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Junqing Zhai; Yunqi Chen; Peiyao Tian; Daner Sun; Jin Sun – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
This study explores the relationship between parental attitudes toward outdoor activities and children's health-related quality of life, focusing on the mediation of outdoor activity time and nature connections. Data from 399 kindergarten children, supplemented by parental insights, were analyzed using structural equation modelling (SEM). Positive…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Recreational Activities, Physical Health, Quality of Life
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Liang, Kun; Ma, Xiao; Zhang, Jialin; Zhang, Baogen; Xin, Fei; Yuan, Qiang; Zhang, Dingyi; Chen, Ronggui; Tang, Yan – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2023
Background: The relation between the human body movements and cognition has been a research hotspot in physical education and health promotion in recent years. This study applied the embodied cognition theory to examine the effects of the Movement Integrity with Intelligent Play (MIIP) program on preschoolers' math performance. Objective: This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Program Effectiveness, Motion
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Albers, Peggy; Flint, Amy Seely; Matthews, Mona – Global Education Review, 2019
This longitudinal ethnographic study involved a professional development project, Project Partnerships Achieve Literacy (Project PAL) in South Africa, with eight rural foundation phase teachers who taught Reception (kindergarten) through grade three (R-3). This Project was designed to support teachers in an under-resourced school as they learned…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Aesthetic Education, Elementary School Teachers, Disadvantaged Schools
Mata, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to provide a rich description of what spiritual experiences look like in children in a kindergarten classroom, in which typically, spirituality is not considered a part of the philosophy or curriculum of the school. This study sought to first describe what constitutes a spiritual experience, to then describe how…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Group Activities, Kindergarten, Religious Factors
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Ebbeck, Marjory; Yim, Hoi Yin Bonnie; Lee, Lai Wan Maria – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2010
This article presents some findings of a small-scale research study carried out in 1 kindergarten in Hong Kong. The study looked at the problems associated with the transition of families from one culture (mainland China) to a new culture (Hong Kong), concentrating on the children's development of a sense of belonging in Hong Kong. Specific issues…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Kindergarten, Young Children, Child Development
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Liljedahl, Peter, Ed.; Nicol, Cynthia, Ed.; Oesterie, Susan, Ed.; Allan, Darien, Ed. – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2014
The theme of the 38th meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME 38) and the 36th meeting of the North American Chapter of the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA 36) was "Mathematics Education at the Edge." Academically, the theme provides opportunities to highlight and examine…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Educational Psychology, Educational Research