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Jasemin Can; Johanna Kiili; Mari Vuorisalo; Niina Rutanen – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2025
This article describes the interplay between age and children's resources during the transition from Finnish early childhood education and care (ECEC) to pre-primary education. We describe how age operates in the structures of ECEC during the time before the actual transition. We approach the transition to pre-primary education and the relation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
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Katariina Waltzer; Sirpa Kärkkäinen; Sari Havu-Nuutinen – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2025
The present study sought to determine how and where pedagogical decisions are made, as well as how such pedagogical decisions construct pedagogy, in the early childhood education context. The data was collected through interviews conducted with 46 early childhood education professionals, both teachers and practical nurses. The questions focused on…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Decision Making, Early Childhood Education, Teaching Methods
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Erbay, Filiz; Toklu, Dervise Amca; Kuset, Sermin; Siddik, Hulin – Participatory Educational Research, 2021
In this research, it is aimed to compare the preschool education curricula of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), England, Finland, Southern Cyprus and India. In this study, pre-school education curricula in TRNC, England, Finland, Southern Cyprus and India were examined and the age groups covered by the curricula, their general…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Preschool Education, Preschool Curriculum, Educational Objectives
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Turunen, Tuija; Uusiautti, Satu; Määttä, Kaarina – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
This paper aims at investigating the changing constructions of childhood in two Finnish pre-school education curricula during the time of pre-school reform in the late 1990s and early 2000s. These constructions are part of the underlying curriculum containing postulates and values that influence the written curriculum documents. They determine the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Preschool Curriculum, Preschool Evaluation