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Hearts Souls and Minds: An Analysis of Qualitative Research Regarding Communicating School Readiness and other Child Development Policies

This analysis is based upon qualitative research, specifically 12 focus groups. Focus groups are open-end, structured conversations among 8-10 people, typically lasting about 2 hours.
Author(s)
Meg Bostrom
Published
April 2, 2002
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This paper explains findings from 12 focus groups that investigated whether several key early childhood frames in public discourse – “school readiness,” “ready to learn,” – convey the same constellation of issues and understandings to the lay public that these frames convey to experts. Further, the research investigated whether new models of framing child development may be more effective than the frames currently in play.

Issues
Child and Adolescent Development
Countries
United States

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