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The Role of the Educational Leader in Long Day Care--How Do They Perceive Their Role?
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Rouse, Elizabeth; Spradbury, Gail – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
National reforms introduced into the early childhood education and care sector across Australia have created a requirement for each service to appoint an "educational" leader to provide curriculum direction to ensure that children achieve quality care and education to lead to positive outcomes. Leadership in the early childhood has often…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Leaders, Foreign Countries, Child Care
Understanding Influences on Writing Instruction: Cases of Two Kindergarten Teachers
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McCarthey, Sarah J.; Kang, Grace – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
The study focused on two kindergarten teachers who were observed and interviewed throughout one school year. The contrasting cases demonstrate how two teachers drew upon their experiences with teaching writing and professional development (PD) with differing outcomes for their instruction and underlying beliefs about writing. Dana, an experienced…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Case Studies
Tensions in Policy and Practice: Influences on Play in Abu Dhabi's New School Model KG Framework
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Baker, Fiona S. – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
This article reports on three salient socio-cultural and systemic factors that are influential in play in Abu Dhabi Education Council's (ADEC's) kindergarten (KG) framework from the teacher perspective. Anecdotal evidence suggests that during ADEC's progressive educational reform, emphasis has reverted to academic performance outcomes rather than…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Conflict
The Development of a Model of Process-Oriented Quality in Early Childhood Services with a Preschool Component.
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Huntley, Jill – Early Child Development and Care, 2001
Examines 10 early childhood services in South Australia, using a model of process-oriented quality. Presents results related to information strategies, communication processes, relationships between family and staff, participation in curriculum, and effectiveness of the model. Discusses staff role in achieving high quality. Asserts that the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Communication