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Nihal Eres; Tugba Ecevit – Journal of Inquiry Based Activities, 2025
This study aimed to design, implement, and evaluate the feasibility of an activity titled "Space Adventure for Little Explorers", integrating the engineering and entrepreneurship design model within the STEM education framework into preschool education. The activity was structured in four stages: (1) Discovery with the Family, (2)…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Entrepreneurship, Preschool Education, Learning Activities
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Johnson, Sarah Jean; Avetisian Cochran, Hasmik – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2021
Children's peer social worlds as part of language and literacy learning are often "hidden" from researchers and teachers alike. This article reports on collaborative research between a researcher and veteran kindergarten teacher into these hidden worlds. We draw upon ethnographic documentation (videos, interviews, field notes) and video…
Descriptors: Literacy, Kindergarten, Language Acquisition, Ethnography
Fortune, Navine P. – Online Submission, 2020
Investigators have addressed elementary practitioners' perspectives concerning the concept of curriculum development and children's learning; however, much less information is available on prekindergarten practitioners' perspectives of curriculum for at-risk prekindergarten students. This basic qualitative study explored prekindergarten…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, At Risk Students, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education
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Prošic-Santovac, Danijela; Radovic, Danijela – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2018
This study investigated the agency of children, parents and teachers in a Serbian-English bilingual preschool. The focus was on uncovering the kind of agency each of these groups exercised in the process of language learning by examining the children's linguistic behaviour and the role that parents and teachers had in motivating children learning…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Preschool Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Schwartz, Mila; Gorbatt, Naomi – Modern Language Journal, 2017
In this study, we explored how major theoretical principles and concepts in the mediation strategies of Vygotsky's sociocultural theory are realized in an Arabic-Hebrew preschool in Israel. The aim of this study was to examine how teachers encourage children to use their second language (L2) during teacher-child conversations. In particular, as a…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers, Sociocultural Patterns
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Adagideli, Fahretdin Hasan; Saraç, Seda; Ader, Engin – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2015
Recent research reveals that in preschool years, through pedagogical interventions, preschool teachers can and should promote self-regulated learning. The main aim of this study is to develop a self-report instrument to assess preschool teachers' practices to promote self-regulated learning. A pool of 50 items was recruited through literature…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Educational Practices, Independent Study, Self Disclosure (Individuals)