Bhutan’s national ECCD impact evaluation: local, national, and global perspectives
| Autor: | Karma Gayleg, Sara Dang, Karma Dyenka, Parvati Sharma, Lauren Pisani, Chencho Wangdi, Nar Bahadur Chhetri |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Early childhood education
Economic growth Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Best practice Impact evaluation education 05 social sciences 050301 education Pediatrics Child development Order (exchange) Developmental and Educational Psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Quality (business) Early childhood International development Psychology 0503 education 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Early Child Development and Care. 187:1511-1527 |
| ISSN: | 1476-8275 0300-4430 |
| Popis: | Early childhood care and development (ECCD) services have been steadily expanding with structures on the community, national, and international levels. However, many low- and middle-income countries still have very limited ECCD coverage, and there is a lack of global guidance on best practices for effectively expanding pre-primary education. In 2015, Bhutan completed a national evaluation of existing ECCD programmes in the country in order to begin an evidence-based way forward with this process. The study used the international development and early learning assessment to evaluate programme impact on children’s learning and development. Results find that children with access to centre-based programmes gain more skills than children without access to these programmes. Analyses also display that higher quality centres and those with fewer children are associated with stronger child learning gains. Finally, family wealth and positive home care and learning environments are significantly positively r... |
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