The Abecedarian Approach in a Low-Resource Urban Neighborhood in Canada: An Impact Evaluation in a Child Care Setting

被引:6
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作者
Stevens, Harvey [1 ]
Santos, Rob [1 ,2 ]
Jonasson, Shelley [3 ]
Young, Carolyn [4 ]
Mann, Sandy [4 ]
Sass, Carly [4 ]
Sanderson, Jan [5 ]
Jamieson, Janet [5 ]
DSouza, Melanie [5 ]
Meunier, Kimberly [6 ]
Sparling, Joseph [6 ,7 ,8 ]
机构
[1] Univ Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
[2] Govt Manitoba, 307-1181 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3G 0T3, Canada
[3] Govt Manitoba, Hlth Child Manitoba Off, 300-332 Bannatyne Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3A 0E2, Canada
[4] Manidoo Gi Miini Gonaan, 102-269 Dufferin Ave, Winnipeg, MB R2W 2X8, Canada
[5] Red River Coll, A141-2055 Notre Dame Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3H 0J9, Canada
[6] Abecedarian Educ Fdn, 2505 Bartlett Circle, Hillsborough, NC 27278 USA
[7] Univ Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
[8] Univ N Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 USA
关键词
Abecedarian; Early childhood education; Language outcomes; Indigenous population; First Nations; Canada; INTERVENTION;
D O I
10.1007/s13158-019-00245-4
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
Despite the best efforts, persistent educational gaps remain between Indigenous and non-Indigenous children when they begin school. This evaluation explores the impact of the Abecedarian Approach for early education on the language development of First Nations and non-First Nations children, living in a low-resource, urban neighborhood in Canada. A treatment group received the Abecedarian Approach in a child care center, supplemented by home visiting, and comprised 20 families with 41 children of whom 51% were First Nations. The control group comprised 27 families with 39 children of whom 46% were First Nations. The analyses presented explore child language outcomes at the end of the second year of participation and take account of child and family characteristics, as well as the baseline language scores. Results indicate that children in the treatment group had stronger language outcomes than the control group. While First Nations children in the treatment group had lower levels of language development than non-First Nations children, at baseline, both groups progressed at about the same rate. While the findings do not guarantee that achievement gaps would close during the school years, improved language development in the years before school is likely to be associated with better achievement during school. ResumeMalgre les efforts deployes, des ecarts relatifs a l'education persistent entre enfants indigenes et non indigenes en debut de scolarite. Cette evaluation explore l'impact de l'Abecedarian Approach pour l'education des jeunes enfants sur le developpement du langage chez des enfants des Premieres Nations et ceux n'appartenant pas aux Premieres Nations, d'un quartier urbain a faibles ressources, au Canada. Un groupe a ete soumis a l'treatment de l'Abecedarian Approach dans une garderie, avec des visites a domicile en complement. Il etait comprenait 20 familles avec 41 enfants dont 51% des Premieres Nations. Le groupe temoin comprenait 27 familles avec 39 enfants, dont 46% des Premieres Nations. Les analyses presentees explorent les resultats de l'enfant en langage a la fin de la seconde annee de participation et tiennent compte des caracteristiques de l'enfant et de la famille, de meme que des scores de depart en langage. Les resultats indiquent que les enfants du groupe de l'treatment sont plus forts en langage que ceux du groupe temoin. Alors que les enfants des Premieres Nations du groupe de l'treatment presentent au depart des niveaux plus faibles de developpement du langage que ceux qui ne viennent pas des Premieres Nations, les deux groupes progressent a peu pres au meme rythme. Si les constatations ne garantissent pas que les ecarts retrecissent au fil des annees de scolarite, un meilleur developpement du langage dans les annees prescolaires sera vraisemblablement associe a une meilleure reussite scolaire. ResumenA pesar de grandes esfuerzos, aun existe una constante diferencia educativa entre ninas y ninos indigenas y no indigenas al inicio de la etapa escolar. La presente evaluacion explora el impacto del Metodo Alfabetico para educacion temprana en el desarrollo de lenguaje de ninos Aborigenes y No Aborigenes que viven en un barrio urbano de bajos recursos en Canada. Un grupo de intervencion recibio el Metodo Alfabetico en una guarderia infantil, complementado con visitas domiciliarias, e incluyo 20 familias con 41 ninos de los cuales 51% eran de descendencia aborigen. El grupo de control incluyo 27 familias con 39 ninos de los cuales 46% era de descendencia aborigen. Los analisis presentados exploraron los resultados de lenguaje infantil al final del segundo ano de participacion, y tomaron en cuenta las caracteristicas del nino y su familia, asi como la calificacion inicial de lenguaje. Los resultados indican que los ninos en el grupo de intervencion tuvieron mejores resultados de lenguaje que el grupo de control. Aunque los ninos aborigenes en el grupo de intervencion tenian niveles mas bajos de desarrollo de lenguaje que los ninos no aborigenes en la etapa inicial, ambos grupos progresaron aproximadamente al mismo ritmo. Aunque los resultados no garantizan que la diferencia en el logro escolar podria desaparecer durante los anos escolares, es probable que el mejoramiento en el desarrollo de lenguaje en los anos anteriores al ingreso escolar este asociado con mayores logros academicos durante los anos de escolaridad.
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