The paper argues experiential training of early childhood workers is likely to produce reflective, creative caregivers and children who learn better¶

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Evidence · 1 study · theoretical r2 · q1
Currency · newest study 1996 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person
Evidence quality · No study behind this claim is a peer-reviewed article with a DOI: it rests on an ERIC document (a report, conference paper or thesis). It is kept because 3 design pages cite it; treat it as a lead to check, not an established finding.

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q1 i? The authors assert that active experiential methods in training those who work with young children are likely to produce workers who think for themselves and who interact more with children, resulting in children who learn better. → Torkington 1996

Evidence¶

Torkington 1996¶

Torkington, Kate. (1996). The Rationale for Experiential/Participatory Learning. Working Papers in Early Childhood Development 16. Bernard van Leer Foundation. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED392940

q1 · i? · theoretical · r2

This is the authors' interpretive rationale in the Early Childhood Development section, not a tested result: the paper offers no data for the chain from trainer method to worker behaviour to child outcomes, and the claim is stated with hedging (likely).

"Such methods are likely to produce workers who think for themselves, who are creative and imaginative and who have learned the value of interaction in the learning process."

Discussion¶

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