Improving quality of teaching and child development: A randomised controlled trial of the leadership for learning intervention in preschools

INTRODUCTION: Substantial research indicates that high quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) confers a wide range of benefits for children, yet quality in ECEC remains inconsistent. Given the variability in training and qualifications, one strategy for improving ECEC quality is in-servic...

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Autores principales: Siraj, Iram, Melhuish, Edward, Howard, Steven J., Neilsen-Hewett, Cathrine, Kingston, Denise, De Rosnay, Marc, Huang, Runke, Gardiner, Julian, Luu, Betty
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Psychology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9845694/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36687934
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1092284
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author Siraj, Iram
Melhuish, Edward
Howard, Steven J.
Neilsen-Hewett, Cathrine
Kingston, Denise
De Rosnay, Marc
Huang, Runke
Gardiner, Julian
Luu, Betty
author_facet Siraj, Iram
Melhuish, Edward
Howard, Steven J.
Neilsen-Hewett, Cathrine
Kingston, Denise
De Rosnay, Marc
Huang, Runke
Gardiner, Julian
Luu, Betty
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description INTRODUCTION: Substantial research indicates that high quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) confers a wide range of benefits for children, yet quality in ECEC remains inconsistent. Given the variability in training and qualifications, one strategy for improving ECEC quality is in-service professional development (PD). METHODS: The current study evaluated an evidence-based in-service PD programme, Leadership for Learning, via a cluster randomised controlled trial involving 83 ECEC services and 1,346 children in their final year of pre-school. RESULTS: Results indicated significant improvements in teaching quality across treatment centres and child development outcomes in language, numeracy and social-emotional development. DISCUSSION: This study provides strong support for making evidence-informed PD routinely available for ECEC practitioners.
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spelling pubmed-98456942023-01-19 Improving quality of teaching and child development: A randomised controlled trial of the leadership for learning intervention in preschools Siraj, Iram Melhuish, Edward Howard, Steven J. Neilsen-Hewett, Cathrine Kingston, Denise De Rosnay, Marc Huang, Runke Gardiner, Julian Luu, Betty Front Psychol Psychology INTRODUCTION: Substantial research indicates that high quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) confers a wide range of benefits for children, yet quality in ECEC remains inconsistent. Given the variability in training and qualifications, one strategy for improving ECEC quality is in-service professional development (PD). METHODS: The current study evaluated an evidence-based in-service PD programme, Leadership for Learning, via a cluster randomised controlled trial involving 83 ECEC services and 1,346 children in their final year of pre-school. RESULTS: Results indicated significant improvements in teaching quality across treatment centres and child development outcomes in language, numeracy and social-emotional development. DISCUSSION: This study provides strong support for making evidence-informed PD routinely available for ECEC practitioners. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9845694/ /pubmed/36687934 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1092284 Text en Copyright © 2023 Siraj, Melhuish, Howard, Neilsen-Hewett, Kingston, De Rosnay, Huang, Gardiner and Luu. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Siraj, Iram
Melhuish, Edward
Howard, Steven J.
Neilsen-Hewett, Cathrine
Kingston, Denise
De Rosnay, Marc
Huang, Runke
Gardiner, Julian
Luu, Betty
Improving quality of teaching and child development: A randomised controlled trial of the leadership for learning intervention in preschools
title Improving quality of teaching and child development: A randomised controlled trial of the leadership for learning intervention in preschools
title_full Improving quality of teaching and child development: A randomised controlled trial of the leadership for learning intervention in preschools
title_fullStr Improving quality of teaching and child development: A randomised controlled trial of the leadership for learning intervention in preschools
title_full_unstemmed Improving quality of teaching and child development: A randomised controlled trial of the leadership for learning intervention in preschools
title_short Improving quality of teaching and child development: A randomised controlled trial of the leadership for learning intervention in preschools
title_sort improving quality of teaching and child development: a randomised controlled trial of the leadership for learning intervention in preschools
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9845694/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36687934
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1092284
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