ERIC Number: EJ1146546
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-1350-293X
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The Role of Preschool Quality in Promoting Child Development: Evidence from Rural Indonesia
Brinkman, Sally Anne; Hasan, Amer; Jung, Haeil; Kinnell, Angela; Nakajima, Nozomi; Pradhan, Menno
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, v25 n4 p483-505 2017
This article examines the relationship between preschool quality and children's early development in a sample of over 7900 children enrolled in 578 preschools in rural Indonesia. Quality was measured by: (1) classroom observations using the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised (ECERS-R); (2) teacher characteristics; and (3) structural characteristics of preschools. Children's development was measured using the Early Development Instrument (EDI). The article proposes two methodological improvements to preschool quality studies. First, an instrumental variable approach is used to correct for measurement error. Second, ECERS-R is adjusted to the local context by contrasting items with Indonesia's national preschool standards. Results show that observed classroom quality is a significant and meaningful positive predictor of children's development once models correct for measurement error and apply a locally-adapted measure of classroom quality. In contrast, teacher characteristics and structural characteristics are not significant predictors of child development, while holding observed classroom quality constant.
Descriptors: Role, Educational Quality, Child Development, Error of Measurement, Foreign Countries, Correlation, Preschool Education, Rating Scales, Rural Areas, Predictor Variables, National Standards, Classroom Observation Techniques, Teacher Characteristics, Kindergarten, Teacher Student Ratio, Institutional Characteristics, Statistical Analysis
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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: Indonesia
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale
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