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Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword by Alice Albright and Amit Dar -- Foreword by Ana Maui Taufe'ulungaki -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Context of Tonga -- The Pacific Early Age Readiness and Learning Programme -- PEARL Pillars -- Tonga PEARL -- Chapter 2 The Importance of Measuring Early Childhood Development -- Early Childhood Development and School Readiness -- Measuring Early Childhood Development -- Chapter 3 Steps in the Development of the Tongan Early Human Capability Index -- Why Develop a New Measure of Early Human Capability for Tonga? -- Consultations: What Does a "Solid/Strong" Tongan Child Look Like When Starting School? -- Step 1: First Consultations -- Step 2: Second Consultation/Face Validity -- Step 3: Pilot Test -- Step 4: Third Consultation to Finalize Instrument -- The TeHCI -- Implementation of the Census -- Chapter 4 Results -- Resultant Sample Description -- TeHCI Descriptive Results -- Social and Demographic Factors Affect Child Development -- Early Childhood Stimulation in the Home Positively Affects Child Development -- Preschool Services Positively Affect Child Development -- Geographical Mapping -- Data Dissemination -- Chapter 5 Potential Future Use of the Early Human Capability Index in Tonga and Conclusions -- Exemplary Data Collection Process -- Conclusions -- Appendix A Back-Translated and Tongan Versions of the TeHCI -- Appendix B Geographically Mapped Results of TeHCI Domains -- Appendix C Reliability and Validity of the TeHCI -- Discrimination -- Traditional Methods of Scale Reliability -- Rasch Modeling -- References -- Figures -- Figure 4.1 Activities in the Home Environment for Children Ages 3-5 -- Figure 4.2 Activities in the Child's Home Environment by Mother's Education Level -- Figure 4.3 Preschool Participation by Age and Sex.
Figure 4.4 Preschool Participation by Island Group -- Figure 4.5 Preschool Participation by Mother's Education Level -- Maps -- Map 4.1 Overall Development Map of Tongatapu -- Map 4.2 Overall Development Map of Vava'u -- Map 4.3 Overall Development Map of Ha'apai -- Map 4.4 Overall Development Map of 'Eua and the Niuas -- Map B.1 Approaches to Learning, Tongatapu -- Map B.2 Cultural and Spirituality, Tongatapu -- Map B.3 Literacy, Tongatapu -- Map B.4 Numeracy and Concepts, Tongatapu -- Map B.5 Perseverance, Tongatapu -- Map B.6 Physical Development, Tongatapu -- Map B.7 Social and Emotional Development, Tongatapu -- Map B.8 Verbal Development, Tongatapu -- Photos -- Photo 4.1 Launch of the TeHCI Results by Her Royal Highness the Princess of Tonga and Dr. Truman Packard, Lead Economist, World Bank -- Photo 4.2 Community Dissemination of the TeHCI Results on Tongatapu -- Photo 4.3 Community Dissemination of the TeHCI Results on Ui'ha Island and Ha'apai Island Group -- Tables -- Table 1.1 Tonga PEARL Schedule and Research -- Table 3.1 Tongan Early Human Capability Index Questionnaire Items -- Table 4.1 Estimated Participation Rate by Main Island Group -- Table 4.2 Sample Characteristics -- Table 4.3 Tongan Early Human Capability Index Descriptive Results -- Table 4.4 Child Development by Age -- Table 4.5 Child Development by Gender -- Table 4.6 Child Development by Educational Attainment of Child's Mother -- Table 4.7 Child Development by Island Group of Residence -- Table 4.8 Relationship between Reading in the Home Environment and Child Development -- Table 4.9 Relationship between Reading in the Home Environment and Child Development for Children Not Attending Preschool -- Table 4.10 Relationship between Reading in the Home Environment and Child Development for Children Attending Preschool.
Table 4.11 Relationship between Telling Stories in the Home Environment and Child Development -- Table 4.12 Relationship between Singing Songs in the Home Environment and Child Development -- Table 4.13 Relationship between Being Taken Outside the Home/Yard Environment and Child Development -- Table 4.14 Relationship between Playing in the Home Environment and Child Development -- Table 4.15 Relationship between Naming/Counting or Drawing Things with the Child in the Home Environment and Child Development -- Table 4.16 Relationship between Participation in Early Childhood Education and Developmental Outcomes -- Table 4.17 Relationship between Participation in Early Childhood Developmental Outcomes, Controlling for Confounders -- Table C.1 Internal Consistency of TeHCI Scales as Measured by Cronbach's Alpha.
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Early childhood development in Tonga : baseline results from the Tongan early human capability index / / Sally Brinkman and Binh Thanh Vu
