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Walsh, Glenda; McGuinness, Carol; Sproule, Liz – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
Against a backdrop of 'play' as the established notion of best practice in early childhood education, this paper sets out to trouble the discourse by exposing for critique the place of teaching within a play-based curriculum. The paper reports on lessons gleaned from a longitudinal play-based intervention in over 100 primary schools in Northern…
Descriptors: Play, Learning Theories, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
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Hedlin, Maria – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
The purpose of the present study is to investigate how preschool teachers see their interaction with the home. The empirical material consists of semi-structured interviews with 30 qualified preschool teachers working in Swedish preschools. The informants describe how they promote cooperation and prevent conflict by clarifying that parents'…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship
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Sak, Ramazan; Erden, Feyza Tantekin; Morrison, George S. – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
This study analyses the beliefs and self-reported practices of preschool teachers with regard to the concept of child-centred education, as well as the consistency between these beliefs and practices. Data were collected via interviews with 20 female teachers employed in public preschools in Ankara, Turkey. The results indicated that the…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Student Centered Learning
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Al-Momani, Ibrahim A.; Ihmeideh, Fathi M.; Naba'h, Abdallah M. Abu – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
This study investigated the relationship between home and kindergarten with regard to helping children with reading in Jordan. Interviews with parents of four- to five-year-old kindergarten students (n = 40) and their teachers (n = 20) were conducted. Results indicated that, although there was cooperation between parents and teachers, the role of…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten
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de Witt, M. W. – Early Child Development and Care, 2009
Recent reports on the quality of education in South Africa seem to be negative, indicating a downwards trend on a yearly basis. Consequently, early literacy is lacking in the majority of learners who enter the formal school environment. As part of the South African government's literacy campaign, Read Educational Trust, an NGO involved in literacy…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis
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Saracho, Olivia N. – Early Child Development and Care, 2008
A family literacy program was examined to document the literacy experiences of 25 fathers and their five-year-old children. Using a case study methodology, this study examined the effects of a literacy intervention program that was designed to assist fathers to promote their children's acquisition of literacy. The results indicated that the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Family Literacy, Emergent Literacy, Fathers
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Papatheodorou, Theodora – Early Child Development and Care, 2007
This paper reports on the development and evaluation of a project to support the learning of the mother tongue by children aged 4-8 years. The aim of the project was to: actively involve and engage children with learning their mother tongue for functional use; involve parents in the learning process and support them in doing so; and increase…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Community Schools, Second Language Learning
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Jewell, Tim; Feiler, Anthony – Early Child Development and Care, 1985
Argues that, with the advent of the 1981 Education Act and its focus on the integration of all pupils into mainstream schools, behaviorist teaching methods are beginning to play a central role in meeting special education needs. Applications of objectives-based curriculum development, direct instruction, precision teaching, and individual…
Descriptors: Children, Curriculum Development, Educational Psychology, Foreign Countries