Early-years education Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
This is a two-armed trial. The first arm is allocated to Learning, Language and Loving It™ - The Hanen Program® for Early Childhood Educators (Hanen LLLI). This is a training program for early years (
Sponsors
Education Endowment Foundation
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Setting-level eligibility: 1. School-based nurseries and maintained nursery school. 2. Nurseries will be given a recommendation of signing up two-thirds of staff working with 3 to 4-year-olds to take part in Hanen LLLI, but the minimum requirement will be that at least 50 percent of eligible practitioners including a teacher should be able to participate. 3. No more than 50 percent of practitioners in a nursery should have previously participated in a similar Hanen intervention named ‘Teacher Talk’ and none should have previously participated in Hanen LLLI. 4. Should have a minimum of fifteen 3-4-year-olds to be included in the trial sample. Practitioner-level eligibility: 1. Should not have taken part in Teacher Talk.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Does not meet inclusion criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Early Years children's language attainment as measured by the British Picture Vocabulary Scale (BPVS) and the Renfrew Action Picture Test (RAPT) - to be collected at baseline in Sept-Oct 2019 and ending in June-July 2020. | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed