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Monika Szpunar; Brianne A. Bruijns; Leigh M. Vanderloo; Jacob Shelley; Shauna M. Burke; Patricia Tucker – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
This study aimed to obtain consensus on physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour (SB) policy items for use in Canadian childcare settings. Purposeful sampling of Canadian experts in PA/SB (n = 19) and Early Childhood Education (ECE; n = 20) was used to form two distinct (i.e., PA/SB and ECE) panels for a 3-round Delphi study. In round 1, the…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Child Care, Educational Policy, Delphi Technique
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Grant, Julian; Gregoric, Carolyn; Jovanovic, Jessie; Parry, Yvonne; Walsh, Kerryann – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2021
The first five years of a child's life are irrefutably important, establishing life-long health, social and economic outcomes. To optimize these outcomes, global policy is directing professionals from a range of disciplinary backgrounds to work more collaboratively than ever before with children in the early years. Such collaborations have proven…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Interdisciplinary Approach, Preservice Teacher Education
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Cortina-Pérez, Beatriz; Andúgar, Ana – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2021
The democratisation of early childhood education and care and the promotion of plurilingualism across Europe have facilitated the implementation of educational projects and research on early language learning at the pre-primary stage. However, in Spain and similar foreign language (FL) education contexts, it is not clear who should be implementing…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Qualifications, Likert Scales
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Gavigan, Nathan; Belton, Sarahjane; Whyte, Enda; O'Connor, Siobhan; Morley, David; Issartel, Johann – European Physical Education Review, 2022
Assessing children's movement competence (MC) offers numerous benefits for academics, practitioners, clinicians and children, allowing individuals to meet children's developmental needs and improve their MC. Yet, there is concern that currently available assessment tools only provide a single plane (fundamental movement skills) perspective of a…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Elementary School Students, Student Evaluation, Motor Development