Abstract
The combination of education and training for caregivers provides the best preparation
for ensuring high quality of care. Education makes an important difference in the way
in which caregivers interact with children - a difference which is further supplemented
by child-related training. However, for those with no education even small amounts of
training seem to have a significant effect. The level of knowledge relating to development
which is provided by education and training seems to be an important factor in
their effect on adult-child interaction and children's developmental outcomes. Thus,
where only relatively brief training is available to caregivers its' curriculum should be
directed to the provision of the greatest amount of child development knowledge
possible. The type and amount of training and education caregivers have received and
how clearly these are specified varies greatly from study to study making it difficult
to interpret their effects. Future research in this area needs to utilize a common method
of categorizing caregivers' levels of education and training which clearly specifies the
number of caregivers in each category.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 31-39 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Early Childhood Development and Care |
Volume | 141 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1998 |
Keywords
- quality care
- child-related training
- general education