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Vasiliki Vasilaki – Online Submission, 2024
The current study explores the impact of visual arts education on early childhood, highlighting its role in enhancing creativity, imagination, and emotional expression in pre-school children. It explores the perspectives of pre-school teachers on the importance of visual arts in children's development and the challenges they face when integrating…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Visual Arts, Art Education, Educational Policy
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Grammatikopoulos, Vasilis; Gregoriadis, Athanasios; Tsigilis, Nikolaos; Zachopoulou, Evridiki – Early Child Development and Care, 2018
The aim of the current study was to evaluate the relation of early childhood education global quality with children outcomes in the Greek early childhood education settings. Quality was assessed by the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised (ECERS-R), whereas the Utrecht Early Math Competence Scale and Concepts About Print Scale were…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries
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Kampouri, Mariza; Kyriklaki, Andriani; Roumeliotaki, Theano; Koutra, Katerina; Anousaki, Despoina; Sarri, Katerina; Vassilaki, Maria; Kogevinas, Manolis; Chatzi, Leda – Child Development, 2018
Early-life exposures are critical for later child cognitive development. McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities (MSCA) were used to assess cognitive development of 700 preschoolers (M[subscript age] = 4.2 years), derived from the "Rhea" birth cohort, in Greece. Principal component analysis (PCA) was applied on prospectively collected…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Development, Child Development, Early Experience
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Karachaliou, Marianna; Chatzi, Leda; Roumeliotaki, Theano; Kampouri, Mariza; Kyriklaki, Andriani; Koutra, Katerina; Chalkiadaki, Georgia; Michel, Angelika; Stiakaki, Eftichia; Kogevinas, Manolis; Pawlita, Michael; Waterboer, Tim; de Sanjose, Silvia – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2016
Background: Viral infections of the central nervous system may have detrimental effects for the developing brain, but the effects of less virulent common infections are unclear. We aim to investigate the impact of common viral infections of early childhood on neuropsychological performance of children at age four. Methods: We used cross-sectional…
Descriptors: Diseases, Neuropsychology, Cognitive Ability, Biochemistry
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Guo, Juan; Zhang, XiangKui; Wang, Yong; Xeromeritou, Aphrodite – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2011
The researchers studied humour among Chinese and Greek preschool children in relation to cognitive development. The sample included 55 Chinese children and 50 Greek children ages 4½ to 5½ years. Results showed that both Chinese and Greek children's humour recognition were significantly and positively correlated to their cognitive development, but…
Descriptors: Humor, Young Children, Preschool Children, Foreign Countries
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Arapaki, Xenia; Zafrana, Maria – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2004
This study describes the results of an empirical research project concerning the artistic abilities of children aged 4, 5 and 6 years and their development, when these children make drawings within a "guided" teaching intervention. This research is based on an operational use of Luquet's ideas, which have been used, not only as a…
Descriptors: Intervention, Kindergarten, Cognitive Development, Child Development