Sílvia Barros|Cecília Aguiar
Assessing the quality of Portuguese child care programs for toddlers
Universidade do Porto|Polytechnic Institute of Porto|Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida
purpose study describe quality toddler child care classrooms district porto north portugal one hundred sixty classrooms children 1 3 years age participated study results suggested existence poor average quality absence goodquality classrooms childadult ratio statistically significant predictor overall child care quality lower ratios associated higher quality results study provide information applicability itersr new cultural linguistic context suggesting need enhance quality portuguese programs serving toddlers