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O'Sullivan, Lisha; Ring, Emer – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
The field of early childhood education is propelled by guiding principles stemming from philosophical and child development research positions. While the guiding principles of high-quality early childhood education are influenced by universal and local perspectives, it is critical that early childhood curricula and pedagogy are firmly…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Child Development, Self Control, Sociocultural Patterns
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Colliver, Yeshe; Veraksa, Nikolay – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
As societies become more aware of the importance of early socio-emotional skills for children's later success, teachers report that they are ill-equipped to support and enhance these skills within their 'traditional' teacher role. This paper turns to the contributions that Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky and his adherents have made to our…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Child Development, Emotional Development, Play
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Xu, Yaoying; Chen, Chin-Chih; Spence, Christine; Washington-Nortey, Melissa; Zhang, Fa; Brown, Amber – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Young English learners (ELs) whose home language is Spanish continue to lag behind in several school readiness areas including language and literacy skills in spite of their strong social skills, which are positively related to language and literacy. The purpose of this article is to identify challenges that preschool Spanish speaking ELs face,…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, English Language Learners, Peer Teaching, Literacy
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Scott-Weich, Bridget; Yaden, David B., Jr. – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
This case study examined the effects that the processes of private speech and materialization (using line underscores as word placeholders) had on the emergent writing behaviours of one, six-year-old student who was enrolled in an auditory--oral deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) first-grade classroom situated on a large urban public school campus.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Literacy Education, Deafness, Grade 1
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Mohamed, Ahmed Hassan Hemdan; Al-Qaryouti, Ibrahim Amin – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
The purpose of this study was to explore whether preschool teachers' self-reported beliefs could predict their self-reported practices about developmentally appropriate practices (DAP). A related purpose was to examine whether classroom size and teachers' experience are significant predictors of their self-reported beliefs and practices. A total…
Descriptors: Correlation, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Developmentally Appropriate Practices