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The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 4 representative gaps

• Implementation Evaluation of the Mother‐Child Education Program Among Refugee and Other Vulnerable Communities in Lebanon (2019) · doi

  Despite the knowledge that quality early childhood development programs, including those that target parental knowledge and behaviors, are essential for ameliorating the negative effects of early-life adversity, robust analyses of their implementation and impact in highly vulnerable settings are scarce.

  Keywords: knowledge early despite quality childhood development programs including target parental behaviors essential ameliorating negative effects
• The relationship between teacher qualification and the quality of the early childhood education and care environment (2017) · doi

  The lack of consensus regarding the direction (positive in this case) and strength of the relationship between teacher qualification and the quality of the early childhood learning environment has made it difficult for policy makers and educational practitioners to form strategies that will ultimately enhance the early learning outcomes of children.

  Keywords: early learning lack consensus regarding direction positive case strength relationship teacher qualification quality childhood environment
• Domains of quality in early childhood education and care: A scoping review of the extent and consistency of the literature (2022) · doi

  Interactions between the different domains of quality are complex and future research should focus on the associations between different features of quality in early childhood education programmes and practices that are critical to implementing successful continuous improvement initiatives.

  Keywords: different quality interactions domains complex future focus associations features early childhood education programmes practices critical
• Relations between teacher–child interaction quality and children’s playfulness (2024) · doi

  However, little is known about how the quality of teacher-child interaction in early childhood education and care affects the development of children's playfulness, although the interaction quality has been identified as a strong predictor of children's development in various domains.

  Keywords: quality interaction development children little known teacher child early childhood education care affects playfulness identified