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Jaysveree Louw; Heidi Claassens – Journal of Education and Learning, 2025
This theoretical article examines the crucial role of play-based learning (PBL) in enhancing the mathematical skills of children in the Early Childhood Phase, referred to as Foundation Phase (Grade R-3) learners, within a South African context. The article argues that the traditional approach to teaching early childhood mathematics, where teachers…
Descriptors: Play, Mathematics Skills, Early Childhood Education, Teaching Methods
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Emelie Stavholm; Pernilla Lagerlöf; Cecilia Wallerstedt – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2024
This study focuses on teacher professional learning in early childhood education and care (ECEC) in response to the contemporary challenge of understanding the role of teachers in play. It explores the learning process of teachers when investigating how an ECEC work team in Sweden collaboratively changes their way of reasoning regarding their role…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Play, Learning Processes
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Sakellariou, Maria; Banou, Maria – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Outdoor play comprises a highly significant play category through which children learn, develop, express themselves, socially and physically interact with their surroundings. Research, however demonstrates outdoor play is not substantially utilized within Greek preschool environments. This study was conducted during the 2019 academic year, aiming…
Descriptors: Play, Outdoor Education, Preschool Education, Foreign Countries
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Stejskalová, Irena; Komárková, Lenka; Sláma, Jirí; Pribyl, Vladimír; Štych, Premysl – Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science, 2022
The modern teacher must respond to the needs of society in the context of Education 4.0. It seems suitable to adapt this trend to teaching children at an early age. The paper examines the usefulness of professional education for kindergarten and primary school teachers focused on personality development, emotional intelligence, and other social…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Faculty Development, Personality Development
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Land, Nicole; Vintimilla, Cristina Delgado; Pacini-Ketchabaw, Veronica; Angus, Lucille – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2022
The authors propose decentering the child as a critical motion in the education of pedagogists who work to refuse developmental pedagogies in early childhood education. Tracing how child-centered developmental practices are obstacles for deeper ethical and intellectual work and reiterate anthropocentric relationalities, they offer two propositions…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Teaching Methods, Child Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
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Phillips, Bernadette – Journal of Montessori Research, 2022
The Neurosequential Model in Education (NME) is described as a developmentally sensitive and biologically respectful approach to development and learning. This paper postulates that the NME shares many commonalities with the Montessori Method in that it, too, is developmentally sensitive and adheres to biologically respectful concepts. This paper…
Descriptors: Models, Montessori Method, Child Development, Developmental Stages
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Clarke, Linda; McLaughlin, Tara W.; Aspden, Karyn – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2019
Toddlers' peer conflicts offer meaningful opportunities for toddlers to learn social-emotional skills, including learning to understand another's perspective and learning how to regulate emotions. This study explored 31 teachers' self-reports of their roles, teaching practices and the conditions that influenced their pedagogical responses to…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Toddlers, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers
Nores, Milagros; Maldonado, Carolina; Sanchez, Juliana; Escallon, Eduardo; Frede, Ellen; Guerrero, Karol – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2023
The quality of early childhood programs plays a crucial role in improving outcomes for children. Play-based practices are considered a vital component in early childhood development as they offer opportunities for children to learn and grow. Despite this, the field is still trying to understand the role of teachers in facilitating play and their…
Descriptors: Play, Faculty Development, Preschool Education, Reggio Emilia Approach
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Hanno, Emily C.; McCoy, Dana C.; Sabol, Terri J.; Gonzalez, Kathryn E. – Child Development, 2021
Although professional development is widely used to improve the impacts of early childhood education, little is known about the conditions under which such interventions promote child outcomes. This study applies newly developed methods for quantifying intervention impact heterogeneity to understand whether educators' collective workplace stress…
Descriptors: Child Development, Stress Variables, Faculty Development, Child Care Centers
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Yiyi Chen; Zihe Ding – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Digitalization can potentially benefit the creative and cognitive development of children. This study aims to analyze this impact on a sample of preschool children. A total of 80 preschoolers were divided into four groups based on their age and program variables: there were two groups (control and training) of children aged 3 to 4 years and two…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Young Children, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Schachter, Rachel E.; Gerde, Hope K.; Hatton-Bowers, Holly – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2019
Engaging teachers of young children in effective in-service professional development is a critical component of establishing high quality early childhood education. However, not all professional development offerings are effective in imparting new knowledge, enhancing teacher practice, or improving child outcomes, making it difficult for teachers…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Early Childhood Education, Faculty Development, Child Development
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Elizabeth A. Ethridge; Adrien D. Malek-Lasater; Kyong-Ah Kwon – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
Early childhood teachers routinely facilitate play-based learning experiences in their physical classrooms; however, the pivot to virtual teaching platforms created a barrier for providing age appropriate, play-based learning opportunities during the COVID-19 pandemic. There are few studies exploring how to promote play in the virtual classroom or…
Descriptors: Play, Teaching Methods, Preschool Teachers, Virtual Classrooms
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Chng, Angela; Waniganayake, Manjula; Andrews, Rebecca – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2022
Pedagogical documentation within early childhood centres is a key component of pedagogy and teacher accountability. In Singapore, documentation is a requirement specified under legislative policies included in the national Pre-school Accreditation Framework, with parents often perceived as the main audience. This paper reports on a study utilising…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers
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Samantha Bergmann; Tiffany Kodak – Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2024
Parity is one source of automatic reinforcement that increases the probability of verbal behavior that conforms to models provided by the verbal community. Parity as a conditioned reinforcer could explain the acquisition of grammar in the absence of direct, explicit reinforcement. This possibility has been explored in previous research on…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Verbal Development, Responses
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María Dolores Soto-González; Ramona Rodríguez-López – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2025
This study presents a transdisciplinary techno-artistic experience conducted with students of the degree in Preschool Education from the University of Valencia. The experience seeks to promote the use of technologies with a contemporary approach through new creative forms such as sound-visual cartographies. The objective is to understand the…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Educational Technology, Preservice Teachers, Preschool Teachers
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