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1、DOCUMENTRESUMEED471903PS030922AUTHORMcMullen,MaryBenson;Alat,KazimTITLEEducationMattersintheNurturingoftheBeliefsofPreschoolCaregiversandTeachers.PUBDATE2002-00-00NOTE17p.;In:EarlyChildhoodResearch&Practice:AnInternetJournalontheDevelopment,Care,andEducationofYoungChildren,Fall2002;seePS03
2、0921.AVAILABLEFROMForfulltext:http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v4n2/mcmullen.html.PUBTYPEJournalArticles(080)--ReportsResearch(143)JOURNALCITEarlyChildhoodResearch&Practice;v4n2Fall2002EDRSPRICEEDRSPriceMF01/PC01PlusPostage.DESCRIPTORSBachelorsDegrees;*Beliefs;CaregiverAttitudes;*ChildCaregivers;*Deve
3、lopmentallyAppropriatePractices;*EducationalAttainment;OutcomesofEducation;*PreschoolTeachers;TeacherAttitudesABSTRACTThisstudyexaminedtherelationshipbetweeneducationalbackgroundandthephilosophicalorientationofearlychildhoodeducatorswhoworkedascaregiversandteachersofpreschoolers,ages3to6ye
4、ars,inonemidwesternstate(Indiana)intheUnitedStates.Specifically,thehighestlevelofeducationattainedbytheearlychildhoodprofessionalsandtheireducationalbackground(whetherspecifictoworkingwithyoungchildrenornot)werecomparedtotheirself-reportedbeliefsaboutbestpracticewithyoungchildren,usingdeve
5、lopmentallyappropriatepractices(DAP)asthephilosophyforcomparison.AcomparisonoffactoranalysesfromthisstudyandfromstudiesconductedbyCharlesworthandcolleaguesin1991and1993indicateclearsimilarities.Asignificant,positivecorrelationwasfoundbetweenlevelofeducationandscoresforself-reportedDAPbelie
6、fs.Resultsfrom2x3ANOVAsofthethreefactorsthatemergedfromthesedataindicatethatprofessionalswithabachelor'sdegreeorhighermorestronglyadoptedDAPasaphilosophyoverallthancolleagueswithlesseducation,whereascourseworkspecifictoworkingwithyoungchildrenwasfoundtobesignificantonlyinthecaseofbeliefsre
7、latedtochild-initiatedlearning.Thus,ingeneral,participantswith4yearsofcollegeormore,evenifinanunrelatedfield,heldstrongerDAPbeliefsthanthosewithlesseducation,evenifthateducationwasdirectlyrelatedtoworkingwithyoungchildren.Thearticlesuggeststhatmoreresearchneed
