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Global Quality Change Through The Baby Steps Project For Infant And Toddler Child Care Programs In Rural And Urban Utah, Maegan Lokteff
Global Quality Change Through The Baby Steps Project For Infant And Toddler Child Care Programs In Rural And Urban Utah, Maegan Lokteff
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
High quality infant and toddler (IT) child care has repeatedly been linked to better outcomes for children. However, in the U.S., IT child care has also been plagued by poor quality. Using a mixed-methods design, the purpose of this study was to provide an in-depth explanation of quality change in IT classrooms and the myriad of factors that contribute to higher quality. Framed in an ecological model that views quality as the product and interaction of process, structural, and caregiver characteristics, this study addressed the impact of a variety of variables on quality change. The sample was comprised of 86 …