Description:
This research report puts together, in one volume, reports of two separate but linked projects on child:adult ratios in early years and childcare settings. Both projects were commissioned by the Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) (now the Department for Children, Schools and Families) from the Thomas Coram Research Unit. Firstly, a literature review of international research on the relationship between ratios, staff qualifications and training, group size and the quality of provision. Secondly, empirical research (using fifty day care settings) that was announced by the DfEE, in August 1999, on relaxing adult:child ratios in early years and day care settings.
Part A: Review of International Research on the Relationship Between Ratios, Staff Qualifications and Training, Group Size and the Quality of Provision in Early Years and Childcare Settings
-Dr. Tony Munton, Ann Mooney, Professor Peter Moss, Dr. Pat Petrie, Alison Clark and Janette Woolner
Part B: Adult: Child Ratios for Early Years Settings in the Private/Independent Sector: A Report of Empirical Research
-Dr. Tony Munton, Linda Barclay, Maria Rosa Mallardo and Dr. Sofka Barreau