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Applying Intervention Mapping to Develop an Early Childhood Educators' Intervention Promoting Parent-Child Relationships
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O'Connor, Amanda; Skouteris, Helen; Nolan, Andrea; Hooley, Merrilyn; Cann, Warren; Williams-Smith, Janet – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
Supporting parent-child relationships is vital for children's social and emotional development, future health and well-being. As children now spend significant amounts of time attending early childhood education and care settings, it is opportune that interventions be designed for educators to promote and nurture parent-child relationships. The…
Descriptors: Intervention, Parent Child Relationship, Social Development, Emotional Development
The Effect of Montessori Method on Cognitive Tempo of Kindergarten Children
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Kayili, Gökhan – Early Child Development and Care, 2018
This study was undertaken to discover the effect of the Montessori Method on the cognitive tempo of 4-5-year-old children. Using an experimental pre-test-post-test paired control group design, the study sample included 60 children attending Ihsan Dogramaci Applied Nursery School (affiliated to Selcuk University, Department of Health Sciences) in…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Young Children, Pretests Posttests, Experimental Groups
In Search of an Aesthetic Pathway: Young Children's Encounters with Drama
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Ho, Ka Lee Carrie – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
Aesthetic experiences have proved as a valuable tool to enhance quality childhood life and learning; yet, how young children perceive such experiences is little known. This study investigated the aesthetic experiences and responses of Hong Kong young children through drama improvisation. Deleuzo-Guattarian concept of rhizome was used to form a…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Sino Tibetan Languages, Preschool Children, Drama
Potentials and Challenges of Video-Based Self-Reflection for the Professionalisation of Early Childhood Education and Care Professionals
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Durand, Judith; Hopf, Michaela; Nunnenmacher, Sabine – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
In debate on professionalisation of early childhood education and care professionals (ECEC professionals), the focus is increasingly turning to the ability of ECEC professionals to reflect on and evaluate their own pedagogical practice. Self-reflection is considered a core competence of professional pedagogical practice. So far, little research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Care, Child Caregivers, Preschool Teachers
Learning by Thinking during Play: The Power of Reflection to Aid Performance
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Salmon, Angela K. – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
Coupled with reflection, play leads to the development of thinking dispositions and promotes deep learning and understanding. The twenty-first century world demands that children learn how to learn by becoming reflective, self-regulating inquirers capable of metacognition (thinking about thinking). This manuscript aims to analyse how young minds…
Descriptors: Reflection, Academic Achievement, Thinking Skills, Intentional Learning
Reflections on the Revised National Curriculum for Preschool in Sweden--Interviews with the Heads
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Brodin, Jane; Renblad, Karin – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
In Sweden a Revised National Curriculum for Preschool (Lpfö 98, revised 2010) was implemented on 1 July 2011. The purpose of the revised curriculum was to increase the quality in the Swedish preschool by stressing the scientific basis. The aim was to explore how four heads of preschool reflect on the curriculum and the quality in preschool. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Preschool Curriculum