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Parental locus of control and early childhood development: Evidence on parent and grandparent caregivers in rural China / Bai, Yu

Bai, Yu	Journal Article
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This study investigates the relationship between caregivers' internal or external parental locus of control (PLOC) orientation and child development outcomes. We surveyed 995 children under age 3 and their primary caregivers in a rural study site in Western China. The empirical results show that a more internal PLOC orientation is reflected in higher levels of intergenerational investment in a stimulating home environment and improved child development outcomes. Grandparent caregivers have, on average, a more external PLOC orientation than do parent caregivers, which is associated with reduced engagement in interactive caregiver-child activities. This study provides evidence that PLOC orientation plays an important role in intergenerational human capital investment and early child development in non-Western, low-to-middle income settings.

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Rural China ; Early Childhood Development ; Parental lLcus of Control ; Parental Investment ; Intergenerational Investment

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Problems and prospects in early childhood education provisioning in Turkey and South Africa / Meier, Corinne ; Niron, Demet Gören ; Lemmer, Eleanor

Corinne Meier, Eleanor Lemmer, Demet Gören Niron	Journal Article
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The benefits of early childhood development (ECD) programmes are strongly supported by evidence of reduced school dropout and repetition rates. However, the literature on ECD is primarily grounded in research based in the United States (US); in the light of this gap in the literature, this paper provides a comparative overview of ECD policy and practice from outside of the US, namely in South Africa and Turkey. As a theoretical framework the paper has followed the World Bank’s Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER)-ECD Analytical Framework. Findings indicate that both countries have established an enabling policy environment for ECD but implementation and the setting of and compliance to standards for quality is still emerging, in spite of massive strides made in this field during the past fifteen years.

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Turkey ; South Africa ; Policy ; Enabling Environment ; Early Childhood Development ; Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER)

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