Overcoming the streetlight effect: Qualitative examination of community experts' perceptions of foundations of learning and development (FOLD) skills.

ABSTRACT: Developmental science has a long history of studying skills that children need to thrive. However, there has been a primary focus on academic skills, with little attention to the breadth and diversity of other skills that young children need to thrive. Furthermore, little is known about the extent to which community experts involved in early childhood care and education (ECCE) value different early developmental skills. This qualitative study examined how community experts (parents, preschool educators, clinicians, and ECCE leaders) defined and conceptualized six foundations of learning and development (FOLD) skills of child development (curiosity, creativity, critical thinking, self-regulation and executive function, perspective taking, and internal representations of self). We conducted

SUBMITTER: Ahun MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11668497 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature