Essays On Child Care And Child Development
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| Author | : John Ronald Lally |
| Publisher | : WestEd |
| Total Pages | : 292 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 0914409395 |
Leading experts in infant/toddler development have contributed succinct essays drawn from research, theory, clinical case studies, and carefully documented practice. Each essay represents current thinking in the field of infant/toddler development and care. Individually and as a collection, the essays provide a springboard for reflection, discussion, and further exploration, especially for infant/toddler professionals seeking to enhance their programs and for students in the field of early care and education.
| Author | : Sungjoon Kwon |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 171 |
| Release | : 2019 |
| Genre | : Child care |
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This dissertation consists of two chapters. In the first chapter, I analyze the effects of child care subsidy versus income transfer programs on child cognitive and non-cognitive skill development. This is an important study because of large variation across countries in the allocation of public funds for support of families between child care subsidies and cash transfer programs. I specify and structurally estimate a model of household decisions about labor supply and child care, jointly with cognitive and non-cognitive skill production functions, using data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Counterfactual simulations show that child care subsidies have a positive effect on cognitive skill, and a negative effect on non-cognitive skill. The simulations show that income transfers improve both types of skills, but the effects per dollar of government expenditure are smaller than the effects of child care subsidies. The results also suggest that child care subsidies are more effective in improving children's skills when they are used for low income families, and that imposing a maternal work requirement is important for income transfers to be effective for improving child skill development. In the second chapter, I study the effect of non-maternal childcare time on children's cognitive achievement, using data from the Child Development Supplement of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Using a specification that carefully distinguishes non-maternal child care and maternal work, I find sizable negative effects of non-maternal childcare, resulting mainly from use of informal childcare when children are very young. However, the negative effect of non-maternal childcare can be at least partially offset by the positive effect of maternal work and the positive effect of income from maternal work. The results also show that children in low income families have a negative impact of maternal work, and the adverse effects of non-maternal childcare and maternal work cannot be offset by the positive impact of income from maternal work. Finally, I show that controlling for maternal work results in a 43% increase in the negative effect of non-maternal child care
| Author | : National Research Council |
| Publisher | : National Academies Press |
| Total Pages | : 587 |
| Release | : 2015-07-23 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0309324882 |
Children are already learning at birth, and they develop and learn at a rapid pace in their early years. This provides a critical foundation for lifelong progress, and the adults who provide for the care and the education of young children bear a great responsibility for their health, development, and learning. Despite the fact that they share the same objective - to nurture young children and secure their future success - the various practitioners who contribute to the care and the education of children from birth through age 8 are not acknowledged as a workforce unified by the common knowledge and competencies needed to do their jobs well. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 explores the science of child development, particularly looking at implications for the professionals who work with children. This report examines the current capacities and practices of the workforce, the settings in which they work, the policies and infrastructure that set qualifications and provide professional learning, and the government agencies and other funders who support and oversee these systems. This book then makes recommendations to improve the quality of professional practice and the practice environment for care and education professionals. These detailed recommendations create a blueprint for action that builds on a unifying foundation of child development and early learning, shared knowledge and competencies for care and education professionals, and principles for effective professional learning. Young children thrive and learn best when they have secure, positive relationships with adults who are knowledgeable about how to support their development and learning and are responsive to their individual progress. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 offers guidance on system changes to improve the quality of professional practice, specific actions to improve professional learning systems and workforce development, and research to continue to build the knowledge base in ways that will directly advance and inform future actions. The recommendations of this book provide an opportunity to improve the quality of the care and the education that children receive, and ultimately improve outcomes for children.
| Author | : Wendy Mogel |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 320 |
| Release | : 2008-12-02 |
| Genre | : Family & Relationships |
| ISBN | : 1416593063 |
Provides parents with advice on using Jewish teachings from the Torah and Talmud to overcome struggles with raising children, nurture strengths and uniqueness, and encourage respectfulness towards their parents and others.
| Author | : David Elkind |
| Publisher | : New York : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 324 |
| Release | : 1979 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
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| Release | : 2007 |
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This research investigates three topics in child care quality, mother's labor supply, and early childhood development. In the first study, we evaluate how child care quality influences the potential impacts of mothers' labor supply on child development. Although, previous studies have acknowledged the importance of the quality of child care, none have integrated quality in analyzing the effects of maternal employment. We find that the negative effect often found in past studies is largely due to the use of low quality child care. The question we ask in the next study is, "What are the effects of child care quality on child development?" In this study we tried to separate out the contribution of initial child ability in child test scores of development from the effects of other inputs, particularly child care quality. We show that even after resolving endogeneity issues, we still find that child care quality has a significant positive effect on early cognitive development. The third study investigates the determinants of households' demand for child care, particularly, child care quality. We determine if households' choices regarding child care quality, as well as quantity, respond to economic factors. A family's condition is defined by the combination of family choices on mother's work status, mode and payment type of child care, and child's age. We group families by condition and estimate demand for child care quality and hours by group. The results indicate that higher income will lead to higher quality for non-working mothers but lower quality for some working mothers. Demand for quality by non-working mothers are more price sensitive than working mothers. Wage effects on quality are positive only for users of home-based care. Demand for quality is more sensitive to economic factors when the child is around 3 years old than at 6 months. These results suggest that the form, target and timing of financial assistance need to be considered for it to be effective in promoting the use of quality care.
| Author | : United States. Office of Child Development |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 130 |
| Release | : 1975 |
| Genre | : Day care centers |
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| Author | : Frances O'Connell Rust |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 156 |
| Release | : 1989 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 9780807729847 |
This collection of essays by child advocates explores three interconnected facets of the child care and education field: the broad sociocultural contexts influencing the development of young children and their families, the evolution of specific settings or programs where care and education occur, and the emerging consciousness of early childhood educators and care providers toward their responsibility for refinement of practice. Following an introduction (Frances O'Connell Rust and Leslie R. Williams) noting the convergence of what were generally separate fields-care and education-the essays and their authors are: (1) "Welfare Reform: Serving America's Children" (Daniel Patrick Moynihan); (2) "Economic Issues Related to Child Care and Early Childhood Education" (Marian Wright Edelman); (3) "Racism and the Education of Young Children" (James P. Comer); (4) "Early Interventions to Reduce Intergenerational Disadvantage: The New Policy Context" (Lisbeth B. Schorr); (5) "Is the Young Child Egocentric or Sociocentric?" (Patrick C. Lee); "Kindergarten: Current Circumstances Affecting Curriculum" (Doris Pronin Fromberg); (6) "A Comprehensive Model for Integrating Child Care and Early Childhood Education" (Bettye M. Caldwell); (7) "An Early Childhood Center Developmental Model for Public School Settings" (Guy P. Haskins and Samuel J. Alessi, Jr.); (8) "The Consequences of Employer Involvement in Child Care" (Renee Yablans Magid); (9) "Self-Reflection as an Element of Professionalism" (Barbara T. Bowman); (10) "Early Childhood in Public Education: Managing Change in a Change Field" (Frances O'Connell Rust); (11) "The New Advocacy in Early Childhood Education" (Sharon Lynn Kagan); and (12) "New Visions, New Voices: Future Directions in the Care and Education of Young Children" (Leslie R. Williams). (HTH)
| Author | : Christopher P. Brown |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 760 |
| Release | : 2019-04-23 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1119148065 |
The essential resource to the issues surrounding childhood care and education with contributions from noted experts The Wiley Handbook of Early Childhood Care and Education is a comprehensive resource that offers a review of the historical aspects, best practices, and the future directions of the field. With contributions from noted experts in the field, the book contains 30 interdisciplinary essays that explore in-depth the central issues of early childhood care and education. The handbook presents a benchmark reference to the basic knowledge, effective approaches to use with young children, curriculum design, professional development, current policies, and other critical information. The expert contributors address the myriad complex policy and practice issues that are most relevant today. The essays provide insight into topics such as child development and diversity, the sociocultural process of child development, the importance of the home environment in the lives of young children, early childhood special education, teaching and learning literacy, and much more. This important resource: Presents a comprehensive synopsis of the major components of the field of early childhood care and education Contains contributions from leading scholars, researchers, and experts in the field Offers the foundational knowledge and practices for working with young children Puts the focus on how early childhood works and presents an understanding of culture as a foundational component of both child development and early childhood education Written for academic scholars, researchers, advocates, policymakers, and students of early childhood care and education, The Wiley Handbook of Early Childhood Care and Education is a comprehensive resource to the major issues for dealing with childhood care and education with contributions from noted scholars in the field.
| Author | : National Research Council |
| Publisher | : National Academies Press |
| Total Pages | : 381 |
| Release | : 1990-02-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0309040329 |
Few issues have aroused more heated public debate than that of day care for children of working parents. Who should be responsible for providing child careâ€"government, employers, schools, communities? What types of care are best? This volume explores the critical need for a more coherent policy on child care and offers recommendations for the actions needed to develop such a policy. Who Cares for America's Children? looks at the barriers to developing a national child care policy, evaluates the factors in child care that are most important to children's development, and examines ways of protecting children's physical well-being and fostering their development in child care settings. It also describes the "patchwork quilt" of child care services currently in use in America and the diversity of support programs available, such as referral services. Child care providers (whether government, employers, commercial for-profit, or not-for-profit), child care specialists, policymakers, researchers, and concerned parents will find this comprehensive volume an invaluable resource on child care in America.
