ERIC Number: EJ1055861
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Mar
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
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Experimental Impacts of a Teacher Professional Development Program in Chile on Preschool Classroom Quality and Child Outcomes
Yoshikawa, Hirokazu; Leyva, Diana; Snow, Catherine E.; Treviño, Ernesto; Barata, M. Clara; Weiland, Christina; Gomez, Celia J.; Moreno, Lorenzo; Rolla, Andrea; D'Sa, Nikhit; Arbour, Mary Catherine
Developmental Psychology, v51 n3 p309-322 Mar 2015
We assessed impacts on classroom quality and on 5 child language and behavioral outcomes of a 2-year teacher professional-development program for publicly funded prekindergarten and kindergarten in Chile. This cluster-randomized trial included 64 schools (child N = 1,876). The program incorporated workshops and in-classroom coaching. We found moderate to large positive impacts on observed emotional and instructional support as well as classroom organization in prekindergarten classrooms after 1 year of the program. After 2 years of the program, moderate positive impacts were observed on emotional support and classroom organization. No significant program impacts on child outcomes were detected at posttest (1 marginal effect, an increase in a composite of self-regulation and low problem behaviors, was observed). Professional development for preschool teachers in Chile can improve classroom quality. More intensive curricular approaches are needed for these improvements to translate into effects on children.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Preschool Children, Program Effectiveness, Outcomes of Education, Educational Quality, Teacher Workshops, Coaching (Performance), Student Behavior, Language Skills, Pretests Posttests, Classroom Techniques
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Preschool Education; Early Childhood Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Chile
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Woodcock Munoz Language Survey
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