Abstract

Many students arrive at primary school already behind, experiencing a lack of skills that may compromise their long-term learning and well being. In Accra, Ghana, researchers evaluated the impact of an affordable, in-service kindergarten teacher training, with and without a parental awareness program. Results showed that the training improved the number of the play-based, child-friendly activities teachers used and improved the quality of teacher-child interactions. However, adding the parent education component had a negative effect on teachers’ use of emotional support and positive behavior management, and a small negative effect on child outcomes.

This report was published by New York University; Ghana Education Service, and the National Nursery Teacher Training Centre (NNTTC).