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Jensen, Bryant; Pérez Martínez, María Guadalupe; García Medina, Adán Moisés; Martínez, José Felipe; Benito Cox, Carolina; Larsen, Ross – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2020
Measures of teaching are used internationally to understand and improve quality in early education with little consideration for ecological validity. In this study, we analyze videos gathered in 58 K-1 classrooms in Central Mexico to evaluate the validity and reliability of scores from an observational tool developed in the U.S. and used…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Classroom Environment, Kindergarten, Grade 1
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Rantala, Taina; Maatta, Kaarina – Early Child Development and Care, 2012
The aim of this paper is to decipher the essence of the joy of learning and the ways to enhance it at school. In the field of educational psychology, research on feelings is lacking, and the little that does exist has focused more on negative rather than positive feelings. The present paper is based on ethnographic and observational research of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Primary Education, Grade 1, Grade 2
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Martin, Cathrin; Evaldsson, Ann-Carita – Mind, Culture, and Activity, 2012
This study explores how young children appropriate school rules and what opportunities for active participation are afforded in a Reggio Emilia elementary classroom with particular interest in the interactional and communicative competences children display in situated practice. An ethnographic and microanalytic approach is used to study how the…
Descriptors: Reggio Emilia Approach, School Policy, Student Participation, Elementary School Students