TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1986//
TI  - Rethinking the role of research: New issues and lingering doubts in an era of expanding preschool education
JO  - Early childhood research quarterly
A1  - Zimiles, Herbert
SP  - 189
EP  - 206
VL  - 1
IS  - 3
N2  - Changing ideas about the role of early education increasingly point toward universal preschool education for all children. This discussion examines issues concerning the long-term effects of preschool experiences and suggests that the value of early education will vary as a function of a matrix of factors including program quality, the vulnerability of individual children, and family needs. The achievements and limitations of evaluation research are described within the context of possible deleterious effects of preschool education. Emphasis is given to the importance of developing ideographic methods of study to achieve more valid assessments of children's response to early education.<p /> 
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SN  - 0885-2006
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0885-2006(86)90029-3
ID  - ref1
ER  -