All It Takes for a Teacher Is to Know the Children? An Empirical Study on Increasing Child Development in Vietnamese Preschools
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| Title: | All It Takes for a Teacher Is to Know the Children? An Empirical Study on Increasing Child Development in Vietnamese Preschools |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Cabus, Sofie (ORCID |
| Source: | Journal of Research in Childhood Education. 2023 37(3):387-404. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 18 |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Early Childhood Education Preschool Education |
| Descriptors: | Child Development, Preschool Education, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged, At Risk Persons, Ethnic Groups, Minority Groups, Diversity, Faculty Development, Preschool Teachers, Holistic Approach, Foreign Countries, Social Emotional Learning, Health Behavior, Gender Differences, Cognitive Ability, Educational Change, Teacher Student Relationship |
| Geographic Terms: | Vietnam |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02568543.2023.2211119 |
| ISSN: | 0256-8543 2150-2641 |
| Abstract: | Process-oriented child monitoring (POM) deals with systematic monitoring of the observed learning needs of children in early childhood education by teachers. Between 2017 and 2021, a teacher professional development trajectory was implemented using POM in ethnically diverse preschools in Central Vietnam. These preschools typically consist of disadvantaged children at risk of barriers to classroom activity engagement. This study evaluates the effectiveness of POM using a pre- and posttest research design with a treatment and control group. Participants (N = 339) in the study were assigned to the treatment or control group using a clustered-randomized sampling approach. Whereas Kinh children rarely occur in the school population, the analysis focuses on ethnic minorities only in both treatment and control groups. Results indicate that POM is promising in increasing holistic child development. Five-year-old girls show most progression in cognitive functioning and socio-emotional development, while boys at this age indicate advances in socio-emotional development and health behaviors. Further evidence indicates that changes in teaching children from poor households play out much faster for child development, as opposed to what is observed among wealthier households. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2023 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1396137 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | Process-oriented child monitoring (POM) deals with systematic monitoring of the observed learning needs of children in early childhood education by teachers. Between 2017 and 2021, a teacher professional development trajectory was implemented using POM in ethnically diverse preschools in Central Vietnam. These preschools typically consist of disadvantaged children at risk of barriers to classroom activity engagement. This study evaluates the effectiveness of POM using a pre- and posttest research design with a treatment and control group. Participants (N = 339) in the study were assigned to the treatment or control group using a clustered-randomized sampling approach. Whereas Kinh children rarely occur in the school population, the analysis focuses on ethnic minorities only in both treatment and control groups. Results indicate that POM is promising in increasing holistic child development. Five-year-old girls show most progression in cognitive functioning and socio-emotional development, while boys at this age indicate advances in socio-emotional development and health behaviors. Further evidence indicates that changes in teaching children from poor households play out much faster for child development, as opposed to what is observed among wealthier households. |
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| ISSN: | 0256-8543 2150-2641 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02568543.2023.2211119 |
