The aim of this systematic scoping review was to provide an overview of the physical and
sensory environment factors that are related to three to six-year-old children's social and …

The current study provides a systematic examination of child care quality around the globe,
using the Environment Rating Scales (ERS). Additional goals of this study are to examine …

THIS PAPER REPORTS CONCLUSIONS about the quality of early childhood education and
care (ECEC) services from E4Kids, a large-scale longitudinal study of three types of ECEC …

Substantial research has aimed to characterise and measure early childhood education and
care (ECEC) quality. However, heterogeneity in measures, methods and contexts across …

There is growing evidence that high-quality non-parental child care can contribute to
children's learning, development and successful transition to school. Research examining …

Linking classroom quality to separate domains of child development might neglect the
transactional interactions across developmental domains. This research utilized latent …

The profound injuries caused by child maltreatment are well documented in the
neurological, attachment, cognitive, and developmental literature. In this review paper, we …

Research has demonstrated that teachers working in early childhood education and care
(ECEC) are proficient in offering emotional support to young children, but markedly weaker …

This review concerns how quality in ECEC is thematized and examined in Norwegian
research published in 2010–2021. The review contributes to developing relevant …

Many studies have been conducted to identify the factors explaining individual differences in
children's emotion understanding (capacity to comprehend the nature, causes and …