Combining Preschool Teacher Training with Parenting Education : A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
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 (teach...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26781359/combining-preschool-teacher-training-parenting-education-cluster-randomized-controlled-trial http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25130 |
| 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. |
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