Early Childhood Education Research: Analysis and Findings Report

This report, prepared for a Master of Education program, examines research on early childhood development in Australia. It begins with a conceptualization of the study, focusing on social-emotional and learning competencies in the early years of children. The report then evaluates the appropriateness of the research design, specifically the sampling analysis using the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, and discusses the data analysis process, including descriptive analysis and ANOVA tests. The findings are presented, comparing results with other research and highlighting the importance of early childhood development. The report emphasizes the significance of health care needs, the relationship between students and teachers, and the impact of parental support on children's development. The report also points out the limitations of the research design and the ethical considerations related to data collection and analysis.

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Table of contents
Conceptualisation of the study...................................................................................................2
Identifying and evaluating appropriateness of research design.................................................3
Describing data analysis process................................................................................................5
Discussing finding......................................................................................................................7
Bibliography.............................................................................................................................10

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Conceptualisation of the study
The article focuses on the social-emotional and learning competencies in the early
years of children in Australia. According to Whiteford, Walker & Berthelsen (2013), the
relationship between the special health care needs and social-emotional needs are critically
analysed. However, the article focuses more on the male population of Australia rather than
the female population of the country. The article focuses on the importance of early
childhood as it is believed to be the initial stage of development. Walker et al., (2012) aimed
at identifying the relationship between students and teachers in the early years of
development. The importance of moral lessons is an important factor for the development of
children in the society. A similar article analyses the opportunities of study that the socio-
economically disadvantaged people receive. Bierman et al., (2008) in his article
modernisation and medication have identified five executive functions that can help in
developing the education practice of these people and intervene in the methods of the
schools. The article strategically analyses the reasons behind the fall in the education of these
ethnic group. The purpose of the study is to identify the factors that hinder the growth and
development of children.
Lewis & Olsson (2011) stated that the temperament of an individual could prevent the
development of depression even after a stressful infant environment. The article highlights
the importance of a stress-free infant life for the development of a proper individual. Malti et
al., (2013) aimed to study the effects of parental support to sympathy and moral emotion of
the children. The study identified socioeconomic status, ethnicity and the parental-marital
reation that exists among the individuals. The article provides a comprehensive analysis and
variation in the effects of parental support for the development of early childhood mentality.
The study focuses on the special heath care programmes that are required to be developed in

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a child. This is important in order to understand the mentality of the children. The reasons
such as parental instability, growth and the marital status of the children resulted in the
decline heath among children. On the other hand, the ability of a child to develop oneself was
not considered as the reason for the health issue. In this regard, a similar article can be related
that focuses on the effects of pre-schooling obesity and the parenting styles adopted by the
parents. The behaviour patterns of the parents were analysed concerning the health of the
schoolchildren in the early years. However, the behaviour of the fathers was only analysed in
determining the behaviours of the parents. Wake et al., (2007) have highlighted similar health
issues in the book paediatricians.
The purpose of the article is to identify characteristic of the people of Australia and
the characteristics that are possessed by the children in order to develop a healthy life.
(Turney & Kao, 2009). The study analyses the opportunities received at health level by the
children and the ways by which the parents seek the opportunity to provide a proper life to
the children. Hence, in order to verify this, a school transition model is used in order to
identify the difference. The study also discusses the involvement of the children in treatment
plans. In most cases, it has been seen that the nature of treatment provided to the children
create a sense of compliance among them. The study underlines the importance of daily
treatment of the children that feel insecure in the treatment. Hence, the article focuses on the
relationship between the children with the classrooms of the pre-school days including
teachers, tasks and peers. The health treatment is based on the engagement that the children
have with the teachers of the early lives rather than after the development stage (Williford et
al., 2013).

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Identifying and evaluating appropriateness of research design
In order to conduct the research in a successful manner, the research design chosen is
the sampling analysis. The sample has been collected from the Kindergarten Cohort of the
Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. The fact that the study uses two cohorts in order
to analyse the results provides clarity to the research and draw in more respondents for the
sample population. The study took into account 650 children that resided in Australia and had
been in the early development stage. The article states that the health and medical system in
Australia is different from that of the United States and the United Kingdom. Positive
criticism about the acceptance of help from the teachers for the intervention purpose was
provided after analysing various schools and its processes. The research was conducted in
Australia taking a community sample of children. The residents of the country was analysed
in order to attain the objective of the research. However, it had also been stated that a specific
research design is missing that could have helped in the successful completion of the
research. The assessment of the research was carried out by using cross-sequential research
design. The research invited infants and kindergarteners to participate in a school programme
test that was conducted for identifying the health of the children. The article provided
qualification criteria that helped in restricting the application of a huge number of teachers.
However, a proper research design was not applied that highlighted the exact
application of the research. Due to this, a greater fluctuation occurred in the qualification
level. The use of ANOVA and SPSS has also encountered fluctuating results. The research
design comprised of a collection of secondary data in the initial phrase. The study consisted
of over 5000 infants residing in Australia and a kindergarten cohort of over 4800. The data
was gathered from a reliable source known as the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children.
The kindergarten children were more likely in the years that aged between four and five years
of age. It can be said that the research design consisted of both primary as well as secondary

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for effectively understanding the subject. Sedhu & Choy (2016) stated that an appropriate
research design is needed in order to estimate the ideas that can be applied in the research.
The present research article was conducted after a survey of female teachers in various levels
of school. Questionnaire method was applied in order to understand the responses of the
people regarding the research topic. The design for conducting the research involved children
ranging between 4 to 5 years of age. The height and weight of these children were analysed.
The sample size was collected from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Children
born between March 1999 and February were selected randomly. Hence, other children
before or after this time were neglected which is a criticism of the article.
The research lacked the specific use of design in order to provide proper evidence
about undertaking the research. However, the data were collected as a secondary method that
focused on the association between pre-kindergarteners and the development of the
outcomes. However, the quality of childcare provided cannot be measured in the secondary
collection of data. The research analyses the importance of formulating a proper design for
the conducting a research. Many quantitative studies exist that contribute to a successful
completion of a research. According to Mertens (2014), the designs form a range of
categories that create an impact on the data collection method required for the research. The
proper research design required for identifying the research is absent from the analysis. The
participants, however, were drawn from pre-school classrooms and involved in the survey.
The half-day meeting was enough to provide questionnaire and collect the necessary
feedback for completing the study (Miller et al., 2017).
Describing data analysis process
As stated by Armstrong et al., (2017), data analysis process needs to be simple and
provide clarity. The study uses descriptive analysis as well as ANOVA test to conduct the

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research. The use of the descriptive analysis helps to identify the differences that exist in the
variables between children requiring special health care and cohorts. The ANOVA test helps
to provide statistical analysis of the problem. An online survey was conducted of teachers
with an experience of teaching children between 5 to 8 years of age. Coles (2013) stated that
the only criticism that could be identified is the fact that female respondents were more than
the male respondents were. The age range of the respondents proved as a challenging factor
as children and infants were ranging from 4 to 5 years of age applying for the process. The
data was analysed by taking into consideration 5107 infants and 4983 kindergarten cohorts.
The children were target were 4-year olds who constituted the minority of the population of
the country. The article also saw a rejection of at least 14 families that participated in the
survey.
The similarity of the analysis can be based on a similar article in which the sample
was based on the random selection of infants and of children ranging from age groups 3 and 9
months. This is a drawback of the research, as the researcher had not considered the privacy
of the people while collecting the survey. Thus, the researcher violated the ethical
consideration of the code of privacy. One of the biggest positives about the research was the
fact that it had worked in an ethical manner by obtaining the written permission of the
participants. In this research, about 175 children were chosen from age ranging from 6 years,
7 years and 8 years. Apart from this, 175 caregivers were also selected in order to understand
the effectiveness of parental support. The data was collected at each wave consisting of
multiple informants. These informants included the children, parents, caregivers and teachers.
The interview method took about one hour to complete along with providing questionnaires.
The data was analysed under ANOVA test. The sum of the related level was computed and
comparisons were made depending upon the responses. Face to face, the interview was

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conducted in the homes of the children in order to understand the effectiveness of the topic
(Hubbs-Tait et al., 2014).
The parents were also asked to complete a questionnaire for the topic. Thus, the
article used both primary as well as secondary research for the proper analysis. In order to
conduct the research in an efficient manner, the study focused on collecting the analytical
sample of 10,090 children. The research used the developmental stage of the children from
the initial phase until the time they completed a year in kindergarten. Hence, participants
were rejected that did not show an interest in participation. The article provides a guideline
for the nurses in order to understand researchers in a systematic manner. Hence, data analysis
is not conducted as the sample size is not identified. This can be considered as a negative
criticism as data analysis process is an important factor for conducting research in an
effective manner and conducting a statistical analysis. Certain measures were taken in order
to identify the relevant outcome related to the health and safety of the infants. Some of the
methods included social-emotional competence, learning competence and Paediatric Quality
of life. In order to derive positive results, SPSS 18 software was used and the ANOVA test
was conducted to identify the characteristics of the Australian children. A matched case
control design was used in order to investigate the differences that exist between the children
and the health care goods.
Discussing finding
Due to the statistical analysis of the data, a convenient result of the topic can be
provided. The findings can be compared with results obtained from other research and
discussion regarding the difference between the two cohorts can be analysed. Hence, the
article is useful for evaluating the concept. Despite the excess number of applicants, the
results provided a positive indication about the beliefs of the people in the early years with

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that of the modern day. Most of the respondents suggested that the children are capable of
identifying the right from wrong. Hence, this indicates a lack of clarity of response on behalf
of the respondents. The results formulated from the analysis provide a development of the
formation of cognitive and social-emotional school readiness among the children. The
positive criticism of the article is the fact that it demonstrated the importance of preventive
intervention in the regulatory system of the schools. The promotion of the regulatory system
can be done using these discussions. The result showed that the stress encountered in early
childhood and the temperament of an individual contributes to the existence of anxiety and
stress of an individual. The results were derived using SPSS method and provided a clear
justification about the effects temperament has on an individual.
Hence, the objective of the study had been met despite ethical drawback. The result
showed that the children in the highly stable emotional group displayed more signs of higher
parental support. The age factor of the children does not matter since the emotion of the
children is well received and support for the development of the children causes more
sympathy attitude for them. Unlike other studies, the aim of the research was to analyse the
impact of burnout on the female teachers. Hence, no such comparisons were made that
highlighted the difference between factors that affect male teachers and female teachers. The
study provided a detailed analysis of the factors that lead to the rise falling of health in the
children, particularly of the infants of Australia. Evidence from the research showed that low
involvement of the fathers resulted in the overweight of the children. The findings were
unexpected but as predicted by scholars this has helped in providing a strong opinion of the
topic.
The analysis of the article can also be related to the extension of the school transition
model verifies that the immigrants and the minorities belonging to Hispanic or Asian origin
receive education from an early age like the white counterparts. However, in most countries,

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economic barriers arise due to the imbalance of these populations and ethnic people. The
discussions need to flow in a logical manner depending upon the results. The article provides
a comprehensive detail about the findings that the researcher need to undertake in order to
identify the factors that result in the completion of the topic. Along with the findings,
conclusions and recommendations can also be provided in order to strengthen the value of the
research. The expectation from the result was that the children might have a positive impact
form the early exposure to education and the engagement with teachers. The result was
satisfactory as most of the involvement with the students results in the proper mind frame of
the individuals. The interaction between the children results in gaining compliance and
control of self. Task orientation of the children improved because of such engagement.
Multiple linear regressions were conducted in order to understand the domain of the 6-7 year
old children and identify the relationship that exists in having a special care need. This is
done before entering school level. Every variable that leads to child health concern are
analysed.

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