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The quality of the physical environment of Early Childhood Care and Education Centers in the Northeast region of Portugal: a comparison between researchers’ and educators’ assessments

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dc.contributor.authorMoreira, Mariana
dc.contributor.authorMagalhães, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorLopes, Frederico
dc.contributor.authorVasques, Catarina
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-27T09:16:40Z
dc.date.available2026-07-27T09:16:40Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.description.abstractThe Early Childhood Care and Education Center (ECEC) physical environment plays a significant role in shaping children’s behavior and learning outcomes and influencing educators’ management of children’s exploration and action, which is pivotal for their overall development and well-being. This study compared the researchers’ and educators’ physical environment quantitative assessments of 12 Portuguese ECECs. Wilcoxon tests were used to investigate possible differences between the researchers’ and educators’ assessments. The ratings differ significantly regarding the institution’s image and scale, safety, indoor organization, building location, and site characteristics, with educators reporting consistently higher levels of quality than the researchers. This study’s outcomes highlight the importance of adopting an interdependent perspective between the researchers’ and the educators’ assessments regarding the ECEC physical environment quality. Such complementarity facilitates the accurate identification of key physical features of ECEC that need to be readdressed to promote children’s high-quality education and positive development, learning, and overall well-being.eng
dc.description.sponsorshipOpen access funding provided by FCT|FCCN (b-on). This work was supported by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal, within the Project UIDB/05777/2020 and the project UID/6157/2025. Mariana Moreira was supported by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal (grant number SFRH/BD/138071/2018). Instituto Politécnico de Bragança.
dc.identifier.citationMoreira, Mariana; Magalhães, Pedro; Lopes, Frederico; Vasques, Catarina (2026). The quality of the physical environment of Early Childhood Care and Education Centers in the Northeast region of Portugal: a comparison between researchers’ and educators’ assessments. Learning Environments Research. ISSN 1387-1579. 29:1, p. 1-17
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10984-025-09563-y
dc.identifier.issn1387-1579
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/37041
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherSpringer Nature
dc.relationResearch Center in Basic Education
dc.relationLiveWell
dc.relationAffordances promotoras da mobilidade no espaço pré-escolar e suas relações com as competências motoras e sócio-emocionais da criança - SFRH/BD/138071/2018
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectEarly learning centers
dc.subjectPhysical environment
dc.subjectQuality
dc.subjectChildren development
dc.titleThe quality of the physical environment of Early Childhood Care and Education Centers in the Northeast region of Portugal: a comparison between researchers’ and educators’ assessmentseng
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage17
oaire.citation.issue21
oaire.citation.startPage1
oaire.citation.titleLearning Environments Research
oaire.citation.volume29
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