Roy-Vallières Maude, Bigras Nathalie, Charron Annie, Bouchard Caroline, Gagné Andréanne, Dessus Philippe
Équipe de recherche Qualité des Contextes Éducatifs de la Petite Enfance, Faculté des Sciences de l'Éducation, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC Canada.
Faculté des Sciences de l'Éducation, Université Laval, Québec, QC Canada.
SN Soc Sci. 2021;1(11):263. doi: 10.1007/s43545-021-00266-8. Epub 2021 Oct 22.
Theory and studies support that educational quality may differ according to socio-political context even in states with similar cultures. Based on a secondary analysis of data, this study aims at identifying latent profiles of adult-child interaction quality in groups of three-year-old children in Quebec's (Canada) early childhood centers and France's kindergarten classrooms using the CLASS Pre-K. This study also aims to explore existing associations between identified profiles, socio-political contexts, and structural characteristics (staff qualifications, ages, group size). Latent profile analyses showed four interaction quality profiles, namely a high-quality profile (HQ), a medium-high-quality profile (MHQ), a medium quality profile (MQ), and a medium-low-quality profile (MLQ). The scores of the three CLASS Pre-K domains associated with identified profiles show a higher average interaction quality in Quebec compared with France, suggesting a more favorable sociocultural context for interaction quality in Quebec. As for characteristics of structural quality, analyses suggest that the group size variable is significantly associated with scores of interaction quality, with the HQ and the MHQ profiles showing a significantly lower group size than the MQ and MLQ profiles. Age is also significantly associated with profiles, exhibiting a general trend of younger participants found in higher quality profiles. Courses of action to enhance French policies are discussed.
理论和研究表明，即使在文化相似的国家，教育质量也可能因社会政治背景而异。基于对数据的二次分析，本研究旨在使用CLASS学前量表确定加拿大魁北克省幼儿中心和法国幼儿园教室中三岁儿童群体中成人与儿童互动质量的潜在概况。本研究还旨在探讨已确定的概况、社会政治背景和结构特征（员工资质、年龄、班级规模）之间的现有关联。潜在概况分析显示了四种互动质量概况，即高质量概况（HQ）、中高质量概况（MHQ）、中等质量概况（MQ）和中低质量概况（MLQ）。与已确定概况相关的三个CLASS学前量表领域的得分显示，魁北克省的平均互动质量高于法国，这表明魁北克省的社会文化背景对互动质量更为有利。至于结构质量特征，分析表明班级规模变量与互动质量得分显著相关，HQ和MHQ概况的班级规模明显低于MQ和MLQ概况。年龄也与概况显著相关，高质量概况中的参与者普遍呈现出年龄较小的趋势。本文还讨论了加强法国相关政策的行动方案。
