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Jiyoung Kim; Anne Leftwich; Daniel Castner – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Many K-12 computer science (CS) education initiatives at the local, state, and federal levels have recently started to focus on engaging the young children. Although most CS education research has focused on the secondary level, only minimal research has explored how computer science (CS) and computational thinking (CT) can be taught in elementary…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten
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Bautista, Alfredo; Bull, Rebecca; Ng, Ee Lynn; Lee, Kerry – Policy Futures in Education, 2021
As a result of globalization, kindergarten curriculum frameworks in Asia have been strongly influenced by Western theories, pedagogies, and values. In this article, we argue that Singapore's "Nurturing Early Learners" and Hong Kong's "Kindergarten Education Curriculum Guide" present key notions that are inconsistent with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Elementary School Curriculum, Curriculum Design
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Palilonis, Jennifer; Watt, Tiffany – International Journal on E-Learning, 2019
To be digitally literate, an individual must be able to effectively make and share meaning in different modes and formats, effectively create, collaborate, and communicate in digital environments, and understand how and when technology can support these processes. However, K-5 teachers lack resources that adequately support their digital literacy…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Technology Integration, Curriculum Design, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
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Goldman, Juliette D. G. – Health Education Journal, 2015
Background: Children and young adolescents are reaching puberty earlier. Providing information about such changes before puberty can help them develop in a more competent and informed manner. Context and Objective: UNESCO's "International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education" forms a comprehensive, evidence-based, authoritative…
Descriptors: Preadolescents, Puberty, Sex Education, Comprehensive School Health Education
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Schumacher, Donna H. – Research in Middle Level Education Quarterly, 1995
Provides a description of five levels of curriculum integration at the middle level, specifically: departmentalization, reinforcement, complementary or shared units, webbed, and integrated themes. Discusses curriculum integration in relation to preservice and inservice programs, common planning time, team composition, time issues, and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Departments, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Elementary Education
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Hsieh, Ming-Fang – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2004
This study aims to examine the implementation and application of the revised guidelines for developmentally appropriate practice in the care and education of young children in Taiwan. Child-centered philosophy was introduced to Taiwan 30 years ago, but numerous research studies report that Taiwanese early childhood teachers often encounter…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Educational Practices, Developmentally Appropriate Practices