Activity settings and daily routines in preschool classrooms: Diverse experiences in early learning settings for low-income children

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• 作者：Allison Sidle Fuligni^a ; ^{afulign@caslatela.edu} ; Carollee Howes^b ; Yiching Huang^b ; Sandra Soliday Hong^b ; Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo^c
• 关键词：Preschool quality ; Teacher-directed activity ; Child-directed activity ; Instructional quality ; School readiness
• 刊名：Early Childhood Research Quarterly
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：22_08852006
• 类别：psy
• 出版时间：2nd Quarter, 2012
• 卷：27
• 期：2
• 页码：198-209
• 文件大小：437 K

摘要

This paper examines activity settings and daily classroom routines experienced by 3- and 4-year-old low-income children in public center-based preschool programs, private center-based programs, and family child care homes. Two daily routine profiles were identified using a time-sampling coding procedure: a High Free-Choice pattern in which children spent a majority of their day engaged in child-directed free-choice activity settings combined with relatively low amounts of teacher-directed activity, and a Structured-Balanced pattern in which children spent relatively equal proportions of their day engaged in child-directed free-choice activity settings and teacher-directed small- and whole-group activities. Daily routine profiles were associated with program type and curriculum use but not with measures of process quality. Children in Structured-Balanced classrooms had more opportunities to engage in language and literacy and math activities, whereas children in High Free-Choice classrooms had more opportunities for gross motor and fantasy play. Being in a Structured-Balanced classroom was associated with children's language scores but profiles were not associated with measures of children's math reasoning or socio-emotional behavior. Consideration of teachers鈥?structuring of daily routines represents a valuable way to understand nuances in the provision of learning experiences for young children in the context of current views about developmentally appropriate practice and school readiness.