Social capital: an investment of “self” in children's learning

Abstract

The concept, Social Capital, is devoting oneself affectively through implementing the CDA teaching behaviors so as to assure that children learn, like learning, and know how to learn. Since SC was previously verified as embodying five elements, the concept was investigated, using the “Preschool Teachers’ Social Capital Questionnaire.” The subjects were 168 ECE teachers in both N.Y. [70] and D.C. [98], and their data were computed for appropriate measures of central tendency, variability, and relationships. The findings were: [1] subjects reported being trained in SC in their degree programs; [2] the five dimensions of SC were related to each other for teaching behaviors; [3] all SC dimensions except persistence#sh continuity over time related significantly to each other on all variables when examined separately; [4] persistence#shcontinuity over time was the one SC dimension that was positive but not significantly related to the others on training and investment of effort. Conclusion: The positive relatio...