Descripción del proyecto
Estudio del vínculo entre la educación temprana y la pobreza
La Unión Europea se ha comprometido a promover la atención y educación de la primera infancia (AEPI) de calidad, así como el apoyo parental para colaborar con la educación de los niños. El proyecto financiado con fondos europeos PEAR_EC investigará la interacción entre el apoyo parental y la pobreza. Se centrará en la situación en Irlanda, donde el 29 % de los niños menores de seis años están en riesgo de pobreza, en comparación con el 26 % en Europa. En concreto, utilizará el contexto irlandés para identificar las características y condiciones relacionadas con unos resultados positivos para los niños, los padres y los servicios. Al combinar un diseño adecuado cuasiexperimental y herramientas normalizadas, el proyecto llevará a cabo comparaciones internas y externas con métodos cualitativos que dan voz a los niños y las familias. La colaboración intersectorial potenciará la comunicación y difusión de los hallazgos.
Objetivo
In Ireland, 29% of children under six are at risk of poverty, compared to 26% in Europe. Poverty negatively affects children's early development and parental engagement in children’s education, with long-term effects. Ending poverty and ensuring quality education for all from early childhood are interrelated UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) can drive development and combat poverty through its multiplier effects, while providing parental support (PS) to engage with children’s education can further extend these effects. Commitments to ECEC and PS are reflected in emerging EU and Irish policy. However, coherent guidance on ECEC PS modalities is lacking and the effectiveness of practice rarely evaluated. Also, despite evidence of beneficial outcomes, the interaction between PS and poverty is neglected, as well as engagement with fathers/coparents. CDI is testing a model to improve children’s outcomes by integrating PS within ECEC services in Tallaght, a disadvantagd area in Ireland. The researcher, Dr. Catarina Leitão, will carry out a fellowship to study this model under the intersectoral supervision of Marian Quinn, CDI’s CEO and Professor Noirin Hayes of Trinity College Dublin.
This fellowship will make a timely contribution to ECEC research and policy-practice gaps, particularly in the context of Ireland's recent (2019) commitment to PS through ECEC services. It will advance understanding of the characteristics and conditions related to positive child, parent and service outcomes by examining service quality, family background and gender effects. It will combine a quasi-experimental matching design and standardised tools that allow internal and external comparability, with innovative qualitative methods (e.g. Photovoice) that empower child and family voice. Lastly, it will optimise intersectoral collaboration to widely communicate and disseminate findings, enhancing potential for social impact.
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinador
D24PK6P Dublin
Irlanda