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2010 annual membership survey for the National Childminding Association (NCMA)
Qa Research, March, 2010
Bromley, United Kingdom: National Childminding Association.

A study of English and Welsh family child care providers, including their business practices, pay and working conditions, participation in family child care networks and quality improvement initiatives, and qualifications and training, based on interviews with 1,001 randomly selected members of a national association of family child care providers

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2010 District of Columbia child care market rates and capacity utilization: A study of licensed family home and child care center providers in the District of Columbia: Final report
University of the District of Columbia. Center for Applied Research and Urban Policy, October, 2010
Washington, DC: District of Columbia, Office of the State Superintendent of Education, Division of Early Childhood Education.

A study of child care market rates in the District of Columbia in 2010 by provider type and child age, as well as an examination of provider characteristics, compensation, benefits, and out-of-school time services offered, based on a survey of 93 family child care providers and 221 child care centers

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Addressing asthma management challenges in a multisite, urban Head Start program
Garwick, Ann W., July/August 2010
Public Health Nursing, 27(4), 329-336

A participatory action research project to develop an action plan to address asthma management challenges identified by Head Start teachers in a midwestern multisite urban program

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Adult response to children's exploratory behaviours: An exploratory study
Chak, Amy, June 2010
Early Child Development and Care, 180(5), 633-646

An examination of the potential responses to children’s exploratory behavior and the assumptions and rationale behind those responses, based on the responses of 19 preschool teachers and 14 parents to vignettes and interview questions

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Alabama Early Learning Guidelines training assessment
Auburn University at Montgomery. Center for Government and Public Affairs, November, 2010
Montgomery: Alabama, Child Care Services Division.

An examination of child care workers' experiences of the Alabama Early Learning Guidelines (AELG) training program, based on a survey of 137 child care workers who had received the AELG credential

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Analysis of communication skill and interpersonal problem solving in preschool trainees
Arslan, Emel, 2010
Social Behavior and Personality, 38(4), 523-530

A study of the relationship between communication skills and interpersonal problem solving skills of preschool teacher trainees, based on survey data from 453 preschool teacher trainees from Selcuk University in Konya, Turkey

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An analysis of the effects of in-service teacher training on Turkish preschool teachers' attitudes towards inclusion
Secer, Zarife, March 2010
International Journal of Early Years Education, 18(1), 43-53

An examination of attitudes towards inclusion prior to and after an in-service training on children with special educational needs from a survey of 66 preschool teachers

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Analysis of a mentoring program to change attitudes related to turnover of special needs teachers
Eson-Brizo, Jaimie, 2010
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

A qualitative study of teachers' reasons for turnover, perceptions of successful program components, ideas for program implementation, and feedback on a pilot teacher mentoring program from semi-structured interviews with 5 newly-hired teachers in a preschool for autistic students in the 2008-2009 school year

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Analysis of ongoing participation in a child care workforce cash incentive programme in the United States
Gable, Sara, July 2010
Early Child Development and Care, 180(6), 719-734

A study of factors associated with the continued participation of child care center staff in the Workforce Initiative (WIN) paid professional development program, based on data collected through the initial surveys and semiannual telephone interviews of 400 staff from 99 child care centers over the course of 3 years

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'And hairdressers are quite seedy...’: The moral worth of childcare training
Vincent, Carol, June 2010
Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 11(2), 175-191

A qualitative study of learner identity creation through participation in the early child care coursework based on interviews with 42 early child care students in two Further Education colleges in Greater London in 2008 and 2009

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Assessing, teaming, and reflecting: Student outcomes from participating in a play-based assessment
Bruns, Deborah A., October 2010
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 31(4), 344-359

An account of the inclusion of a play-based assessment (PBA) of children's development into early childhood special education preservice teachers' curricula

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Assessment by interview and portfolio in a graduate school program
McArdle, Felicity, January 2010
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 31(1), 86-96

An investigation of interview panels as authentic assessment with 63 Graduate Diploma of Education (Early Years) preservice teachers at the Queensland University of Technology in Australia as part of their end of the semester assessment in their 1-year program

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Basic factors that affect general academic motivation levels of candidate preschool teachers
Celikoz, Nadir, Fall 2010
Education, 131(1), 113-127

An investigation of personal and familial factors associated with both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation levels of preservice early care and education teachers, based on data from 285 students in Turkey at Selcuk University Faculty of Vocational Education in the 2007-2008 academic year

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Being Professional?: Conceptualising early years professionalism in England
Simpson, Donald, March 2010
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 18(1), 5-14

A qualitative study of professional identity development from 16 face-to-face semi-structured interviews with 8 early years professionals in northeast England in the fall of 2007

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Beliefs about classroom practices and teachers' education level: An examination of developmentally appropriate and inappropriate beliefs in early childhood classrooms
Han, Jisu, October 2010
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 31(4), 307-321

A comparison of the beliefs of lead teachers and assistant teachers on developmentally appropriate practices in early childhood classrooms, based on a sample of 35 lead teachers and 27 teacher assistants in public prekindergarten classrooms

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Beyond homes and centers: The workforce in three California early childhood infrastructure organizations
Whitebook, Marcy, 2010
Berkeley, CA: University of California, Berkeley, Center for the Study of Child Care Employment.

A profile of workers in three types early childhood infrastructure organizations--child care resource and referral agencies, First 5 commissions, and child care coordinators--based on a survey of 1,558 workers in infrastructure organizations in California in 2009

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A 'break with tradition' in interwar teacher education
Whitehead, Kay, May 2010
Gender and Education, 22(3), 279-294

A historical study of Lillian de Lissaat, the first principal of Gypsy Hill Training College, the first nursery school teacher preparation program in Australia, between 1917 and 1947, and an historical study of the relationships between young women students' social worlds, teacher educators' understandings, teacher education curriculum, and the institutional culture of the college

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Building Iowa's child care workforce for the 21st century: Results of the center and family Child Care Provider Wage Study
Shelley, Mack, 17 March, 2010
Des Moines: Iowa Workforce Development.

A study of the characteristics of the Iowa child care workforce, including education, training, income, benefits, and turnover, based on survey responses from 73 child care center directors, 390 registered family child care providers, and 131 unregistered family child care providers

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The business of caring: Women's self-employment and the marketization of care
Anderson, Nickela, July 2010
Gender, Work & Organization, 17(4), 381-405

A qualitative study of the working conditions, pay, and levels of satisfaction of care workers who are self-employed, based on interviews with 20 female domestic cleaners or child care providers in a large city in Alberta in the summer of 2004

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Care workers in Argentina: At the crossroads of labour market institutions and care services
Esquivel, Valeria, December, 2010
International Labour Review, 149(4), 477-493

Analyses of the wages and working conditions of both early education and care workers and domestic workers in the Argentine labor force, based on a secondary analysis of data from the Permanent Household Survey of Argentina and other sources

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Centering community services around early childhood care and development: Promising practices in indigenous communities in Canada
Ball, Jessica, 2010
Child Health and Education, 2(2), 28-51

An examination of the relationship between the participation of three groups of Canadian indigenous communities in the First Nations Partnership Program, a bicultural university-accredited diploma program in child and youth care, and the funding, organization, and outreach efforts of locally-based programs that serve those communities' child care and development needs, based on interviews, questionnaires, and group discussions with 76 community members

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Childcare and early years providers survey 2009
Phillips, Rachel, July 2010
(Research Report DFE-RR012). Runcorn, United Kingdom: Great Britain, Department for Education.

A comparison of characteristics--including characteristics of children served, provider income, and staff size, wages, recruitment, qualifications, and training--of child care and early education provider organizations in eight sectors--family child care providers, out-of-school time providers, full-day care providers, part-day providers, Sure Start children's centers, preschools, primary schools with only transition classes for four- and five-year-old children, and primary schools with both preschool and transition classes--in the United Kingdom

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Child Care Consultation Pilot Project: Evaluation report
Fung, Jennifer, June 2010
Olympia: Washington State, Department of Early Learning.

An investigation into the relationship between providers' access to children's mental health professionals and improvements in providers' knowledge and children's behavior, based on information gathered from 61 child care providers who received classroom consultation services and 6 mental health classroom consultants in King, Thurston, and Yakima Counties in Washington

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Child Care Contribution Tax Credit pilot project: Final report
Worcel, Sonia D., October 2010
Portland, OR: NPC Research.

A study of the impact on family and child care provider outcomes of the Child Care Contribution Tax Credit, a pilot project in two Oregon counties that provided subsidies to parents and wage enhancements, financial and technical support, and professional development opportunities to child care providers

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Child care professional development provider surveys
Kane, Stephanie L., June, 2010
(SSRU Technical Report 09-04-15). Moscow, ID: University of Idaho, Social Science Research Unit.

A study of the characteristics of Idaho child care workers and facilities, including worker education, training, experience, income, and career decisions, and facility type, employment, and enrollment of children with disabilities or medical conditions, based on surveys from 656 workers

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