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Teachers' Education, Classroom Quality, and Young Children's Academic Skills

Results From Seven Studies of Preschool Programs

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ID23344366
AuthorsDiane Early (0000-0002-9071-700X, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, corresponding author), Diane M Early (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Kelly Maxwell (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Kelly L Maxwell (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Margaret Burchinal (0000-0002-3606-7843, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Soumya Alva (0000-0001-9404-1898, Westat Inc), Randall H Bender (0000-0001-5565-4712, RTI International), Donna Bryant (0000-0001-9539-7386, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Karen Cai (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Richard M Clifford (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Caroline Ebanks (Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education), James A Griffin (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH), Gary T Henry (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Carollee Howes (0000-0001-5902-7855, University of California, Los Angeles), Jeniffer Iriondo-Perez (RTI International), Jeniffer Iriondo‐Perez (RTI International), Hyun-Joo Jeon (University of California, Los Angeles), Hyun‐Joo Jeon (0000-0001-6243-4881, University of California, Los Angeles), Andrew J Mashburn (University of Virginia), Ellen Peisner‐feinberg (0000-0001-9716-9977, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Ellen Peisner-Feinberg (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Robert C Pianta (0000-0002-6280-8051, University of Virginia), Nathan Vandergrift (0000-0001-9994-5466, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Nicholas Zill (Westat Inc)
Year2007
Volume78
Issue2
Pages558-580
Publication date2007-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChild Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0009-3920 • E-ISSN: 1467-8624
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01014.x
PMID17381790
OpenAlexW2134073716
LanguageEN
Citations received218
References cited24

In an effort to provide high-quality preschool education, policymakers are increasingly requiring public preschool 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.

Academic achievement · Academic skills · Bachelor · Developmental psychology · Early childhood · Early childhood education · Mathematics education · Medical education · Pedagogy · Political science · Preschool education · Quality (philosophy) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Early Childhood Education and Development · Medicine · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology

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