Evaluations of parent education initiatives using experiential methods found positive results for parents¶

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q2 i? Evaluations of parent education initiatives that used experiential methods found improved personal confidence, growth of knowledge and understanding, and development of collective approaches to problems among parents. → 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

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The paper reports evaluations of parent education initiatives within ECD programmes in developing countries that used experiential methods; no sample sizes, instruments or statistics are printed, so the finding is reported qualitatively.

"Evaluation of these initiatives have found positive results for parents: improved personal confidence, growth of knowledge and understanding, and development of collective approaches to problems."

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