Classroom quality in infant and toddler classrooms: impact of age and programme type
| Autor: | Lia Rucker, Mary Lee Porterfield, Elizabeth K. King, Jiayao Li, Rebekah C. Pierro |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Social Psychology
Age differences media_common.quotation_subject Child safety digestive oral and skin physiology education 05 social sciences 050301 education behavioral disciplines and activities Pediatrics Developmental psychology Rating scale Developmental and Educational Psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Quality (business) Toddler Psychology 0503 education Preschool education 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Early Child Development and Care. 186:1821-1835 |
| ISSN: | 1476-8275 0300-4430 |
| Popis: | This study examined differences in classroom quality, assessed by the Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale-Revised (ITERS-R), in 287 infant and 479 toddler classrooms. Classroom quality was compared across classroom age group (infant compared to toddler classrooms) as well as across programme type (for-profit compared to not-for-profit programmes). Classroom quality was assessed using four ITERS-R factors identified in previous research, including Materials/Activities, Safety/Organization, Language/Interactions, and Parents/Staff factor scores. Results indicate that infant classrooms scored higher on the Safety/Organization and Language/Interactions factors than toddler classrooms, and toddler classrooms scored higher on Materials/Activities than infant classrooms. Classrooms in not-for-profit programmes scored higher on Safety/Organization and Parents/Staff factors. Differences in Safety/Organization, Language/Interactions, and Parents/Staff factor scores were found based on teachers’ educatio... |
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