TY - JOUR
T1 - Participatory Professional Development and Preschool Quality
T2 - Evidence from a Mixed-methods Study
AU - Dietrichson, Jens
AU - Ringsmose, Charlotte
AU - Christoffersen, Mogens Nygaard
AU - Svinth, Lone
PY - 2021/5/6
Y1 - 2021/5/6
N2 - We used a mixed-methods approach to evaluate a professional development intervention where researchers, preschool teachers, and assistants collaborated to develop ways to improve adult-child interaction. The quantitative evaluation used a cluster-randomized trial where we randomly assigned sixteen preschool units in a Danish municipality to either a treatment group or a control group. The qualitative investigation used focus group interviews. The quantitative evaluation found no significant effects of the intervention on children's social-emotional, language, and preliteracy skills. The qualitative analysis showed examples of changed beliefs and practices, and indications that the intervention's focus on selected staff rather than all staff reduced its impact.
AB - We used a mixed-methods approach to evaluate a professional development intervention where researchers, preschool teachers, and assistants collaborated to develop ways to improve adult-child interaction. The quantitative evaluation used a cluster-randomized trial where we randomly assigned sixteen preschool units in a Danish municipality to either a treatment group or a control group. The qualitative investigation used focus group interviews. The quantitative evaluation found no significant effects of the intervention on children's social-emotional, language, and preliteracy skills. The qualitative analysis showed examples of changed beliefs and practices, and indications that the intervention's focus on selected staff rather than all staff reduced its impact.
KW - Language development
KW - Mixed-methods
KW - Preschool
KW - Professional development
KW - Social-emotional development
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85106657045&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.23865/nse.v41.2342
DO - 10.23865/nse.v41.2342
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1891-5914
VL - 41
SP - 80
EP - 110
JO - Nordic Studies in Education
JF - Nordic Studies in Education
IS - 2
ER -