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Portfolio Assessment: Does It Really Give the Benefits That It Purports to Offer? Views of Early Childhood and First-Grade Teachers
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Alaçam, Nur; Olgan, Refika – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
Early childhood (n = 10) and first-grade teachers' (n = 10) views concerning portfolio usage were investigated in the current research. After collecting the data, six themes were constituted regarding the teachers' opinions about portfolio use concerning "portfolio conception," "advantages, disadvantages and challenges of…
Descriptors: Portfolio Assessment, Grade 1, Elementary School Teachers, Preschool Teachers
Assessing Teacher Beliefs about Early Literacy Curriculum Implementation
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McKenney, Susan; Bradley, Barbara – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
Against the backdrop of growing international concern for a narrowing view of early literacy, this study was initiated to determine how teachers of four-year-olds view their task of fostering early literacy. This paper reports on the first steps to design and validate an instrument which captures teachers' perceptions of early literacy content…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Emergent Literacy, Curriculum Implementation, Content Validity
What Makes a Good Kindergarten Teacher? A Pilot Interview Study in Hong Kong.
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Ling, Li Yuen – Early Child Development and Care, 2003
This study investigated perceptions of teaching and learning among Hong Kong kindergarten teachers. Findings indicated that traditional instruction emphasizing planning, preparation, and external judgment, was perceived as an important indicator for good teaching. Teachers tended to focus on their own actions as teachers rather than their pupils'…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries