Influence of structural features on Portuguese toddler child care quality

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Autor(a) principal: Pessanha, Manuela
Data de Publicação: 2007
Outros Autores: Aguiar, Cecília, Bairrão, Joaquim
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/24299
Resumo: Whereas child care quality has been extensively studied in the U.S., there is much less information about the quality of child care in other countries.With one of the highest maternal employment rates in Europe, it is important to examine child care in Portugal. Thirty toddler classrooms in child care centers were observed. The purpose of this studywas to determine whether structural features account for overall toddler child care quality. Results showed younger and better-paid teachers provided better toddler child care quality. Space available per childwas not a statistically significant predictor of toddler child care quality.Overall quality results suggest some issues to be addressed by early education policy makers and indicate the need to promote quality in Portuguese toddler child care programs.
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spelling Influence of structural features on Portuguese toddler child care qualityChild careQualityToddlerStructural featuresWhereas child care quality has been extensively studied in the U.S., there is much less information about the quality of child care in other countries.With one of the highest maternal employment rates in Europe, it is important to examine child care in Portugal. Thirty toddler classrooms in child care centers were observed. The purpose of this studywas to determine whether structural features account for overall toddler child care quality. Results showed younger and better-paid teachers provided better toddler child care quality. Space available per childwas not a statistically significant predictor of toddler child care quality.Overall quality results suggest some issues to be addressed by early education policy makers and indicate the need to promote quality in Portuguese toddler child care programs.Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico do PortoPessanha, ManuelaAguiar, CecíliaBairrão, Joaquim2023-12-19T19:04:51Z20072007-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/24299engPessanha, M., Aguiar, C., & Bairrão, J. (2007). Influence of structural features on Portuguese toddler child care quality. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 22(2), 204-214. doi: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2007.02.00310.1016/j.ecresq.2007.02.003info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-12-27T01:48:53Zoai:recipp.ipp.pt:10400.22/24299Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T00:55:11.073073Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Influence of structural features on Portuguese toddler child care quality
spellingShingle Influence of structural features on Portuguese toddler child care quality
Pessanha, Manuela
Child care
Quality
Toddler
Structural features
title_short Influence of structural features on Portuguese toddler child care quality
title_full Influence of structural features on Portuguese toddler child care quality
title_fullStr Influence of structural features on Portuguese toddler child care quality
title_full_unstemmed Influence of structural features on Portuguese toddler child care quality
title_sort Influence of structural features on Portuguese toddler child care quality
author Pessanha, Manuela
author_facet Pessanha, Manuela
Aguiar, Cecília
Bairrão, Joaquim
author_role author
author2 Aguiar, Cecília
Bairrão, Joaquim
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico do Porto
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Pessanha, Manuela
Aguiar, Cecília
Bairrão, Joaquim
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Child care
Quality
Toddler
Structural features
topic Child care
Quality
Toddler
Structural features
description Whereas child care quality has been extensively studied in the U.S., there is much less information about the quality of child care in other countries.With one of the highest maternal employment rates in Europe, it is important to examine child care in Portugal. Thirty toddler classrooms in child care centers were observed. The purpose of this studywas to determine whether structural features account for overall toddler child care quality. Results showed younger and better-paid teachers provided better toddler child care quality. Space available per childwas not a statistically significant predictor of toddler child care quality.Overall quality results suggest some issues to be addressed by early education policy makers and indicate the need to promote quality in Portuguese toddler child care programs.
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