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Expertise of Early Childhood Educators
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Happo, Iiris; Määttä, Kaarina – International Education Studies, 2011
Every preschool age child in Finland has the right to day care and the expertise of educators is multidimensional. The aim of this article is to clarify the expertise of those early childhood educators, who have the competence of kindergarten teachers (n = 80). The data consisted of the early educators' stories of their growth towards expertise.…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Education, Teacher Competencies
Implementing Curricula that Depend on Teacher Professionalism: Finnish Preschool and Early Childhood Core Curricula and Literacy-Related Practices
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Korkeamaki, Riitta-Liisa; Dreher, Mariam Jean – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2012
Finland recently adopted two national core curricula that apply to kindergartens (ages one through six). An early childhood education and care curriculum outlines expectations for children under seven (when school starts), while a preschool curriculum establishes guidelines specifically for six-year-olds. Both curricula describe broad principles,…
Descriptors: Preschool Curriculum, Early Childhood Education, Children, Foreign Countries