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Abdu, Hannatu Aishatu. "An exploratory study of early childhood development teacher attitudes towards parent involvement in early childhood development centres in Athlone." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13271.

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Includes bibliographical references.<br>This study aimed to explore early childhood development teacher attitudes towards parent involvement in early childhood development centres. The researcher aimed to gain an understanding of how ECD teachers describe their roles within the ECD centres, their perception of parent involvement in ECD centres, the ways in which ECD teachers involve parents within the ECD centre, to know the factors influencing parent involvement within the ECD centres and teachers needs for further support in parent involvement. The study was undertaken in Athlone with the ai

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Clampett, Bridget. "Quality Early Childhood Development centres: an exploratory study of stakeholder views." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20702.

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This study 'Quality Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres: an exploratory study of stakeholder views' was carried out with a sample of fifteen principals of effective ECD centres in the Western Cape, South Africa. The study adopted a qualitative, exploratory approach using a semi-structured interview schedule for face-to-face interviews with the participants. A purposive sample was used and the selected sample were geographically spread across the Western Cape Metropolitan area.The findings revealed the following: Effective ECD centres that provide quality care and education is of critical

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Shertiel, Sabra Hussein. "The role of practitioners in early childhood development centres in shaping behaviour of children." University of the Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6375.

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Magister Artium - MA (Child and Family Studies)<br>Early childhood centres play a profound role in shaping the behaviour of children. Research indicates that early childhood centres contribute to the holistic development of children, encompassing their motor, congnitive and behavioural skills. Research has further shown that the South African authorities have an early childhood policy which spans various aspects of childhood development. To establish the nexus between early childhood centres and the behaviour of children, this study explored the role of practitioners in early childhood de

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Thorogood, Camilla Renée. "Food provision challenges facing early childhood development centres in two Cape Town townships." University of Western Cape, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/8238.

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Magister Philosophiae (Land and Agrarian Studies) - MPhil(LAS)<br>Early childhood has been identified as a critical period for providing nutritional intervention, with nutritional adequacy during the first 1000 days having long term implications for human development. South Africa’s policy environment accordingly aims to support the development of all children through providing services supporting care and nutrition of children so that ‘no one is left behind’. However, the reality is that for the economically marginalised who live in poverty, these services are inaccessible and the whereabouts

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Kwan, Celina Khuan Dai. "The effects of environmental variations in day care centres in the development of young children in Singapore." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1997. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10006600/.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of variations in the day care environment on linguistic and social-emotional development of pre-school children in Singapore after home background has been taken into account. This study examined differences in the environment of 16 day care centres. Characteristics of the environment were assessed by the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale, ECERS (Harms & Clifford, 1980) and the Target Child Method of Observation, TCM (Sylva, Roy & Painter, 1980). The ECERS measured the physical and programmatic features of day care centres and pro

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Dube, Primrose Sikhanyiso. "An exploratory study of parent involvement in early childhood development centres in Masiphumelele, Cape Town." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20071.

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This study explored parent involvement in Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres in Masiphumelele, Cape Town. The researcher aimed to gain an understanding of the following; how parents are involved in Early Childhood Development centres, factors that enhance parent involvement in ECD centres, factors that hinder parent involvement in ECD centres and challenges faced by parents in getting involved in ECD centres. This research study adopted a qualitative, exploratory approach using a semi-structured interview schedule. The researcher used non-probability, purposive sampling to select the p

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Sharpley, Jennifer. "An investigation into the implementation of early childhood development policy in early childhood centres (A study of the Fisantekraal, northern district, Cape Town, South Africa)." University of the Western Cape, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4205.

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Masters in Public Administration - MPA<br>The White Paper on Education and training defines ECD as the process by which children 0 – 9 grow and thrive in all respects. The main focus of ECD’s is to ensure that children are thriving, by providing a solid foundation for physical, emotional, cognitive and overall healthy development of children (UNICEF, 2005). Therefore a critical factor for educational achievement is access to ECD. In redressing the exclusion of the past in ECD the equity enshrined in the white paper on Education and training (1995) and the Reconstruction and development program

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Hebe, Headman Ngilosi. "Exploring the implementation of environmental education in Grade R : a case study of selected Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centres." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/98015.

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Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2015.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Planet Earth is plagued by a myriad of problems which have been on the increase in recent years. These include, among other things, e–waste; reduction in biodiversity, air pollution, global warming and many more. Undoubtedly, the greed of human beings more than the quest to satisfy needs has been at the core of these problems which threaten the sustainability of earth’s ecosystems. For some years now, Environmental Education (EE) has been acknowledged and, consequently, employed as the vehicle to offset the impact of the challen

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Keir, Charlene (Ying-Ling). "Practices of early childhood development (ECD) practitioners for children from three to five years: a case of three early childhood development centres in the Buffalo City Municipality." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1016269.

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This study investigates practices of early childhood development (ECD) practitioners for children from three to five years in three ECD centres situated within the municipal boundaries of Buffalo City, East London. It does so by posing the following questions: What are the practices of ECD practitioners for children from three to five years in developing learners’ oral language and physical intelligence. This study, using a qualitative approach and Qualitative methods for data collection were used, that is semi-structured interviews and classroom observations. The findings reveal that for oral

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Ncube, Gugulethu. "Perceptions of Early Childhood Development practitioners regarding professionalisation." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65451.

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Utilising a case study design in the Gauteng Province of South Africa, this study explores the perceptions of ECD practitioners regarding the professionalisation of the ECD sector. With a purposive sample of fifteen ECD practitioners teaching children aged between birth and four years this study sought to find out what is exactly happening in the sector regarding the birth of the new qualification for ECD teachers in the South African education system; which attempts to standardise a B.Ed. curriculum for new teachers in the ECD sector. Adopting the Uncertainty Reduction Theory (URT) as a lens,

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Thoka, Boitumelo. "Policy and regulation as enablers for early childhood development centres in townships and informal settlements." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/75279.

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South Africa’s integrated policy on early childhood development makes provision for access to and delivery of equitable services to all children in South Africa. In his 2019 State of the Nation Address, President Cyril Ramaphosa emphasised the importance of early childhood development (ECD) in the development of South Africa’s human capital. ECD centres in South Africa are faced with various financial and human resources challenges preventing them from registering with the Department of Social Development and accessing the per-child subsidy. Regulations governing ECD centres have been found to

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Sikobi, Thembeka. "Monitoring and evaluation practice to discern meaningful change in community-based early childhood development centres." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28943.

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After 23 years of democracy South Africa still faces poor education quality, a class-based education system and poor academic performance. These issues are exacerbated by South Africa’s apartheid history and perpetual inequality. Access to quality Early Childhood Education (ECD) is recognised as a solution that can improve education outcomes and overcome poverty and inequality in the country. However, challenges remain in the effective implementation of ECD programmes. This study seeks to investigate the quality of ECD centres in rural communities in order to gain a deeper understanding of the

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Sixhaso, Linda Patience. "Evaluating the progress towards the implementation of the National Development Plan with specific reference to early childhood development: The case of early childhood development centres in Site-B Khayelitsha 2012-2018." University of the Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6693.

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Masters in Public Administration - MPA<br>The historic social and economic inequalities had a negative impact on majority of young children in South Africa. This dates back to post-apartheid era where the development of young children. of some previously disadvantaged communities, has been weakened by inadequate access to health care, quality education, social service and quality nutrition. The present study evaluated the progress made on the implementation of the National Development Plan (NDP) 2030 using a case study of Early Childhood Development (ECO) centres in Site-B Township based

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Ross, Jetara. "Exploring Early Childhood Development Practitioners’ Perceptions of the Implementation of Norms and Standards in Educare Centres in Blouberg." Master's thesis, Faculty of Humanities, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30862.

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This study explores the perceptions, experiences and challenges that Early Childhood Development (ECD) practitioners in ECD centres in Blouberg have with implementing the norms and standards for both partial care facilities and learning programmes as regulated by the Children’s Amendment Act 41 of 2007. ECD refers to the developmental, physical, mental, spiritual, emotional and social processes in children from birth until at least nine years of age (Department of Education [DOE], 2001). Since ECD centres are at the frontline of providing a range of ECD services paramount to the development of

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Oberholster, Jason. "Child-centred Communities : Architectural Intervention as Catalyst for Early Childhood Development." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/63653.

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Early childhood development (ECD) is a critical stage of development that forms the foundation for the future welfare and edification of children (UNICEF 2017:1). A key principle in this development is the notion that everything which surrounds the child, both visible and invisible, has an impact on the child (Cook & Cook 2009; Steiner Waldorf Education 2014). In this dissertation the impact of the architectural environment on early childhood development is addressed, bringing together the fields of pedagogy and architecture. The research determined the development of a set of design princip

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September, Shiron Jade. "A comparative study of the relationship between knowledge of child development and parenting styles in high and low socio-economic groups of parents in early childhood development centres." U, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4197.

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Magister Artium (Social Work) - MA(SW)<br>Early childhood development has been recognised to be the most important contributor to long-term social and emotional development. Whatever occurs in a child‘s life in the early years may be an indicator of the child‘s developmental trajectory and life-course. Therefore positive parenting is paramount to foster quality parent-child interaction. However, previous research shows that for parents to adopt a positive parenting style, some degree of parental knowledge is required. The aim of this study was to compare the relationship between knowledge of c

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Di, Francesco Nathalie. "Early Childhood Educators' Knowledge of Developmental Milestones (KDM) and Appropriate Play Materials (KPM) in Relation to their Developmentally Appropriate Practices (DAP) in Child Care Centres in Quebec." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/19959.

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The quality of early childhood education and care programs greatly impacts children’s development and well being. The classroom environment, program content and approach and early childhood educators’ characteristics are some of the elements that influence quality and thus have effects on young children’s development. Past research has indicated that early childhood education and care programs in Quebec have received on average low/minimal or mediocre ratings of quality and were also found to lack developmentally appropriate play materials (Drouin, Bigras, Fournier, Desrosiers, & Bernard, 2004

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Stanojevic, Sanja. "Development and use of international reference centiles for lung function in early childhood." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2009. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/18027/.

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Traditionally, in older children and adults, spirometry has been an integral part of the clinical assessment of respiratory diseases; however these tests are relatively novel for preschool children. Like most medical observations, reliable interpretation of spirometry testing in very young children are accompanied by a relative dearth of suitable reference data. To address the lack of appropriate spirometry reference data for young children, this thesis aims to collate available spirometry data from healthy children to develop updated reference centiles for this age group. The Asthma UK collab

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Mitchell, Miriam F. "Parental perceptions of health and child health needs in Early Childhood Care & Development Centres in Amatole District, Eastern Cape, South Africa." University of the Western Cape, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5374.

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Master of Public Health - MPH<br>Background: Parental perceptions of health and child health needs have not been explored within Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) centres in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Although the relationship between social, economic and environmental conditions and health status has been well documented in the literature, it is unknown whether parents of children attending rural ECCD centres, share this understanding. Children have the right to a healthy environment. Many children in rural Eastern Cape live in environments that present challenges in regards

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Moleli, Mahlalele Sylvania. "Home and day care centre environments' role in influencing children's behaviour during early childhood development." University of the Western Cape, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6142.

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Magister Artium - MA (Child and Family Studies)<br>Approximately 70% of children 0-6 years old worldwide are experiencing care between home and day care centre environments that is conceptualised as dual care. These two environments are entry points into early childhood development services, which further demonstrate the relationship of the two environments in child development. Both environments are therefore crucial in influencing children's development and their behaviour. Nonetheless, vast research shows that, without diminishing the influence of the day care environment, the home en

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Lenzo, Terri Brown. "Online Professional Development in Preschool Settings: Music Education Training for Early Childhood Generalists." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1416315624.

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Champagne, Jennifer E. "Relationships Count: A Qualitative Case Study of a Professional Learning Series for Early Interventionists." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1427129042.

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Heaston, Amy R. "The relationship between income level and educational background and parent perceptions of a developmentally appropriate curriculum in an early childhood center." Virtual Press, 1991. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/833011.

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The purpose of this study was to identify parent perceptions of a developmentally appropriate curriculum (goals, teaching strategies, learning activities, and assessment methods) in selected early childhood centers. The relationship between income level and educational background and parent perceptions of a developmentally appropriate curriculum was also studied. Additionally, the relationship between parent perceptions of a developmentally appropriate curriculum and the selection of early childhood centers was examined.The Parent Perception Questionnaire, developed by the researcher, was mail

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Kondo, Chiharu. "Early childhood development (ECD) programs as protective environments for children in emergencies| A case of daycare centers in Iwate, Japan during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster." Thesis, University of Pittsburgh, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3690748.

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<p> The 2011 East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami suddenly took the homes, family members, friends, and familiar neighborhoods away from the children of Iwate. In the midst of this difficult situation, early childhood development (ECD) programs provided protective environments for the young children to access continuous care and development opportunities. This case study examines how these daycare centers in Iwate prepared for, responded to, and coped with the severe natural disaster, providing physical, cognitive, and psychosocial protections to these children.</p><p> The study re-affirmed tha

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Maponya, Mapula. "An analysis of the asset-based community development approach to early childhood development interventions in Grahamstown township pre-schools: a case study of the Centre for Social Development and Rhodes University Community Engagement." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/63670.

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Is the glass half-full or half-empty? The purpose of this research was to show how Centre for Social Development and Rhodes University Community Engagement applies the Asset-Based Community Development approach in ECD interventions in Grahamstown township pre-schools. The subsidiary goals of the research were to highlight the challenges in the Early Childhood Development sector in Gahamstown, find out how the approach contributes to empowerment, participation and sustainability, and analyse the challenges that CSD and RUCE face in applying the approach and the relationship between the two orga

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Muswala, Kapalu. "An exploratory study of the challenges and opportunities that early childhood development centre principles experience in providing services to children in Gugulethu Township, Cape Town." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6821.

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This research project, entitled 'An exploratory study of the challenges and opportunities that early childhood development centre principals experience in providing services to children in Gugulethu Township, Cape Town? adopted a qualitative research design using a semistructured interview schedule for face-to-face interviews with participants. It comprised of 20 participants, all female aged between 44 and 74 years, who had worked as principals in a registered ECD centre for three years and above. The sample was arrived at using a purposive sampling method. The study revealed that principals

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Vallabh, Priya. "How policy discourses and contextual realities influence environmental teaching and learning processes in early childhood development: a case study of the Raglan Road child care centre." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003441.

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This case study considers the relationship between context, school policy and environmental teaching and learning processes at a community-based early childhood development centre in South Africa. The study recognises that educational practices in the early childhood development field are shaped by historical, cultural, economic and political realities at both local and national levels. It is from the understanding that each school is a unique composition of these shaping factors that the research was designed to consider the community-based school participating in this study. By compiling a c

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Fonkem, Nguika Judith. "An Analysis of a Readiness Assessment for establishing a Monitoring and Evaluation System in Early Childhood Development (ECD) Programmes: a case study of Ikamva Labantu Centre, Khayelitsha." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4007.

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Magister Public Health - MPH<br>Over the years major changes have occurred in the focus, approach and application of monitoring and evaluation systems as a result of increased levels of emphasis towards achieving results (outcomes) as opposed to activities and outputs. As the focus of management changes from activities to results, so too has the focal point of M&E shifted from the traditional M&E system of progress monitoring that only deals with assessing inputs and implementation processes, to a results-based M&E system that emphasizes the need to assess the contributions of intervention to

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Hoffman, Jill Ashley. "Promoting Healthy Social-Emotional Development in Vulnerable Young Children: The Importance of Head Start Teachers and Centers." The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1468933916.

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Balton, Sadna. "Family-based activity settings of typically developing three-to-five year old children in a low-income African context." Thesis, Pretoria : [s.n.], 2009. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10172009-122119.

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Gunn, Alexandra Claire. "Visual art education in early childhood centres : teachers' beliefs and practices." Thesis, University of Canterbury. School of Educational Studies and Human Development, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2479.

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Teachers' beliefs and practices in the curriculum area of visual art education, along with relevant theory and the curriculum guidelines Te Whaariki, provide a framework against which teachers plan and implement programmes in visual art education for young children. Three distinct orientations (rote, child-centred, and cognitive) are used to investigate the beliefs and practices of teachers in a sample of Christchurch early childhood centres in order to establish the philosophical perspective that surround the provision of visual art. A distinct influence of child-centred orientation is seen w

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Jervis, Ortiz Pamela. "Essays on early childhood development." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2018. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10058970/.

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Recent research demonstrates that the effects of early childhood environments last a lifetime. There is a vast literature on how parental characteristics and household environment affect investment in children's human capital, but little about how parents' investment decisions and the structure of family dynamics behave. The pathways linking parental characteristics to long-term child outcomes remain unclear. A better understanding of these relationships requires novel modes of inquiry that transcend those of any particular discipline. In this thesis dissertation, I study early skill formation

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Mashon, Danielle Nichole. "Realizing 'quality' in Indigenous early childhood development." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/20591.

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This study used the BC Aboriginal Child Care Society’s (BCACCS) Draft Quality Statement on Aboriginal Child Care (quality statement) as a starting point to identify Indigenous values for early childhood programming and describe how Aboriginal early childhood practitioners implement these values in Indigenous early childhood practice. Building on the view that in early childhood education, we must move ‘beyond quality to meaning-making,’ (Dahlberg, Moss & Pence, 1999), this study explored a working definition of ‘Indigenous quality care,’ comprised of five values reflected in the quality statem

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Fernández, Barrés Sílvia. "Early life factors and childhood obesity development." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/399640.

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L’obesitat infantil és un dels majors problemes de Salut Pública i comença en edat primerenca. Per tant, identificar factor de risc podria ajudar en la prevenció del desenvolupament d’obesitat infantil. L’objectiu principal d’aquesta tesi va ser investigar les associacions prospectives entre factors de risc potencialment modificables de l’embaràs i la infància, i el desenvolupament d’obesitat infantil. Vam utilitzar dades de dues cohorts de naixement del projecte INMA (Espanya) i del Projecte Viva (Estats Units). Vam explorar les associacions entre varis factors de risc pre i postnatals i l’ob

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Lirette, Patricia R. "Barriers to education in early childhood development." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0001/MQ59757.pdf.

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Malkus, Amy J. "Adolescent Brain Development." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2006. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4314.

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De, Gioia Katey, University of Western Sydney, College of Social and Health Sciences, and School of Applied Social and Human Sciences. "Beyond cultural diversity : exploring micro and macro culture in the early childhood setting." THESIS_CSHS_ASH_De Gioai_K.xml, 2003. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/795.

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Experiences in the early years of life are increasingly recognised as significant predictors of long-term cognitive and psychosocial behaviour. This thesis focuses on one aspect of early development: the cultural identity of the young child and investigates the influence of continuity of practice between home and the child care centre in this development. The use of child care services for very young children has increased dramatically in the past two decades. For the first time in history there may be more babies aged 0-3 years in care situations than babies who are cared for at home - this i

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Jung, Myoungwhon. "Professional development in early childhood mathematics examining professional growth in two early childhood teachers through collaboration /." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3215198.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, School of Education, 2006.<br>Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-04, Section: A, page: 1216. Adviser: Mary B. McMullen. "Title from dissertation home page (viewed May 14, 2007)."

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Fischer, Evelin. "Occupation as means and ends in early childhood intervention – A scoping review." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Hälsohögskolan, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-45634.

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Background: Occupational therapy (OT) plays an important role in providing early childhood interventions for children with developmental delay. While paediatric OT has long been guided by developmental principles, occupation-centred interventions have been promoted during the last decades, but no unifying definition exists about the core features. Aims/Objectives: The aim of this paper is to (a) identify and describe how occupation-based and occupation-focused interventions are demonstrated in paediatric occupational therapy for infants and young children with developmental delay, (b) identify

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Lyne, Mark. "Exposure assessment of traffic-related pm10 pollution in outdoor play areas of early childhood centres." Click here to access this resource online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/413.

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This thesis seeks to assess the exposure of children in outdoor play areas of early childhood centres in Auckland City to traffic-related PM10 pollution. An estimated 400 premature deaths occur each year in New Zealand due to motor vehicle emissions. In addition to premature deaths, acute and chronic health effects including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart disease and bronchitis, as well as increased hospitalisations and restricted activity days (sick days) are also associated with vehicle emissions. Epidemiological studies have shown that respiratory diseases suc

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Lo, Pang-yuen. "Early childhood growth patterns and adult health indicators." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2006. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B38030603.

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Spies, Magdelien. "Early childhood development as a pathway to sustainable community development." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6657.

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Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2011.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigated the possibilities of early childhood development (ECD) as pathway to sustainable community development by means of a literature survey and practical research. The main objectives were to determine the usefulness of integrated, ecological ECD as entry point to sustainable community development, to determine how this might be achieved and to reflect on the benefits and limitations of sustainable community development through ECD. A review of the literature emphasized the importance of ECD, as earl

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Roe, Katherine V. "Working memory and language development in early childhood /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC IP addresses, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3069224.

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Argumosa, Melissa Ann. "Development of Face Recognition: Infancy to Early Childhood." FIU Digital Commons, 2010. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/317.

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Perception and recognition of faces are fundamental cognitive abilities that form a basis for our social interactions. Research has investigated face perception using a variety of methodologies across the lifespan. Habituation, novelty preference, and visual paired comparison paradigms are typically used to investigate face perception in young infants. Storybook recognition tasks and eyewitness lineup paradigms are generally used to investigate face perception in young children. These methodologies have introduced systematic differences including the use of linguistic information for children

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Keramidas, Cathy Galyon. "Assessment in Early Childhood." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4157.

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Krassa, Penelope. "An analysis of the feasibility of transferring the English Early Excellence Centres (EEC) Programme to early childhood settings in Greece." Thesis, Coventry University, 2003. http://eprints.worc.ac.uk/292/.

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Worldwide, accumulating evidence indicates an international movement within countries towards the development of integrated early childhood education and care services (OECD, 2001). Not only do demographic trends underscore such a demand, but also extensive research documents the cognitive, social and emotional developmental benefits of high quality integrated provision in early childhood while at the same time contributing to countries’ ability to compete in a global economy (Eming-Young, 2002). This thesis is concerned with an analysis of the feasibility of transferring the English Early Exc

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Parry, Melinda Ann. "Little Machiavellians: Deception in Early Childhood." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194285.

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The analyses in this dissertation were designed to identify 1) whether there is an age effect among three-, four-, and five-year-old preschool children for false-belief understanding, deceptive ability, and deception detection ability, 2) whether there is a gender effect among preschool children for false-belief understanding, deceptive ability, and deception detection ability, 3) whether there is a relationship between false-belief understanding, deceptive ability, and deception detection ability in preschool children, and 4) whether there is a relationship between peer acceptance and false-b

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Lo, Pang-yuen, and 羅鵬遠. "Early childhood growth patterns and adult health indicators." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2006. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B39724864.

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Van, Heerden Judith Cornelia (Judy). "Understanding beneficiaries’ experiences of quality in early learning centres." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28338.

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Additional information available on a CD stored at the Merensky Library.The purpose of this study was to explore the concept of quality in early learning centres which could serve as the groundwork for the development of an early learning quality assurance framework in South Africa. The data used reflects different beneficiaries‘ experiences of quality in early learning centres. The unique contexts of, and situations at early learning centres were considered. A theoretical framework, based on Woodhead‘s model on quality development, informed the study. The framework consists of input (structur

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Campbell, Robin N. "Origins and development of representational systems in early childhood." Thesis, University of Stirling, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/21580.

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It is argued in Chapters 1 to 4 that in cognitive psychology in general, and in the disciplines of language acquisition and cognitive development in particular, there is substantial benefit to be derived from distinguishing between two representational systems, one system being deployed in long-established or highly-practiced functions, and the second deployed in novel tasks, or where difficulties interrupt the first system. It is also argued that the proper subject of cognitive development is the second of these systems. Chapters 5 and 6 are concerned in different ways with the origins of lan

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