TY - JOUR
T1 - Holistic measurement of early childhood educators’ well-being
T2 - a protocol
AU - Wong, Sandie
AU - Cumming, Tamara
AU - MacQuarrie, Alexander
AU - Bull, Rebecca
AU - Robertson, Caroline
AU - Saha, Mari
AU - McFarland, Laura
AU - Logan, Helen
PY - 2023/10/20
Y1 - 2023/10/20
N2 - Early childhood educators are key to delivering early childhood education and care (ECEC) for the benefit of children, their families and society alike. For the benefits of ECEC to be realised, however, the educators who deliver these services need to be well. Despite growing attention to attracting and retaining a high-quality early childhood workforce, little is known about the work-related psychological and physiological well-being of early childhood educators. This paper contributes an example of a protocol for an holistic study of early childhood educators’ well-being. It describes the use of multiple, interdisciplinary, innovative methods to measure educators’ physiological and psychological well-being, within the context of their work environment. Recommendations are provided for future studies of educators’ holistic well-being.
AB - Early childhood educators are key to delivering early childhood education and care (ECEC) for the benefit of children, their families and society alike. For the benefits of ECEC to be realised, however, the educators who deliver these services need to be well. Despite growing attention to attracting and retaining a high-quality early childhood workforce, little is known about the work-related psychological and physiological well-being of early childhood educators. This paper contributes an example of a protocol for an holistic study of early childhood educators’ well-being. It describes the use of multiple, interdisciplinary, innovative methods to measure educators’ physiological and psychological well-being, within the context of their work environment. Recommendations are provided for future studies of educators’ holistic well-being.
KW - cortisol
KW - early childhood education
KW - health
KW - physiological
KW - psychological
KW - Well-being
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85139556040&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/1743727X.2022.2128746
DO - 10.1080/1743727X.2022.2128746
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85139556040
SN - 1743-727X
VL - 46
SP - 515
EP - 527
JO - International Journal of Research and Method in Education
JF - International Journal of Research and Method in Education
IS - 5
ER -