Teachers’ professional qualifications
have been linked with overall classroom
quality. Primary schoolteachers with early
childhood training are more effective in the
early grades. Equipped with information
on how young children learn and develop,
they help ease the transition of children
and families to schools much more
than teachers who lack this background.
Teachers with early childhood training
are more likely to use developmentally
appropriate practices in the classroom. An
investment in primary teacher education
with an emphasis on early childhood pays
great dividends for educational efficiency
and student learning.