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Gearing Up for Sustainability Education in Finnish Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC): Exploring Practices and Pedagogies by Means of Collegial Reflection and Discussion
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Furu, Ann-Christin; Valkonen, Satu – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2021
Finnish legislation and policy on early childhood education and care (ECEC) express sustainability as a basic value. The national core curricula state that, during their years in ECEC, all children have the right to develop necessary values, knowledge and skills for living a sustainable life. Furthermore, early years education should be permeated…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Early Childhood Education, Sustainability, Foreign Countries
Nordic Approaches to Evaluation and Assessment in Early Childhood Education and Care
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Urban, Mathias; Reikerås, Elin; Eidsvåg, Gunnar Magnus; Guevara, Jennifer; Saebø, Janken; Semmoloni, Carolina – Global Studies of Childhood, 2023
This paper presents and discusses the findings of a collaborative investigation into Nordic approaches to evaluation and assessment in early childhood education and care. The project explored values and principles that underpin and guide evaluation in ECEC systems and practices in five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Educational Quality
The Making of the Ordinary Child in Preschool
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Alasuutari, Maarit; Markstrom, Ann-Marie – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2011
The article examines parent-teacher conferences in Finnish and Swedish preschools. Previous research has shown that the conferences are mostly about the evaluation of the child. Based on qualitative data, the article studies how this evaluation is done. It asks how the institutional order regarding children is constructed in parent-teacher…
Descriptors: Parent Teacher Conferences, Parent School Relationship, Preschool Children, Foreign Countries