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Direct linkKathryn Mason; Alice Brown; Susan Carter – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
Within an early childhood setting strong collaborative partnerships between the service and the family are critical to the success of a child's development and learning. Collaborative interactions with families are considered indicators of quality within early childhood services. Whilst the value and importance of collaborative partnerships are…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Early Childhood Education, Figurative Language, Family School Relationship
Claire Philp-Clark; Susan Grieshaber – Australian Educational Researcher, 2024
This Meta-Aggregative (MA) Qualitative Evidence Synthesis (QES) identified, investigated, and critically appraised examples of 'quality' Teacher Critical Reflection (TCR) in recent peer-reviewed research. The key question guiding the synthesis of literature was, How is teacher critical reflection evidenced, justified, and communicated in…
Descriptors: Reflection, Critical Thinking, Educational Quality, Teacher Effectiveness
Dorian L. Harrison; Cory T. Brown – Urban Education, 2025
Teacher education programs are still grappling with the best ways of capturing preservice teachers' dispositions toward diversity and culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP). Recent studies identified critical reflections as a way of capturing preservice teachers' dispositional shifts over time, highlighting instances of CRP. This study sought captured…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Practices
Grigoropoulos, Iraklis – Contemporary School Psychology, 2023
Educators have a critical role in enhancing children's play interests within the classroom by determining the actions and context of their play. This study examined personal and professional characteristics associated with educators' self-reported play engagement preferences using a sample of Greek early childhood educators. One hundred…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Play, Foreign Countries, Preschool Education
Eleni Loizou; Elena Theodosiou – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2024
The goal of this study was to describe the experiences of fourth year Early Childhood Education (ECE) student teachers during their school practicum at the time of COVID-19 in Cyprus. Specifically, a group of 28 preschool student teachers was followed over the period of 13 weeks during their final practicum course. Through journaling they…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Practicums, Play
Download full textKatherine Szocik; Clarissa B. Wade; Heather L. Walter; Christan G. Coogle; Sondra M. Stegenga; Sarah A. Nagro – Journal of Special Education Preparation, 2024
Making connections between macro and micro-level practices help teacher candidates to better understand the interdisciplinary nature of the system in which they work. Therefore, we present a collaborative approach to support an increase in early intervention and early childhood special education teacher candidate knowledge and application of best…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Evidence Based Practice, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention
Nolan, Andrea; Guo, Karen – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2022
Critical reflection on practice is a hallmark of professionalism in early childhood education. In the Australian context, reflection is highlighted as a principle in the national curriculum framework. This paper focuses on the professional learning of early childhood educators by drawing on a pedagogy of discomfort, an approach that aims to…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Practices, Transformative Learning, Preschool Teachers
Jennifer D. Pierce; Kimberly St. Martin – Brookes Publishing Company, 2022
Coaching between educators is one of the best ways to improve outcomes for all learners--but coaches rarely get formal preparation for mastering this important role. Give coaches the expert support they need with this essential new resource, a comprehensive guide to "what effective coaching looks like across the PreK-12 grade span and how to…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Educational Change, Teacher Leadership, Teamwork
Ivrendi, Asiye; Cevher Kalburan, Nilgün; Simsek, Zeynep Ceren – Journal of Teacher Education and Educators, 2022
This study investigates preschool teachers' experiences and perceptions of a professional development (PD) program on children's self-regulation. This PD opportunity was planned around two aims: to increase preschool teachers' awareness of children's self-regulation skills and to support participants' understanding and skills to implement the Red…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Metacognition, Faculty Development, Educational Practices
Andrea Laser; Serra Acar; Karen Brown; Katherine B. Green; Lindsey A. Chapman; Chelsea T. Morris; Lauren Hart Rollins; Annie George-Puskar; Monica Gonzalez; Alesia Mickle Moldavan; Kathy R. Doody; Katrina Fulcher-Rood; Pamela Schuetze; Kaitlin Jackson; Bradley Mills; Lindsay R. Dennis; Tai Cole; Kelly Farquharson; Marisa Macy – Journal of Special Education Preparation, 2024
The personnel preparation of early intervention/early childhood special educator (EI/ECSE) candidates is a pivotal stage in supporting the development of professionals who can effectively work with young children with and at-risk of developmental disabilities, their families, and other service providers. This process encompasses a multifaceted…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, At Risk Students, Early Childhood Education, Special Education Teachers
Vaughn, Margaret; Kuby, Candace R. – Action in Teacher Education, 2019
Scholars suggest that through visioning preservice teachers can imagine their ideal classroom and construct instructional practices aligned with their knowledge of effective pedagogy. However, less is known about the relationship between preservice teachers' visions and their personal ideologies and histories. During the semester, preservice…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Preservice Teachers, Ideology, Beliefs
O'Connor, Amanda; Skouteris, Helen; Nolan, Andrea; Hooley, Merrilyn; Cann, Warren; Williams-Smith, Janet – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
Supporting parent-child relationships is vital for children's social and emotional development, future health and well-being. As children now spend significant amounts of time attending early childhood education and care settings, it is opportune that interventions be designed for educators to promote and nurture parent-child relationships. The…
Descriptors: Intervention, Parent Child Relationship, Social Development, Emotional Development
Sadownik, Alicja R.; Baraldsnes, Dziuginta; Kalgraf, Solveig – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2017
This paper presents an analysis of how educators from Lithuania experienced the Norwegian ECEC during a short study trip. The research results are informed by the theory of Practice Architecture [7, 8] that describes educational practices using the concepts of "sayings," "doings," and "relatings." "Sayings"…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Semi Structured Interviews, Travel
Rowe, Don, Ed.; Watson, Anne, Ed. – Trentham Books, 2018
This book emerges from a deep concern about the direction of educational policy in the last decade and its effects on children, teachers and school leaders. It addresses contemporary educational issues from the perspectives of justice, peace, equality and truth, and is informed by Quaker approaches to these values. It presents a coherent approach…
Descriptors: Religious Cultural Groups, Religious Factors, Educational Practices, Educational Environment
Ryan, Michael G. – Planning and Changing, 2017
With this practitioner action research study, I describe what happened when I, serving as an elementary school principal, disrupted the typical faculty meeting schedule with a structure called Design Your Own Learning. Here teachers were responsible for planning and carrying out professional learning based upon their own inquiry into their daily…
Descriptors: Principals, Action Research, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Meetings
