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This annual report - Taranaki District Health Board

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Sylva K, et al. 2004 The Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) Project. London: University of London.http://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/e/eppe%20final%20<strong>report</strong>%202004.pdf<strong>This</strong> longitudinal study was funded by the UK Department for Education to investigate the effects of preschool educationon children’s development (for 3 to 7 year olds). It examined: the impact of the preschool on intellectual andsocial/behavioural development; why there could be differences in effectiveness between the preschools; thecharacteristics of an effective preschool; the impact of home and childcare history on development; and whetherpreschool affected children’s development at a later age. Key finding included: pre-school experience, compared tonone, enhanced all-round development in children; full time attendance led to no better gains for children than part-timeprovision; High quality pre-schooling is related to better intellectual and social/behavioural development for children;quality indicators include warm interactive relationships with children, having a trained teacher as manager and a goodproportion of trained teachers on the staff; and for all children, the quality of the home learning environment was moreimportant for intellectual and social development than parental occupation, education or income.Note: The publications listed above were identified using the search methodology outlined in Appendix 1Early Childhood Education - 116

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