linq 2013 session_blue_1_early-q
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EARLY-Q Project Evaluation of the quality of
Early Childhood Education in Greece
Grammatikopoulos Vasilis, Zachopoulou Evridiki
Gregoriadis Athanasios
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Early-Q is implemented through the framework of the Operational Program «Education and Lifelong Learning» Co-financed from the European Union (European Social Fund) and from National sources (Greek ministry of education)
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Duration of the Project: 45 months Jan 2012 – Sep 2015
Jan 2012
May 2015
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Aim Evaluation of the Early Childhood Education quality in Greece
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Lack of evaluation procedures for the quality of early childhood education environment
Lack of valid and reliable instruments for the evaluation of ECE in the Greek educational setting
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Objectives
Provision of valid and reliable instruments for the evaluation of the quality of early childhood environments
Development of a training program for using the evaluation instruments
Evaluation of the quality of 650 early childhood classrooms
Creation of a data base about the quality of ECE in Greece
Quality comparison of the provision of ECE among Greece and other countries
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1st Research Team (Evaluation & Training)
2nd Research Team (Supervision of applied
research)
3rd Research Team (Research Methodology &
Statistical Analyses)
External Contributors (school counselors & early
educators)
Early Childhood
Classrooms
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Researchers from 9 universities
Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki
University of Crete
Fundação Carlos Chagas (São Paulo, Brazil)
University of Bielefeld (Germany)
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
University of Cyprus
University of Western Macedonia
University of Ioannina
University of Southampton (UK)
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Invited Researchers
Eliana Bhering
Michael Glueer
Loizou Eleni
Tzavidis Nikolaos
Fundação Carlos Chagas (São Paulo, Brazil)
University of Bielefeld (Germany)
University of Cyprus
University of Southampton (UK)
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20 assessors
Municipalities & Educational Districts
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Instruments
ECERS-R (Early Childhood Enviroment Rating Scale-Revised)
ECERS-E (Early Childhood Enviroment Rating Scale-Extension)
Movement/Play scale
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Completed actions
Content analysis & face validity of the translated instruments
Selection of assessors
Selection of classrooms (multistage sampling technique)
1st Training Seminar for the assessors
Training evaluation
Pilot study – 4months (1 March 2013 – 30 June 2013)
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Pilot Study
to collect empirical data for initial examination of the psychometric properties of the scales
to obtain feedback regarding the understanding of the items and indicators
to enable the assessors to gain experience in using the scales
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Forthcoming actions
Analysis of the data from the pilot study
Additional adaptations to the instruments
2nd Training Seminar for the assessors
Main Study – 15 months (1/2/2014-30/4/2015)
Analysis of the data from the main study
Dissemination actions (Conference presentations, publications, International workshop)
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Envisaged main outcomes
A well-documented evaluation for the Quality of Early Childhood Education in Greece
Plethora of data and Reliable instruments that will allow future comparisons of the quality within the Greek educational system as long as with other countries.
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http://earlyquality.teithe.gr
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