• Everyday interactions between staff and children aged 1-5 in Norwegian ECEC 

      Baustad, Anne Grethe; Bjørnestad, Elisabeth (Early Years: an international journal of research and development;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-09-11)
      High-quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) is related to childrens’ socioemotional and cognitive development, and the most important aspect regarding quality in ECEC is staff’s interpersonal or interactive ...
    • Interaction-quality and children’s social competence in Norwegian ECEC. 

      Løkken, Ingrid Midteide; Broekhuizen, Martine Louise; Barnes, Jaqueline; Moser, Thomas; Bjørnestad, Elisabeth (Varhaiskasvatuksen Tiedelehti;Volume 7, Issue 2, 2018, Academic article, 2018)
      This study investigated whether interaction quality in toddler groups, when children were age three, was associated with changes in children’s social competence from age three to age five years in Norwegian Early Childhood ...
    • Norwegian ECEC staff’s thinking on quality of interaction 

      Baustad, Anne Grethe; Rønning, Wenche; Bjørnestad, Elisabeth (Early Child Development and Care;Published online: 12 Dec 2018, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-12-12)
      This study presents Norwegian ECEC staff members’ thinking on quality of interaction. Open-ended interviews were analyzed using qualitative thematic analysis based on the Caregiver Interaction Profile scales. Findings are ...
    • The relationship between structural factors and interaction quality in Norwegian ECEC for toddlers 

      Løkken, Ingrid Midteide; Bjørnestad, Elisabeth; Broekhuizen, Martine; Moser, Thomas (International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy;12:9, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-07-16)
      The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between two structural factors of quality: organisation form (stable groups versus flexible groups) and staff–child ratio, in relation to interaction quality ...