Chapter 5: Ecology of Nonparental Child Care

Question 1

Components of quality childcare and less quality child care

Answer 1

The size of the overall group
The caregiver child ratios
Whether the caregiver had specialized training in child development or early childhood education

Question 2

Attachment and Childcare

Answer 2

1. It is the quality of care (nurture) that affects children’s development not the relationship of the person who provides it (nature)
2. During the first year of life, children become attached to a caregiver the person who holds them comforts them feeds them and plays with them

Question 3

Ecological Model of Child Care

Answer 3

were developed to further the understanding of the dynamic interrelations among various personal and environmental factors

Question 4

Availability, Affordability, and Adequacy of Care

Answer 4

Has become an increasingly serious concern as more and more parents jointly must contribute to the family income due to the rising cost of living

Question 5

Effects of Child Care on Development: Social and Cognitive

Answer 5

Cognitive
The intellectual performance of children who attend a quality day care program is higher than that of children from similarly family backgrounds who do not attend a day care program

Social
Children attending some form of child care program seems to be more socially competent than those who have not had such an experience

Question 6

Collaborative Caregiving

Answer 6

For professionals who care for infants and children to collaborate with families regarding ideologies and socialization goals

Question 7

Caregivers and child protection

Answer 7

Must know about child development and the implications of this knowledge for how to teach, the content, of the curriculum- what to teach and when- how to assess what-children have learned and how to adapt curriculum

Question 8

Variables of Socialization and Child Care

Answer 8

Child Care Variables and Social Development

Physical Setting
Caregiver Special Training
Adult-Child Interaction 
Activities
Peer Interaction 
Developmental Differences 
Socialization Outcomes