Early childhood educators are concerned about a "shovedown" of elementary school expectations, standards, and curriculum on to young children due to policy-makers' moves towards utilising preschool programmes to address disparities in academic achievement. This study employs interviews and classroom observations to contrast the…

The project's purpose is to gain greater insight into how preschool teacher students develop a professional role through their three-year education, by the means of a mandatory text called "Pedagogic Creed." By studying these texts it is possible to read signs of a process in ethical and professional formation. The article shows to…

The purpose of this study was to identify the different incidents of critical thinking in five preschool classrooms in one school, and the instructional strategies preschool teachers employed in the development of children's critical thinking. The participants in this study were five self-contained preschool teachers and their corresponding…