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The relationship between teacher qualification and the quality of the early childhood education and care environment: a systematic review

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Abstract

This Campbell systematic review examines the current empirical evidence on the correlation between teacher qualifications and the quality of the early childhood learning environments. The review summarises findings from 48 studies with 82 independent samples. Studies included children from pre-kindergarten and kindergarteners prior to elementary/primary school and centre-based providers. Overall, the results show that higher teacher qualifications are significantly correlated with higher quality early childhood education and care. The education level of the teachers or caregivers is positively correlated to overall ECEC qualities measured by the environment rating scale. There is also a positive correlation between teacher qualification and subscale ratings including program structure, language and reasoning.

Author
Manning, Matthew
Garvis, Susanne
Fleming, Christopher
Wong, Gabriel T.W.
Year of publication
2017
Pages
0
Series
Campbell Systematic Review
Level of education
Source database
library
Language