Combining Preschool Teacher Training with Parenting Education : A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial / Berk Ozler.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Ozler, Berk.

Contributor:

Fernald, Lia C. H.

Fraga, Eduardo.

Kariger, Patricia.

McConnell, Christin.

Neuman, Michelle.

Ozler, Berk.

Series:

Policy research working papers.

World Bank e-Library.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Early Childhood Development.

Education.

Parenting Education.

Preschool Teacher Training.

Local Subjects:

Early Childhood Development.

Education.

Parenting Education.

Preschool Teacher Training.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (87 pages)

Other Title:

Combining Preschool Teacher Training with Parenting Education

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2016.

System Details:

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Summary:

This paper evaluates a government program in Malawi, which aimed to improve quality at community-based childcare centers and complemented these efforts with a group-based parenting support program. Children in the integrated intervention arm (teacher training and parenting) had significantly higher scores in measures of language and socio-emotional development than children in centers receiving teacher training alone at the 18-month follow-up. However, the study finds no effects on child assessments at the 36-month follow-up. Significant improvements at the centers relating to classroom organization and teacher behavior in the teacher-training only arm did not translate into improvements in child outcomes at either follow-up. The findings suggest that, in resource-poor settings with informal preschools, programs that integrate parenting support within preschools may be more effective than programs that simply improve classroom quality.