Daycare Flashcards
What is daycare?
Care provided to a child by someone other than a parent, usually in the form of a day nursery
What is the correct ratio for children under 2 to members of staff and why is this good?
3:1 so they can provide enough attention and cognitive stimulation?
What is a key worker and why are they neeeded?
The named member of staff responsible for the wellbeing of specific students who they are to attach to
What level of qualification do nursery staff need to be classed as ‘good quality’ in Campbell?
at least Level 2 so that they’re trained in proper methods of childcare and cognitive stimulation
Why is low staff turnover good for children?
It lets children form attachments and the children to understand the children better
What are the benefits of daycare?
Improved confidence, possibly improved cognition/language, more sociable (or understand social rules e.g. sharing)
What are the drawbacks of daycare?
Effects attachment style, makes children more aggressive
What did EPPE/Sylva (2004) find about disadvantage background?
Daycare was more important/effective for these children
What did EPPE/Sylva (2004) find about hours in daycare?
Part-time provides no significant difference to children than full-time
What did Andresson find about daycare?
children who went to high quality day care before the age of one were more socially and cognitively advanced by the age of 8.
What did Li find out about Daycare?
Children in high quality daycare improved their academic abilities, memory abilities and language abilities
What did Belsky and Rovine find about daycare?
that children who were put into day care for 20 hours a week, before they were one, had an insecure avoidant attachment
What did Campbell find out about daycare hours?
Children who spent long days in day care (e.g. from 8am to 6pm) under age 3 were less socially competent. Children who spent more days in day care, but shorter days, were more socially competent
What did Clarke & Stewart find about daycare?
Children who had attended nurseries could cope better in social situations, and were able to interact better with peers, compared with children previously looked after in family settings. They also found it didn’t effect attachment style
What did Sammons find about daycare?
Analysed data and showed that there is a slight risk of antisocial behaviour when children spend more than 20 hours per week in nurseries.
