Increasing the Competence of Staff Dealing with Young Children.

Autor/inn/en	Palmerus, Kerstin; Pramling, Ingrid
Titel	Increasing the Competence of Staff Dealing with Young Children.
Quelle	(1991), (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Child Caregivers; Child Development; Competency Based Teacher Education; Day Care Centers; Foreign Countries; Individual Needs; Inservice Teacher Education; Preschool Education; Preschool Teachers; Staff Development; Teacher Improvement; Toddlers; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Caregiver; Caregivers; Carer; Child; Children; Kinderbetreuung; Kindesentwicklung; Day care centres; Hort; Ausland; Lehrerfortbildung; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschule; Personnel development; Personalentwicklung; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Schweden
Abstract	This paper reports on a study designed to increase the psychological and educational knowledge of day care staff and develop content and methods appropriate for toddlers in day care settings. Preschool teachers and nursery nurses in three day care centers participated. They were interviewed at the beginning of the study, and 19 months later at the study's end. The interviews dealt with their experience of working with toddlers, expectations for the project, knowledge of child development, work as caregivers and educators, and attitudes toward work. At the beginning of the study, subjects attended a one-week course that covered theories and knowledge about child development and information about the Swedish preschool program. Mediated Learning Experiences (MLE), an intervention program based on adult mediation between the child's experiences and the surrounding environment, was implemented. Every four weeks, interactions between children and staff were videotaped and analyzed. Results indicated that MLE, and the teaching and guidance of the staff, increased the staff's capacity to interact in a stimulating way with children. The interview indicated changes in staff attitudes about the education of toddlers. Viewings of the videotapes enabled staff members to understand their own behavior and increased their ability to individualize and to take the viewpoint of the toddler. Appended are nine references. (GLR)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC