Revisiting the Two Faces of Child Care Quality: Structure and Process
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Deborah J. Cassidy, Professor (Creator)
- Linda L. Hestenes, Associate Professor (Creator)
- Stephen Hestenes (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: While child care quality has been examined in numerous studies, the definition of quality and specifically, the concepts of structural and process quality, have not been adequately explored. In this qualitative analysis of the constructs of process and structural quality, a content analysis of the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised (ECERS-R), a commonly used measure of process quality, was conducted to investigate its use as a measure of process quality. Through constant comparative analysis of the ECERS-R at the indicator level, definitions of structure and process were formulated. Results show that over half of the indicators of the ECERS-R are measuring structural quality rather than process quality. Further examination of quality as a dynamic exchange between individuals and context is needed to advance research in the area of early childhood program quality.
Revisiting the Two Faces of Child Care Quality: Structure and Process
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- Publication
- Language: English
- Date: 2005
- Keywords
- Education, Early Childhood, Child Care, Quality