The emotional quality of childcare centers in Israel: The Haifa study of early childcare

2005 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Koren-Karie ◽  
Abraham Sagi-Schwartz ◽  
Noa Egoz-Mizrachi
Keyword(s):  
Childcare Centers ◽  
Emotional Quality ◽  
Early Childcare ◽  
Quality Of Childcare

scholarly journals Participatory capacity building for improving quality of childcare centers in Thailand

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hataya Petcharoen ◽  
Nawarat Suwannapong ◽  
Nopporn Howteerakul ◽  
Mathuros Tipayamongkholgul ◽  
Rohit Ramaswamy
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Childcare Centers ◽  
Quality Of Childcare

scholarly journals Nairobi Early Childcare in Slums (NECS) Study Protocol: a mixed-methods exploration of paid early childcare in Mukuru slum, Nairobi

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. e000822
Author(s):  
Robert C Hughes ◽  
Patricia Kitsao-Wekulo ◽  
Sunil Bhopal ◽  
Elizabeth W Kimani-Murage ◽  
Zelee Hill ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Epidemiological Methods ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Early Childcare ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Childcare Providers

IntroductionThe early years are critical. Early nurturing care can lay the foundation for human capital accumulation with lifelong benefits. Conversely, early adversity undermines brain development, learning and future earning.Slums are among the most challenging places to spend those early years and are difficult places to care for a child. Shifting family and work structures mean that paid, largely informal, childcare seems to be becoming the ‘new normal’ for many preschool children growing up in rapidly urbanising Africa. However, little is known about the quality of this childcare.AimsTo build a rigorous understanding what childcare strategies are used and why in a typical Nairobi slum, with a particular focus on provision and quality of paid childcare. Through this, to inform evaluation of quality and design and implementation of interventions with the potential to reach some of the most vulnerable children at the most critical time in the life course.Methods and analysisMixed methods will be employed. Qualitative research (in-depth interviews and focus group discussions) with parents/carers will explore need for and decision-making about childcare. A household survey (of 480 households) will estimate the use of different childcare strategies by parents/carers and associated parent/carer characteristics. Subsequently, childcare providers will be mapped and surveyed to document and assess quality of current paid childcare. Semistructured observations will augment self-reported quality with observable characteristics/practices. Finally, in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with childcare providers will explore their behaviours and motivations. Qualitative data will be analysed through thematic analysis and triangulation across methods. Quantitative and spatial data will be analysed through epidemiological methods (random effects regression modelling and spatial statistics).Ethics and disseminationEthical approval has been granted in the UK and Kenya. Findings will be disseminated through journal publications, community and government stakeholder workshops, policy briefs and social media content.

scholarly journals Quantity and quality of childcare and children’s educational outcomes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo Blanden ◽  
Emilia Del Bono ◽  
Kirstine Hansen ◽  
Birgitta Rabe
Keyword(s):  
School Achievement ◽  
Additional Term ◽  
Publicly Funded ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Quality Rating ◽  
Quality Of Childcare ◽  
The Impact ◽  
School Records

AbstractPolicy-makers wanting to support child development can choose to adjust the quantity or quality of publicly funded universal pre-school. To assess the impact of such changes, we estimate the effects of an increase in free pre-school education in England of about 3.5 months at age 3 on children’s school achievement at age 5. We exploit date-of-birth discontinuities that create variation in the length and starting age of free pre-school using administrative school records linked to nursery characteristics. Estimated effects are small overall, but the impact of the additional term is substantially larger in settings with the highest inspection quality rating but not in settings with highly qualified staff. Estimated effects fade out by age 7.

The emotional quality of scenes and observation points: A look at prospect and refuge

1983 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 355-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack L. Nasar ◽  
David Julian ◽  
Sarah Buchman ◽  
David Humphreys ◽  
Marianne Mrohaly
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Quality

scholarly journals Inherent emotional quality of human speech sounds

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 1105-1113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blake Myers-Schulz ◽  
Maia Pujara ◽  
Richard C. Wolf ◽  
Michael Koenigs
Keyword(s):  
Speech Sounds ◽  
Human Speech ◽  
Emotional Quality

scholarly journals Interaction of landscape space and indoors in architecture of the open-air concert hall “Mitava”

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 55-67
Author(s):  
Aija Grietena
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Collaboration ◽  
Building Structures ◽  
Acoustic Characteristics ◽  
Concert Hall ◽  
Emotional Quality ◽  
Indoor Space ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
Wooden Structures

In the search for balancing factors in the art of environmental design between architecture, landscape architecture, and interiors needed to improve interdisciplinary collaborative planning and enhance the psycho-emotional quality of the environment, the study of landscape space-indoor interaction through comparative analysis and inductive reference is continued. On the Latvian scale, the new, 21st-century technological capabilities in the design and production of wooden structures in the architecture of the open air concert hall “Mītava”, constructed in 2019 on Pasta Island. The importance of the structure on the Baltic scale is emphasized by the unique design, which resembles a shell washed on the bank of the Lielupe River, large (<60m) arched timber continuous roof structures and high acoustic characteristics. Original building structures have opened up new opportunities for interaction between landscape space and indoor space, creating a broad, spatial synthesis. The realization of an artistically stylistic concept in the open-air concert hall “Mītava”, which is subordinated to the existing landscape space and supplemented with appropriate greenery, is considered a valuable contribution to the urban environment. The specific case study analyzed in detail underlines the importance of successful interdisciplinary collaboration in the harmonious interaction between landscape space and indoor.

The Quality of Childcare in Chile: Its Stability and International Ranking

2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 747-761 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo A. Cárcamo ◽  
Harriet J. Vermeer ◽  
Christian De la Harpe ◽  
René van der Veer ◽  
Marinus H. van IJzendoorn
Keyword(s):  
International Ranking ◽  
Quality Of Childcare
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