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Stålberg, Anna; Sandberg, Anette; Söderbäck, Maja – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
Younger children are common users of health-care services. Their perspective on a health-care situation and their ways of communication differ from that of adults. There is a shortness of research of younger children's perceptions of health-care situations. The knowledge that exists indicates the importance of involving the child's perspective to…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Health Services, Childhood Attitudes, Semi Structured Interviews
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Corson, Kimberly; Colwell, Malinda J.; Bell, Nancy J.; Trejos-Castillo, Elizabeth – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
In this qualitative study, interviews about children's secret hiding places were conducted with 3-5-year-olds (n?=?17) in a university sponsored preschool programme using art narratives. Since prior studies indicate that children understand the concept of a secret as early as five and that they associate secrets with hiding places, the purpose of…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Phenomenology, Confidentiality, Sociocultural Patterns
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Gustavsson, Hans-Olof; Ehrlin, Anna – Early Child Development and Care, 2018
The study focuses on how preschool and musical school teachers experience working with El Sistema-inspired activity at two municipal preschools in a multicultural district in a medium-sized Swedish town. What, according to the educators,is the most significant aspect of working with El Sistema-inspired activities? The theoretical point of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Preschool Teachers, Music Teachers
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Manz, Patricia H.; Eisenberg, Rachel; Gernhart, Amanda; Faison, Jacqueline; Laracy, Seth; Ridgard, Tamique; Pinho, Trevor – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
The purpose of this study was to develop a book sharing intervention to support the language development of infants and toddlers from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Low-income parents were engaged in a collaborative inquiry to develop "Little Talks." Parents were assigned to three small groups that independently…
Descriptors: Intervention, Language Acquisition, Infants, Toddlers
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Lee, Boh Young – Early Child Development and Care, 2013
This study explores the beliefs and attitudes that Korean immigrant parents and their children in the USA hold about their heritage language. Data were collected through interviews. This study addresses how parents' perspectives and their actual heritage language practices with their children influence their children's cultural identity and…
Descriptors: Parents, Language Maintenance, Native Language, Native Language Instruction
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Chan, Wai Ling – Early Child Development and Care, 2012
This paper reports the results of a study concerning the expectations for the transition from kindergarten to primary school amongst teachers, parents and children in Hong Kong. It probes the expectations that teachers and parents have about children's competence in five specific areas of child development thought to be essential for a smooth such…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Kindergarten, Foreign Countries, Parent Role