The utility and validity of the Toddler Home Learning Environment (THLE) scale as an assessment tool in early childhood education and care (original) (raw)

2020

Abstract

Objectives: To describe the utility and validity of an assessment tool that measures the pedagogical activities that take place with toddlers in the home. This to improve our understanding of educational trajectories and to foster educational equity. Perspective: Home Learning Environments (HLE) are well known to shape students’ educational trajectories, long-term outcomes, and facilitate educational equity. Further, we know that early HLEs are particularly important because they can have detectable effects on attainment through to late adolescence and because they can have effects on attainment that are above and beyond those associated with social disadvantage (e.g. Sammons et al., 2014). However, HLEs are less frequently assessed for children under 3 years of age. Methods: The paper first outlines the evidence base regarding the long-term impacts of HLEs – with a focus on persistent effects from Home Learning Environments in the early years. The Toddler Home Learning Environment ...

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