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A multi-user multi-method evaluation of childcare
facilities in the Netherlands
Yvonne de KortEindhoven University of
TechnologyThe Netherlands
Ine van Liempd & Ed Hoekstra
AKTAThe Netherlands
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evaluation of childcare facilities
• 1300 companies• 185.000 child places
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Research question
Which spatial and physical building characteristics determine the quality of child
care facilities?
Building and playground
Quality ofchild care
facility
Pedagogicalaims &
organizational characteristics
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What is quality?
Building
Pedagogicalaims &
organizational characteristics
Quality ofchild care
facility
Supportactivities
Suited tousers
• Children
• Staff
• Management
• Parents
• Science
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Method: Facilities and participants
• 30 child care facilities:– 25 day care centers (age 0-4)– 14 after school centers (age 4-12)
• 286 staff members • 192 children ASC• 328 parents
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Method: Measurements & Procedure
• Phase One– Analysis of building plans– Questionnaire for management
• Phase Two: questionnaires– Staff members: evaluation & use and
behaviour– Parents: evaluation– Children: evaluation
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Method: Measurements & Procedure
• Phase Three: site visit– Walk through with elaborate checklist– Interview with 2-3 staff members– Interview with manager
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Challenges
• Diverse types of data: – quantitative – qualitative
• Various scales of analysis – centre – group
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Results• Eating & cooking• Sleeping• Bathroom activities• Entering and leaving• Playing inside• Playing outside• Staff activities
• Building layout• Multifunctionality• Physical well being
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Playing inside: outcomes
Type of group Mean size No. of groups
0-2 yr old 10 21
2-4 yr old 14 22
0-4 yr old 12 22
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General outcomes
• square meters - activity spots:amount
zoning
• clustering groups indirectly:playing together
less stress
• different groups: different outcomes
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0 - 2 years: youngest groups
• more activityspots playing together
• bigger spots more ‘wandering’• zoning safety
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2-4 years: older groups
• activity spots not correlated
• individual spots less claims
• more square meters less disturbance
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0-4 years: mixed groups
• more privacy more play• age-differentiation more
cooperation• more activity spots more play
independence
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