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dc.contributor.authorHatzigianni, Maria-
dc.contributor.authorWaniganayake, Manjula-
dc.contributor.authorBarblett, Lennie-
dc.contributor.authorHadley, Fay-
dc.contributor.authorAndrews, Rebecca-
dc.contributor.authorDavis, Belinda-
dc.contributor.authorIrvine, Susan-
dc.contributor.authorLi, Hui-
dc.contributor.authorHarrison, Linda J.-
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-11T11:39:36Z-
dc.date.available2024-04-11T11:39:36Z-
dc.date.issued2023-12-01-
dc.identifierscopus-85176141428-
dc.identifier.issn01907409-
dc.identifier.other85176141428-
dc.identifier.urihttps://uniwacris.uniwa.gr/handle/3000/1977-
dc.description.abstractInternational recognition of the early years as a crucial foundational period has led to the design and implementation of quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS) that define, communicate, and monitor the components of quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC). The aim of these policies is to achieve effective quality assurance and improvement through a system-oriented approach to assessment and evaluation. Informed by ecological systems theory, this paper outlines a three-phase, mixed-methods design for researching a national sample of child care centres that showed overall improvement on the Australian National Quality Standard (NQS) assessment and rating (A&R) criteria. The study samples are drawn from a national dataset of centre-based child care services with two or more A&R rounds and an initial rating of Working Towards NQS (N = 1,935). The results of this study will provide insights into the macro-, exo-, meso- and micro-systems level factors and strategies that support quality in ECEC services.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofChildren and Youth Services Reviewen_US
dc.subjectAdministrative dataen_US
dc.subjectAustralian National Quality Standarden_US
dc.subjectMixed-methodsen_US
dc.subjectQuality improvementen_US
dc.subjectQuality rating and improvement systems (QRIS)en_US
dc.subjectStudy protocolen_US
dc.titleProtocol for a mixed-methods investigation of quality improvement in early childhood education and care in Australiaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107278en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85176141428-
dcterms.accessRights1en_US
dc.relation.deptDepartment of Early Childhood Education and Careen_US
dc.relation.facultySchool of Administrative, Economics and Social Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.volume155en_US
dc.linkhttps://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85176141428&origin=inward&txGid=9f597d4d78b320048ee65e3343da9d73en_US
dc.collaborationUniversity of West Attica (UNIWA)en_US
dc.journalsOpen Accessen_US
dc.publicationPeer Revieweden_US
dc.countryGreeceen_US
local.metadatastatusverifieden_US
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item.languageiso639-1en-
item.openairetypeArticle-
item.openairecristypehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_18cf-
item.fulltextNo Fulltext-
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crisitem.author.deptDepartment of Early Childhood Education and Care-
crisitem.author.facultySchool of Administrative, Economics and Social Sciences-
crisitem.author.orcid0000-0001-9378-2598-
crisitem.author.parentorgSchool of Administrative, Economics and Social Sciences-
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