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Direct linkBipath, Keshni; Muthivhi, Azwihangwisi E.; Bhoola, Sabeehah – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2022
Parents of young children are often unaware of the general importance of play in children's development and their own roles in children's play. Lack of leisure, lack of space, the COVID-19 pandemic, Early Childhood Centre teacher communication and use of media and digital toys for children, have affected and reduced children's free play. Drawing…
Descriptors: Play, Parent Role, Parent Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Naseema Shaik – Perspectives in Education, 2023
Parent participation is fundamental to children's early literacy development and later academic success. This small-scale qualitative study located in the interpretivist paradigm utilised semistructured interviews to collect data from two Grade R teachers' concerning their perceptions of parent participation in children's early literacy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Emergent Literacy, Parent Participation
Draper, Catherine E.; Cook, Caylee J.; Howard, Steven J.; Makaula, Hleliwe; Merkley, Rebecca; Mshudulu, Mbulelo; Tshetu, Nosibusiso; Scerif, Gaia – Infant and Child Development, 2023
This qualitative study explored caregivers' perceptions of factors influencing early childhood development in low-income, urban South African settings, from a social ecological perspective. Individual interviews were conducted with 15 caregivers of 3-5-year-old children; a reflexive thematic analysis approach was adopted. In the family and home…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Caregiver Attitudes, Preschool Children
Download full textTebogo Jillian Mampane – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2024
The purpose of this paper is to emphasise the value of inducting and mentoring new practitioners in Early Childhood Education centres. Early Childhood Education centres are usually located in meaningful buildings. Centres care for more children than the family can provide for. They are usually divided into groups or classrooms of similarly aged…
Descriptors: Mentors, Early Childhood Education, Child Care Centers, Preschool Teachers
Özkan, Umut Birkan – International Journal of Curriculum and Instructional Studies, 2022
This study focuses on the relationship between students' early academic skills and academic achievement. In this context, it is aimed to examine the predictors of students' early literacy and numeracy skills on their later math and science achievements across countries. A quantitative research approach using a correlational survey design was…
Descriptors: Correlation, Academic Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Predictor Variables
Hannaway, Donna; Govender, Poomoney; Marais, Petro; Meier, Corinne – Africa Education Review, 2019
Currently in South Africa, there are over 20 000 underqualified Grade R teachers who are enlisted into service to ensure that Grade R teaching can continue. The aim of the study reported on was to investigate the challenges and needs faced by underqualified teachers in order to promote the professional development of teachers teaching in rural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Barriers
Daniels, Karen; Forinder, Ulla; Clarke, Marina; Snyman, Stefanus; Ringsberg, Karin C. – Health Education Journal, 2016
Background: The worldwide growth of non-communicable diseases requires important lifestyle adaptations. The earlier a healthy lifestyle is adopted, the better. Enabling a healthy lifestyle for children during the preschool years ideally involves the cooperation of parents and teachers. Health promotion with parents and teachers is most effective…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Parent Attitudes
Venter, Amné; Pienaar, Anita E.; Coetzee, Dané – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
Background: In order to identify Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) as soon as possible, we need validated screening instruments that can be used for the early identification of motor coordination delays. The aim of this study was to establish the suitability of the Little Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire (Little DCDQ) for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Developmental Disabilities, Perceptual Motor Coordination
Van Heerden, Judy – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2016
This study investigated how quality in early learning centres (preschools) in South Africa was experienced and perceived by mothers and teachers. A theoretical framework, based on a model of quality development by Woodhead (1996), informed the study. This framework that consists of input (structural), process and outcome quality indicators is a…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Preschool Teachers
Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; de Beer, Louw, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed.; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Achinewhu-Nworgu, Elizabeth, Ed.; Niemczyk, Ewelina, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2022
This volume contains selected papers submitted to the 20th Jubilee Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), conducted virtually in June 2022. The 20th BCES Conference theme is "Towards the Next Epoch of Education." The theme is focused on problems, discussions, changes, solutions, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational History, Educational Policy, Educational Innovation
Murray, Jaclyn – Intercultural Education, 2012
This paper explores how early childhood development practitioners running centre-based programmes with children aged 3-6 years address the needs of an increasing number of children from diverse cultural backgrounds in their care. This is important as early childhood is a critical moment in which to create a positive awareness about diversity. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Early Childhood Education, Child Development
Messerschmidt, Johanna; Ramabenyane, Julia; Venter, Ricka; Vorster, Carna – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2008
Afrikaans and Sesotho are two of the 11 official languages of the Republic of South Africa. Data on the acquisition of these languages are scarce. It is interesting to compare the acquisition of the two languages because they are very different in grammatical structure. In addition, cultural differences may possibly be visible in the style of…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Preschool Children, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
van Wyk, Noleen; Lemmer, Eleanor – South African Journal of Education, 2007
Estimates suggest that approximately 12% of South Africans are HIV positive. As a result of the rapid increase of infections in the mid-1990s and the concomitant increase in HIV/AIDS-related deaths, it is estimated that 13% of children have lost one or both parents due to AIDS. In this study data were obtained by open-ended written accounts by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family School Relationship, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Educational Policy
