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The Role of Placement and Practicum in the Professional Readiness of ECEC Educators Working with Infants and Toddlers
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Katsiada, Eleni; Hatzigianni, Maria; Sotiropoulou, Eleni – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
This study took place in the University of West Attica, Department of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) in Greece, founded in 2018, which focuses on the learning, development and education of children under four years of age. Greece has a split early childhood education system, and there is minimal attention given to infant and toddler…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Education, Infants
International Student Mobility Programs and Effects on Student Teachers' Perceptions and Beliefs about Education and Their Role as Future Educators
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Richardson, Rachel; Munday, Jennifer – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2013
The aim of this study was to examine the value and benefits obtained from a semester length academic exchange for Australian early childhood teacher education students in equivalent programs in selected European sites. The data obtained from interviews conducted in this qualitative study indicate that students involved in the international…
Descriptors: Student Mobility, Foreign Students, Student Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Role
Constructs of Childhood: Enduring or Open to Change? Early Years Students' Reflections on First Hand Experiences of Childhood and Early Years Education in a Different Country and Culture
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McGillivray, Gill – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2009
It can be argued that globalisation brings change for children and their families in the guise of increased poverty and inequality; for example, for the world's poorest populations and communities. Students undertaking Early Childhood Studies degrees in the United Kingdom are likely to encounter modules with a focus on childhood in a variety of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Poverty, Foreign Countries, Student Experience