The provision of Early Childhood Education and Care
(ECEC) has been of increasing interest to educational
researchers as they investigate the relationship
between children s developmental outcomes and ECEC
quality. This book investigates the impact of
childcare quality on children''s social skills.
Childcare centres can be seen as part of wider social
networks in the community and with more children
spending time in them, they play an increasingly
important role in child socialization. A mixed
methods design was utilized to address the research
problem. Childcare centres were assessed using the
Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale Revision:
ECERS-R and the Early Childhood Environment Rating
Scale Extension: ECERS-E. The study provides strong
evidence that childcare centre quality has an
important role to play in the social development of
young children.
The findings will contribute to understandings of
quality, social development and the impact of
childcare centres for researchers and students in the
early childhood educational field. The implications
from the study should be especially useful to policy
makers seeking to apply evidence-based policy in the
field.
(ECEC) has been of increasing interest to educational
researchers as they investigate the relationship
between children s developmental outcomes and ECEC
quality. This book investigates the impact of
childcare quality on children''s social skills.
Childcare centres can be seen as part of wider social
networks in the community and with more children
spending time in them, they play an increasingly
important role in child socialization. A mixed
methods design was utilized to address the research
problem. Childcare centres were assessed using the
Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale Revision:
ECERS-R and the Early Childhood Environment Rating
Scale Extension: ECERS-E. The study provides strong
evidence that childcare centre quality has an
important role to play in the social development of
young children.
The findings will contribute to understandings of
quality, social development and the impact of
childcare centres for researchers and students in the
early childhood educational field. The implications
from the study should be especially useful to policy
makers seeking to apply evidence-based policy in the
field.