| |
High education: BA or higher
|
Low education: less than BA
|
p
|
Grad course work (n = 44)
|
No grad course work (n = 28)
|
p
|
ECE (n = 32)
|
No ECE (n = 38)
|
p
|
High education; ECE (n = 22)
|
High education; Not ECE (n = 19)
|
Low education; ECE (n = 9)
|
Low education; Not ECE (n = 19)
|
p
|
|---|
|
Areas of training
|
|
Child development
|
0.36
|
0.50
| |
0.34
|
0.56
|
*
|
0.28
|
0.53
|
*
|
0.15
|
0.60
|
0.52
|
0.46
|
**
|
|
School-age development
|
0.54
|
0.67
| |
0.52
|
0.71
| |
0.47
|
0.68
|
+
|
0.36
|
0.74
|
0.67
|
0.63
|
+
|
|
Developing a business
|
0.66
|
0.70
| |
0.64
|
0.75
| |
0.63
|
0.71
| |
0.59
|
0.74
|
0.67
|
0.68
| |
|
Organization and case management
|
0.39
|
0.60
|
+
|
0.41
|
0.57
| |
0.38
|
0.53
| |
0.32
|
0.47
|
0.56
|
0.58
| |
|
Home visiting/consultation
|
0.49
|
0.72
|
*
|
0.51
|
0.68
|
+
|
0.53
|
0.61
| |
0.46
|
0.53
|
0.78
|
0.68
| |
|
Listening and communication skills
|
0.26
|
0.45
|
+
|
0.26
|
0.45
|
+
|
0.30
|
0.34
| |
0.30
|
0.21
|
0.33
|
0.47
| |
|
Working with families
|
0.49
|
0.78
|
***
|
0.49
|
0.79
|
***
|
0.55
|
0.64
| |
0.48
|
0.50
|
0.78
|
0.79
|
*
|
|
Understanding family child care
|
0.59
|
0.60
| |
0.52
|
0.68
| |
0.56
|
0.61
| |
0.55
|
0.63
|
0.67
|
0.58
| |
|
Adult learning theory
|
0.29
|
0.50
|
+
|
0.30
|
0.50
|
+
|
0.28
|
0.45
| |
0.23
|
0.37
|
0.44
|
0.53
| |
- Differences between groups: + significant at p ≤ .10; * significant at p ≤ .05; ** significant at p ≤ .01; *** significant at p ≤ .001
