Sharon Wolf

Sharon Wolf

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Academic Career Length

10Years (2017-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 January 2019 in Child Development
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Sharon Wolf
DMDana Charles McCoy
Dana Charles McCoy

18 October 2018 in Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness
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Sharon Wolf
JAJ. Lawrence Aber
J. Lawrence Aber
JBJere R. Behrman
Jere R. Behrman
ETEdward Tsinigo
Edward Tsinigo
We assessed the impacts of a teacher professional development program for public and private kindergartens in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. We examined impacts on teacher professional well-being, classroom quality, and children’s readiness during one school year. This cluster-randomized trial included 240 schools (teachers N = 444; children N = 3,345, Mage = 5.2) randomly assigned to one of three conditions: teacher training (TT), teacher training plus parental-awareness meetings (TTPA), and controls. The programs incorporated workshops and in-classroom coaching for teachers and video-based discussion groups for parents. Moderate impacts were found on some dimensions of professional well-being (reduced burnout in the TT and TTPA conditions, reduced turnover in the TT condition), classroom quality (increased emotional support/behavior management in the TT and TTPA conditions, support for student expression in the TT condition), and small impacts on multiple domains of children’s school readiness (in the TT condition). The parental-awareness meetings had counteracting effects on child school readiness outcomes. Implications for policy and practice are discussed for Ghana and for early childhood education in low- and middle-income countries.



2 July 2019 in Developmental Science
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SWSharon Wolf
Sharon Wolf
JAJ Lawrence Aber
J Lawrence Aber
JBJere R Behrman
Jere R Behrman
MPMorgan Peele
Morgan Peele