Journal Article

Teachers' education, classroom quality, and young children's academic skills: results from seven studies of preschool programs

u.a, Early, Diane M

2007

Overview

In an effort to provide high-quality preschool education, policymakers are increasingly requiring public pre-school teachers to have at least a Bachelor's degree, preferably in early childhood education. Seven major studies of early care and education were used to predict classroom quality and children's academic outcomes from the educational attainment and major of teachers of 4-year-olds. The findings indicate largely null or contradictory associations, indicating that policies focused solely on increasing teachers' education will not suffice for improving classroom quality or maximizing children's academic gains. Instead, raising the effectiveness of early childhood education likely will require a broad range of professional development activities and supports targeted toward teachers' interactions with children.

• Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc,Blackwell Publishers,Blackwell Publishing,Blackwell,Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subject: Academic Achievement / Academic education / Achievement Gains / Attainment / Baccalaureate degrees / Bachelors degrees / Bildungsqualität / Biological and medical sciences / Child care / Child development / Child, Preschool / Childhood / Children / Classrooms / Curriculum - standards / Data Collection / Early childhood education / Early Intervention (Education) / Education policy / Educational attainment / Educational evaluation / Educational Policy / Educational psychology / Educational Quality / Educational research / Educational Status / Elementarbereich / Empirical Articles / Female / Fertigkeit / Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology / Humans / Inservice Training - standards / Lehrerbildung / Leistungsmessung / Male / Policy making / Pre-school education / Preschool children / Preschool Education / Preschool Teachers / Preschools / Professional Competence - standards / Professional Development / Professional training / Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry / Psychology. Psychophysiology / Pupil and student. Academic achievement and failure / Qualitative analysis / Quality Assurance, Health Care - standards / Quality of education / Schools, Nursery / Social interaction / Teacher Education / Teacher Qualifications / Teacher Student Relationship / Teacher training / Teachers / Teaching - standards / United States / Unterrichtsqualität / Vereinigte Staaten / Young Children