英国有效学前教育项目述评

A Review of the Effective Provision of Pre-School Education Project

本文从政策视角对英国有效学前教育项目(EPPE)进行评析。由英国教育部基金支持,多所英国大学研究者组成团队联合开展了关于有效学前教育对儿童发展影响的EPPE研究。该项目研究者采用有效性研究、质量特征研究和个案研究三种研究方法来探究学前教育对儿童的影响、有效学前教育机构特征以及儿童自身和家庭因素对儿童发展影响等相关问题。EPPE项目的可贵之处是采用了作为知识交换模式的新政策机制,帮助实现政策研究与政策实施的有机统一。

In 1997,researchers from several British universities set up the EPPE project which was funded by DfES. This project adopted the methods of effectiveness studies,quality characteristics and case studies to explore the impact of pre-schools,characteristics of effective pre-school settings and contributions of child and family characteristics to children's development. According to these key findings and evidences,researchers made some conclusions. Furthermore,the EPPE project adopted a new policy model which was called knowledge exchange to make a combination of research and practice.