Childcare Flashcards
1
Q
What is the key question for child psychology?
A
What do parents need to consider before sending their children to day care?
2
Q
what is daycare?
A
consists of
- family members looking after the child
- sending the child to a childminders
- sending the child to nursery
3
Q
what year did govt make sure that all 4yr olds got a place in nursery?
A
1997
4
Q
what did Campbell et al state?
A
a good daycare has the following structured characteristics:
- low adult to child ratio
- small-sized group
- mixed-age groups
- low staff turnover
- well trained staff
5
Q
what year was Campbell et al?
A
2000
6
Q
according to Campbell et al would the child experience?
A
- stable attachment figure
- a structured day
7
Q
what specific rules are there for daycare?
A
- there should be 1 member of staff for every 8 children aged 3-5 yrs
- there should be 1 member of staff for every 4 children aged2-3yrs
- there should be 1 member of staff for every 3 children aged under 2 yrs
8
Q
what is the importance of key workers?
A
-reduce stress for children-used as attachment figure-separation anxiety
-key workers act as significant adult for each child whilst in daycare
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9
Q
AO3- is Daycare good?
A
- Li-children in high-quality daycare improve academic, memory. language abilities
- Andersson(1992)-children who went to high-quality daycare before 1 more socially and cognitively advanced by age of 8
- EPPE project(2004)-children in high-quality daycare benefitted cognitively and socially
- Shea(1981)-children became more sociable the longer they were at nursery-aggressive behavior decreased
10
Q
AO£- is Daycare Bad?
A
- Belsky&Rovine(1988)-found that children put into daycare for 20hrs a week before 1yr=insecure avoidant with mother. over 35hrs=isecure attachment with father
- NICHD-found daycare=behavioural problems-especially in low-quality daycare
