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Direct linkWaddington, Julie; Coto Bernal, Sandra; Siqués Jofré, Carina – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2018
Despite the growing tendency to introduce a foreign language in early years settings, little guidance is provided for practitioners in government steering documents or in the published literature. This article aims to bridge this gap by presenting a study which considers the importance of deploying the holistic approaches used in early years…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Correlation
Massing, Christine; Pente, Patti; Kirova, Anna – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2016
The data for this article were derived from a larger three-year study enquiring into how immigrant preschool teachers, and the families and children with whom they work, explore their bicultural identities through aesthetic representations of their sense of place. Eleven first generation immigrant parents and their young children attending a…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Parent Child Relationship, Cultural Influences, Early Childhood Education
Needham, Martin; Jackson, Dianne – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2012
There are an increasing number of international sociocultural studies exploring how variances of practice and environment impact upon childhoods. This article is intended to inform the process of selecting settings for comparative study by reflecting on two separate studies of groups which initially appear to be examples of similar services…
Descriptors: Play, Groups, Toddlers, Parent Attitudes
van Hoogdalem, Anne-Greth; Singer, Elly; Wijngaards, Leoniek; Heesbeen, Danielle – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2012
In this article a study is presented of selective affiliation of two- and three-year-old children in the natural situation of Dutch daycare centers. Data of (behavioral) characteristics of 674 pairs of children (dyads) were collected. Multi-level analyses of these dyadic data were conducted and showed that the chance of friendship between two…
Descriptors: Play, Familiarity, Friendship, Cultural Background
Gjems, Liv – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2011
The purpose of this study is to focus on interactionally developed explanations in everyday conversations as important pedagogical contexts. The research question is: "How do teachers invite children to participate in co-constructions of explanations in everyday conversations and what may children learn from this?" Learning to explain…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Speech Communication, Teacher Student Relationship, Discourse Analysis
de Roos, Simone A.; van der Heijden, Monique H. R. M. A.; Gorter, Ruud J. – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2010
This study examines professional development activities for students and teachers in two Dutch professional development schools (PDSs). The PDSs consist of a partnership between the kindergarten classes of the elementary school and accompanying playgroup (with children aged 4-6 and 2.6-4, respectively), a teacher's training college and a research…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Early Childhood Education, Rating Scales, Kindergarten
Bablekou, Zoe – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2009
This paper reviews the literature concerning differences in the linguistic style of girls/boys in everyday interactions, and presents empirical data from a study with Greek school children. Two age groups were studied, 6.5 years (N=100) and 9.5 years (N=100), respectively. Everyday life situations were presented, asking children to express what…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Literature Reviews, Language Styles, Age Differences
Messerschmidt, Johanna; Ramabenyane, Julia; Venter, Ricka; Vorster, Carna – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2008
Afrikaans and Sesotho are two of the 11 official languages of the Republic of South Africa. Data on the acquisition of these languages are scarce. It is interesting to compare the acquisition of the two languages because they are very different in grammatical structure. In addition, cultural differences may possibly be visible in the style of…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Preschool Children, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
Brennan, Margaret – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2007
This paper discusses insights arising from a recent doctoral study in a New Zealand early childhood setting. I was interested in how young children learn to be part of the group and drawing on a socio-cultural framework carried out a qualitative case study to investigate the enculturation of young children into childcare settings. The particular…
Descriptors: Young Children, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Child Care
Peters, Isabel; van Oers, Bert – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2007
Teachers possess several strategies to fine-tune their purposive interactions to children's needs. Our study investigates which strategies teachers use in their goal oriented interactions with pupils, whether differentiation is perceptible in the way they interact with children whom they define as "children at risk" as compared to the…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Educational Strategies
Kutnick, Peter; Brighi, Antonella; Avgitidou, Sofia; Genta, Maria Luisa; Hannikainen, Maritta; Karlsson-Lohmander, Maelis; Ruiz, Rosario Ortega; Rautamies, Erja; Colwell, Jennifer; Tsalagiorgou, Eleni; Mazzanti, Chiara; Nicoletti, Sandra; Sansavini, Alessandra; Guarini, Annalisa; Romera, Eva; Monks, Claire; Lofqvist, Monica – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2007
This study sought to identify and compare the characteristics of the social pedagogic context of cognitive activities in a sample of early education settings in six European countries (England, Finland, Greece, Italy, Spain and Sweden). Previous research concerning the social context within which cognitive/learning activities take place has…
Descriptors: Young Children, Rating Scales, Foreign Countries, Social Development
Elfer, Peter – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2006
Whilst there is broad consensus that the emotional responsiveness and sensitivity of staff are of high importance in interactions with babies and young children in nursery, there is not consensus about how far interactions should be organised to facilitate attachments with particular staff. This paper brings the "child's voice" into this…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Parent Child Relationship, Emotional Response, Interaction Process Analysis
Fleer, Marilyn; Raban, Bridie – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2006
The work of Vygotsky (1987) on everyday and scientific concept formation has provided a useful theoretical framework for considering the nature and connectedness of learning between the home and the early childhood centre. This paper will present the findings of an investigation which sought to examine the potential connections made between home…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Early Childhood Education, Investigations
