High pedagogical quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is related to
developmental outcomes in young children. This review summarizes findings from (quasi) …

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

Poor-quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) can be detrimental to the
development of children, as it may lead to poor social, emotional, educational, health …

After-school programs, scout groups, community service activities, religious youth groups,
and other community-based activities have long been thought to play a key role in the lives …

I must say that my first impression of the third edition of Play and Child Development was: ey
did it AGAIN! Frost, Wortham, and Reifel again impressed me with the depth and breadth of …

We examined children's growth in school-related learning and social skills over the pre-
Kindergarten (pre-K) year in state-funded programs designed to prepare children for …

The cognitive ad socioemotional development of 733 children was examined longitudinally
from ages 4 to 8 years as a function of the quality of their preschool experiences in …

The quality of staff/child interactions as measured by the Classroom Assessment Scoring
System (CLASS) in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) programs is thought to be …

Introduction to Early Childhood Education provides current and future educators with a
highly readable, comprehensive overview of the field. The underlying philosophy of the book …

This study used an observational measure to examine how individual children's
engagement with teachers, peers, and tasks was associated with gains in self-regulation. A …