This Campbell systematic review examines the current empirical evidence on the correlation
between teacher qualifications and the quality of the early childhood learning environments …

A number of authors have investigated the impact of early childhood education and care
programs on the development of children. Often they have focused on the effects on children …

New advances in neurobiology are revealing that brain development and the learning it
enables are directly dependent on social-emotional experience. Growing bodies of research …

The present study took a meta-analytic approach to investigate whether students'
engagement acts as a mediator in the association between affective teacher–student …

The expansion of publicly-funded preschool education is currently the focus of a prominent
debate. At present, 42% of 4-year-olds attend publicly funded preschool (28% attend public …

A meta-analytic approach was used to investigate the associations between affective
qualities of teacher–student relationships (TSRs) and students' school engagement and …

Publicly funded prekindergarten programs have achieved small‐to‐large impacts on
children's cognitive outcomes. The current study examined the impact of a prekindergarten …

The quality of the relationships between teachers and young children affects children's
social and emotional development and their academic success. Little is known, however …

Childhood is the time when we forge our first social bonds, first learn how to express and
read basic human emotions, and first make sense of the physical world. In childhood …

This study examined the influence of the quality of home and preschool learning
environments on the development of early numeracy skills in Germany, drawing on a …