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  • Transição para a creche e bem-estar emocional dos bebês em Portugal
    Publication . Peixoto, Carla; Barros, Sílvia; Coelho, Vera; Cadima, Joana; Pinto, Ana Isabel; Pessanha, Manuela
    O presente estudo analisa a relação entre a implementação de práticas de transição do contexto familiar para a creche e o bem-estar emocional dos bebês durante o primeiro de mês de frequência neste contexto extrafamiliar. Foram recolhidos dados, antes e após a entrada do bebê na creche, junto das mães e das educadoras de 90 bebês.Os resultados indicaram que o número de práticas de transição reportadas pelas educadoras se revela positivamente associado ao bem-estar emocional dos bebês durante o primeiro mês de frequência da creche. Estes resultados recomendam a implementação de um conjunto diversificado de práticas de transição, antes e após a entrada na creche, no sentido de facilitar a adaptação dos bebês ao novo contexto desenvolvimental.
  • Exploring teacher-family partnerships in infant center-based care: A comparative study of teachers' and mothers' perspectives and influential factors
    Publication . Coelho, Vera; Barros, Sílvia; Peixoto, Carla; Pessanha, Manuela; Cadima, Joana; Bryant, Donna
    Teacher-family partnership are elements of high-quality early childhood education and care (ECEC). Nevertheless, the need for better understanding such partnerships and factors influencing it particularly for children under three is underlined. This study compares teachers’ and mothers’ reports regarding real and ideal partnership practices, exploring child, ECEC and family level predictors of partnership. Mothers and teachers of 90 infants answered the Real-Ideal Teacher-parents Partnership Scale (Gaspar, 1996). Classroom quality was observed with CLASS-Infants (Hamre et al., 2014); home environment with HOME (Caldwell & Bradley, 1984); child temperament with IBQ (Rothbart, 1981). Results show that both mothers and teachers report a medium-high number of implemented practices. Ideally, they would like a significantly higher number of practices to be implemented. Mothers and teachers report of real and ideal practices were significantly associated. Teachers tend to report more practices than mothers. Teacher qualification was uniquely and positively associated with real partnership practices reported both by teachers and mothers. Teacher qualification was the only statistically significant predictor of ideal practices reported by teachers; mothers’ education predicted mothers’ report on ideal partnerships. Results point to the relevance of teacher qualification for better partnerships, particularly considering the variability of legal requirements regarding teacher qualification in infant classrooms across Europe.