The Role of Professional Exchange in Improving Language-Related Process Quality in Daycare Centres

Autor/inn/en	Resa, Elisabeth; Groeneveld, Imke; Turani, Daniel; Anders, Yvonne
Titel	The Role of Professional Exchange in Improving Language-Related Process Quality in Daycare Centres
Quelle	In: Research Papers in Education, 33 (2018) 4, S.414-433 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0267-1522
DOI	10.1080/02671522.2017.1353671
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Early Childhood Education; Child Care; Native Language Instruction; Educational Quality; Informal Education; School Personnel; Professional Development; Statistical Analysis; Rating Scales; Online Surveys; Germany; Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale; Infant Toddler Environment Rating Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Native language education; Muttersprachlicher Unterricht; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Schulpersonal; Statistische Analyse; Rating-Skala; Deutschland
Abstract	Research has shown that in Germany, language skills differ greatly already at the preschool age. There is, therefore, a strong need for high-quality language education in institutional early childhood education and care. The fact that Early childhood education and care quality has been shown to be rather low calls for implementing evidence-based strategies for effectively improving language-related process quality, the burden of which falls heavily on early childhood professionals. Identifying supporting conditions for their work is therefore a major concern. The present study explores the extent to which professional exchange is related to the development of language-related process quality while controlling for variables of structural quality. Data from 335 childcare centres from the evaluation study of the federal programme 'Core Daycare Centres for Language & Integration' was used. Structural background variables and the index of professional exchange were included in regression models to predict the development of language-related process quality. Professional exchange was positively associated with the development of language-related process quality. The conclusion of this study is that regular professional exchange within the team on the topic of language education contributes significantly to developing quality in childcare centres. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01