Evaluation Strategies.
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Landerholm, Elizabeth; Karr, Jo Ann; Mushi, Selina – Early Child Development and Care, 2000
Describes a federally funded partnership between Northeastern Illinois University and Chicago Public Schools to provide an inner-city family literacy program. Details program components, highlighting use of computers, video technology, and photography as tools to develop literacy and to document progress of parents and children. Notes evaluation…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Early Childhood Education, Educational Technology, Emergent Literacy
Preparing Early Childhood Educators and Paraprofessionals to Work with Mainstreamed Handicapped Children.
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Gillis-Olion, Marion; Olion, Ladelle – Early Child Development and Care, 1985
Describes a successful training model for early childhood educators (Grades K-three) and paraprofessionals who are unprepared to work with mainstreamed handicapped children. Specifically discussed are program goals and objectives; training modules; training activities; on-site visitation; evaluation; and discussion and recommendations. (Author/DST)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods, Inservice Teacher Education
The Development of Materials to Assess Quality in Group and Family Day Care.
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Mooney, Ann; And Others – Early Child Development and Care, 1997
Describes the development of two sets of materials designed to help group day carers and family day carers assess, monitor, and enhance the quality of their own provision. Describes the piloting of the materials (including development of an inclusionary paradigm of quality and consultation of educational and learning theories), and their testing…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Day Care, Day Care Centers, Educational Improvement