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ERIC Number: EJ536365
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0300-4430
Methodological Reflections on Using the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale as a Measure To Make Cross-National Evaluations of Quality.
Calder, Pamela
Early Child Development and Care, v126 p27-37 Dec 1996
Studied usefulness of Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS) for cross-national comparisons of nursery school quality. Found that ratings can be made in two hours, and can provide comparisons on several important criteria, but because the scale is empirically, rather than theoretically based, its use can obscure cultural differences in values which underlie different countries' care systems. (KDFB)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries, Measurement, Measurement Techniques, Nursery Schools, Research Methodology
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cross National Studies; Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale; Italy; Quality of Environment (Child Care); Spain; Sweden; United States