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Spring 2016
The increased use of digital devices in the home for work, communication, entertainment, and information searching makes these devices attractive to young children, who learn to communicate by observing and interacting with family members. This qualitative study examined 11 Canadian and...
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An Ethnographic Study of Immigrant and Refugee Women’s Knowledge Construction in an Early Childhood Teacher Education Program
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Immigrant/refugee women may gravitate to the field of early childhood education (ECE) to fill the national and provincial need for teachers (Beach, Friendly, Ferns, Prabhu, & Forer, 2008; CCHRS, 2009) in an occupation that is deemed to be very accessible to newcomers (Service Canada, 2011)....
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Autonomy-support and control: observed mother-father differences and parents' contributions to preschool social-emotional competence
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In a sample of 57 two-parent families, the current study investigated: (a) mother-father differences in observed autonomy supportive and control behaviours (i.e., directives and negative, parent-centered control); and (b) mothers’ and fathers’ unique and relative contributions to children’s later...
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Fall 2012
Interest is growing in early learning experiences and in the quality of the child care young children are receiving. In 2005, the Alberta government introduced a voluntary child care accreditation program, the first of its kind in Canada. The purpose of this research is to describe how the...
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Cultural Approaches to Evaluating Indigenous Early Intervention Programs: A Case Study of Aboriginal Head Start
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There is a dearth of research on early childhood development (ECD) programs for Canadian Indigenous children and little has been written about their evaluation; many researchers argue that assessments concerning Indigenous children and programs require culturally appropriate approaches....
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1990-07-01
The Child Poverty Action Group
A proposal prepared by the Child Poverty Action Group. Includes 1989-90 High Needs Project Evaluation, St. Sophia School; May 1989 Alberta Facts
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2023-02-02
SSHRC IDG awarded 2023: Youth, and in particular boys, who struggle with developing skills to regulate their emotions and behavior are frequently viewed as “problematic,” “lazy,” “disruptive,” and “all over the place” in classrooms, on playgrounds, and at family dinners. Indeed, youth who...