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Direct linkDoherty, Gillian; Forer, Barry; Lero, Donna S.; Goelman, Hillel; LaGrange, Annette – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2006
This study of 231 regulated family child care providers proposed a theoretical model to explore the effects on quality of: (1) provider level of general education; (2) provider degree of intentionality; (3) provider training and experience in family child care; (4) provider use of support services; and (5) provider work environment. Hierarchical…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Models, Child Caregivers, Child Care
Goelman, Hillel; Forer, Barry; Kershaw, Paul; Doherty, Gillian; Lero, Donna; LaGrange, Annette – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2006
This paper reports on the design, methodology, and results of a study of quality in 326 classrooms in 239 Canadian child care centers. This study, the largest and most extensive ever undertaken in Canada, used the Caregiver Interaction Scale (CIS) to rate the adult-child interactions in the classrooms and the Infant-Toddler Environment Rating…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Wages, Questionnaires, Public Policy
Kershaw, Paul; Forer, Barry; Goelman, Hillel – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2005
Research shows that stability is one component of quality child care. We investigate the understudied phenomenon of the stability of child-care facilities over time, focusing on the province of British Columbia, Canada. Although net figures show growth in the number of providers between 1997 and 2001, they obfuscate a dramatic level of closure…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Caregivers, Child Care
Peer reviewedPence, Alan R.; Goelman, Hillel – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1987
Results from the Victoria Day Care Research Project, which focused on the research triad of parents-children-caregivers, indicate that there are significant differences between parents depending on whether they use licensed center-based day care, licensed family day care homes, or unlicensed family day care homes. (PCB)
Descriptors: Day Care Centers, Decision Making, Family Day Care, Parent Attitudes
Peer reviewedPence, Alan R.; Goelman, Hillel – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1987
As part of a larger study, Victoria Day Care Research Project, caregivers representing three different types of caregiving arrangements (licensed center-based day care, licensed family day care homes, and unlicensed family day care homes) were interviewed regarding various caregiver-related areas. Interview data revealed distinctive profiles for…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Family Day Care
