Teacher depressive symptoms and children's school readiness in Ghana.
Volume: 94
Issue: 3
Year of Publication: 2023
Abstract summary
This study investigated associations between kindergarten teachers' (N = 208) depressive symptoms and students' (Ghanaian nationals, N = 1490, M = 5.8) school-readiness skills (early literacy, early numeracy, social-emotional skills, and executive function) across 208 schools in Ghana over one school year. Teachers' depressive symptoms in the fall negatively predicted students' overall school-readiness skills in the spring, controlling for school-readiness skills in the fall. These results were primarily driven by social-emotional skills (r = .1-.3). There was evidence of heterogeneity by students' fall skill levels; teacher depressive symptoms predicted more negative spring overall school readiness for children who had higher fall school-readiness skills. Findings underscore the importance of teachers' mental health in early childhood education globally, with implications for policy and practice.Study Outcome
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Citations : Agbenyega JS (2018). Examining early childhood education system in Ghana: How can Bourdeuian theorization support a transformational approach to pedagogy? In Fleer M & Oers B (Eds.), International handbook of early childhood education (Vol. 1, pp. 673–705). Springer.Authors : 4
Identifiers
Doi : 10.1111/cdev.13909SSN : 1467-8624