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Kelly Meadows; Kellie Rine; Sandy K. Bowen – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
The importance of early literacy skills is well established in previous studies; reading abilities and academic success in later grades depend on the foundational early literacy skills developed in preschools. However, little is known about preschool teachers' understanding of the impact of speech sound disorder (SSD) on early literacy skills.…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Emergent Literacy, Speech Impairments, Phonology
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Magen-Nagar, Noga; Schwabsky, Nitza; Firstater, Esther – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2021
In recent years, the kindergarten teachers' role has evolved to assume leadership tasks in addition to the traditional caring and instructional ones. This study examined the contribution of the self-efficacy variables of Israeli kindergarten teachers to predicting their educational leadership efficacy. This empirical study is based on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Role
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Akcanca, Nur – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2020
The objective of this research is to determine the predictive situation of the proficiency perceptions of preschool teacher candidates' attitudes regarding STEM Education and Problem-Based Learning (PBL) towards 21st century skills. Within the scope of this objective, correlational survey design, one of the quantitative research methods, was used.…
Descriptors: 21st Century Skills, Predictor Variables, Student Attitudes, STEM Education
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Ihmeideh, Fathi; Oliemat, Enass – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
Family involvement can no longer be considered a luxury but is rather a main component of early childhood programmes. The purpose of this study is to explore the effectiveness of family involvement in early childhood programmes in Jordan. In total, 84 kindergarten principals and 276 teachers participated in the study. To achieve the study…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Principals
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Turnšek, Nada – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2013
The present study is based on a quasi-experimental research design and presents the results of an evaluation of Antidiscrimination and Diversity Training that took place at the Faculty of Education in Ljubljana, rooted in the anti-bias approach to educating diversity and equality issues (Murray & Urban, 2012). The experimental group included…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Quasiexperimental Design, Multicultural Education, Social Justice
Schryer, Mindi – 1994
This study examined the relationship between day care center size and child care workers' level of job commitment and job satisfaction. Surveys were completed by 128 teachers and aides who worked full-time in non-profit child care centers in the Chicago metropolitan area. The results of the data analysis revealed that there was not a statistically…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Job Satisfaction