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Direct linkCynthia Dawn Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study was to examine the phenomena of play by exploring kindergarten teachers' perceptions of play, specifically investigating teachers' perspectives on the importance of play, the role of the educator in play, and the changing face of play in response to evolving academic standards. This study utilized the qualitative approach…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Play
Peer reviewedMatengu, Marika; Ylitapio-Mäntylä, Outi; Puroila, Anna-Maija – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2021
This study presents a contemporary overview of practicums as a key element in research on early childhood teacher education (ECTE). Based on a semi-systematic literature review, this study asked what kind of research informs practicums and how. The search identified 81 articles in peer-reviewed journals, which were categorised and thematically…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Practicums, Teacher Education Programs, Preschool Teachers
MacQuarrie, Sarah – Education 3-13, 2018
In the UK, teachers are increasingly being encouraged to support and undertake outdoor learning. Despite such support there is a paucity of research that has considered how outdoor learning can be implemented and offered on a regular basis by teachers. The lack of empirical research that has centralised the role of the teacher is at odds with the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Outdoor Education, Theory Practice Relationship, Guidelines
Naughton, Christopher – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2016
It is common in early childhood education (ECE), for student teachers to be asked to reflect on incidents or scenarios that occur while on practicum and relate their reflections to "theory." This process of identification and corroboration, demonstrates the student's familiarity with the dominant developmental narratives within which ECE…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Practicums, Familiarity, Early Childhood Education
Pramling Samuelsson, Ingrid; Pramling, Niklas – Education Inquiry, 2013
Theory-driven and practice-driven research are often separated, but in this article we shall argue for a research approach that is theory-driven but practice-oriented and shares features with the specific kind of early childhood education pedagogy this research approach has generated, what we refer to as developmental pedagogy (Pramling Samuelsson…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Foreign Countries
Hedges, Helen – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2011
New Zealand's early childhood curriculum, "Te Whariki", has two learning outcomes, dispositions and working theories. While a sociocultural perspective of dispositions has received significant attention in research and teaching, "working theories" as a concept has remained somewhat nebulous. This paper describes ways teachers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intuition, Teaching Methods, Sociocultural Patterns
Download full textHirsh-Pasek, Kathy; Kochanoff, Anita; Newcombe, Nora S.; de Villiers, Jill – Society for Research in Child Development, 2005
The "No Child Left Behind Act" of 2001 crystallized the concern for accountability in education. National testing was mandated as a way to improve the "broken" educational system. Publicly funded early education programs were not spared from such testing. While the positive effects of high-quality early education on children's…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Accountability, Early Childhood Education, Educational Assessment
