TY - JOUR
T1 - Resolving paradoxical criteria for the expansion and replication of early childhood care and education programs
AU - Yoshikawa, Hirokazu
AU - Rosman, Elisa Altman
AU - Hsueh, JoAnn
N1 - Funding Information:
A prior version of this article was presented at “Identifying, Replicating, and Improving Successful Early Childhood Programs: A Conference for Funders,” held in New York City and sponsored by the National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University, and Replication and Program Strategies, Inc. (June 2000) . We would like to thank the attendees at the conference, Karen Diamond, and two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments. We would also like to thank J. Lawrence Aber and David P. Racine for their comments on and support of the writing of this paper. Work on the article was also supported by a William T. Grant Foundation Faculty Scholars Award to the first author.
Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Conceptual bases of intervention and policy are often subject to paradoxical dilemmas, such as the need for a coherent program model versus recognition of the diversity of a target population. This article aims to identify underlying paradoxical bases for expansion and replication of early childhood care and education programs, and to suggest potential resolutions of these paradoxes. Clarification of such paradoxes may provide guidance for the many decision points which arise in processes of identifying, expanding, and replicating early childhood programs based on evidence of quality or success. First, a brief history of early childhood care and education in the U.S. from the viewpoint of expansion and replication is presented. A five-fold typology of expansion and replication processes is proposed: staged replication, franchised replication, multi-site demonstrations, mandated replication, and government-supported private sector expansion. Second, paradoxes associated with the process of replication are considered, such as: (1) the "can it work" versus "does it work" paradox; (2) the fidelity versus local cultural relevance paradox; (3) the replication versus addition paradox; (4) the replication versus program improvement paradox; and (5) the representativeness versus feasibility paradox. In a concluding section, recommendations for funders, policy makers, and evaluators are made regarding next steps in expansion and replication of early childhood care and education programs.
AB - Conceptual bases of intervention and policy are often subject to paradoxical dilemmas, such as the need for a coherent program model versus recognition of the diversity of a target population. This article aims to identify underlying paradoxical bases for expansion and replication of early childhood care and education programs, and to suggest potential resolutions of these paradoxes. Clarification of such paradoxes may provide guidance for the many decision points which arise in processes of identifying, expanding, and replicating early childhood programs based on evidence of quality or success. First, a brief history of early childhood care and education in the U.S. from the viewpoint of expansion and replication is presented. A five-fold typology of expansion and replication processes is proposed: staged replication, franchised replication, multi-site demonstrations, mandated replication, and government-supported private sector expansion. Second, paradoxes associated with the process of replication are considered, such as: (1) the "can it work" versus "does it work" paradox; (2) the fidelity versus local cultural relevance paradox; (3) the replication versus addition paradox; (4) the replication versus program improvement paradox; and (5) the representativeness versus feasibility paradox. In a concluding section, recommendations for funders, policy makers, and evaluators are made regarding next steps in expansion and replication of early childhood care and education programs.
KW - Child care
KW - Early childhood intervention
KW - Head start
KW - Poverty
KW - Public policy
KW - Replication
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U2 - 10.1016/S0885-2006(02)00129-1
DO - 10.1016/S0885-2006(02)00129-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0036099147
SN - 0885-2006
VL - 17
SP - 3
EP - 27
JO - Early Childhood Research Quarterly
JF - Early Childhood Research Quarterly
IS - 1
ER -