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Fleer, Marilyn; Li, Liang – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2023
There is increasing evidence of the fusion of Western and Eastern early childhood philosophies and programmes within China. Although research has paid attention to this change, less attention has been directed to how culturally different beliefs and practices are experienced by children and teachers. This paper reports on a study of play-based…
Descriptors: Play, Educational Change, Curriculum Development, Rural Areas
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Papandreou, Maria; Tsiouli, Maria – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2022
Children's everyday mathematics has been well evidenced by a growing body of research and is widely acknowledged as fundamental to meaningful learning in early childhood education. However, literature supports that drawing upon children's mathematical resources for further learning requires that the range of these resources is valued and noticed…
Descriptors: Play, Learning Processes, Early Childhood Education, Learning Activities
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Thao, Dang Phuong; Boyd, Wendy Anne – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2014
Since 2003, the Vietnamese government has prioritised curriculum reform efforts and commitment to improving the quality of the national curriculum. The Vietnamese early childhood education renovation has encountered considerable changes and challenges, particularly in the area of pedagogical approaches. Many early childhood teachers continue to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, National Curriculum, Educational Change
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Yan, Chaoyun – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2005
"Naive theory" is the explanation and interpretation given by young children according to their understanding of the world. It has significant applications in early childhood education. Valuable applications include evoking and challenging children's naive theory in educational activities. Pedagogical strategies and educational cases are provided…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Curriculum Development, Young Children, Early Childhood Education
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Saude, S.; Carioca, V.; Siraj-Blatchford, J.; Sheridan, S.; Genov, K.; Nuez, R. – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2005
In the European context the continuing training of early childhood educators in terms of information and communications technology (ICT) remains limited and is in need of development. The KINDERET project has been funded through the European Commission's "Leonardo da Vinci" programme aimed to identify and understand the theoretical and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Faculty Development
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Barrett, Margaret – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2003
This paper examines the ways in which young children construct and negotiate musical meaning as song-makers in a post-modern consumerist musical world. A critical analysis of the presentation of music in two popular Australian children's television programmes (Play School and Hi-5) and the ways in which such media impact upon children's…
Descriptors: Criticism, Childrens Television, Music Education, Musical Composition