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An Exploration of Pre-School Teacher's Experiences of Using Play-Based Approaches to Develop Language and Literacy Skills within Their Classrooms of Children Aged Two to Five Years
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Aoife Roche; Clare Carroll; Mary-Pat O'Malley – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2024
In the Republic of Ireland, the Department of Children and Youth Affairs recommends implementing play-based learning in early education curricula. This research study set out to explore the following research question: What are pre-school teachers' beliefs, understandings and uses of play-based approaches to develop language and literacy skills in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Improving Digital Storybook Story Comprehension in Kindergartners with Developmental Delays Using Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies
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Hui-Hsuan Chung; Szu-Yin Chu; Shu-Hsuan Kung; Wan-Chen Lin – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2024
This study evaluated the effect of peer-assisted learning strategies (PALS) intervention on the language and story comprehension skills of two kindergartners with developmental delays from a special education class while reading a digital storybook. The study was conducted in Taiwan with participants who spoke Mandarin Chinese. This study was a…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Story Reading, Reading Comprehension, Kindergarten
Examining Inter-Professional Collaborative Practice and Reasoning Processes between Pre-Service Teachers and Speech Pathology Students Using Case-Based Learning
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Lucy Robertson; Natasha Ziebell; Jemma Skeat – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2025
Collaborative practice is essential for supporting students with additional needs in schools and often requires working across multiple disciplines. We explored the collaborative interactions of two professions in an interdisciplinary problem-solving task. Teacher candidates and speech pathology students were audio and video recorded working…
Descriptors: Interprofessional Relationship, Preservice Teachers, Speech Language Pathology, College Students