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Slutsky, Ruslan; DeShetler, Lori M. – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
Technology is a prominent way that young children choose to play. With new advents in technology, children are finding it easier to gain access to technology through parents' cell phones and tablets. The influx of technology in the daily lives of children is putting into question whether or not children are spending too much time engaging in such…
Descriptors: Play, Information Technology, Preschool Children, Mixed Methods Research
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Hachfeld, Axinja; Anders, Yvonne; Kuger, Susanne; Smidt, Wilfried – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
Home and educational institutions are children's most important external influences and a positive partnership between the two can positively affect children's cognitive and non-cognitive development. Quality of family-preschool partnership (FPP) can depend on preschool and family characteristics. For Germany, studies show that immigrant parents…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family School Relationship, Parent Participation, Partnerships in Education
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Gilmore, Gwen; Truong, Thi My Dung; Reilly, Michelle – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
For preservice teachers in early childhood education, having a rich exposure to multiple forms of literacy in diverse communities is an essential dimension of their teacher education. In this study, 10 Australian preservice early childhood education students, in the first year of their course, visit two early childhood settings in a large city in…
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Preservice Teachers
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Taylor, Catherine L.; Jose, Kim; van de Lageweg, Wietse I.; Christensen, Daniel – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
Tasmania's child and family centres (Centres) provide a single entry point to early childhood services (ECS) for children and families living in amongst the most disadvantaged communities in Australia. This study investigated the impact of Centres on parents' use and experiences of ECS using a mixed methods approach. The results showed that Centre…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Child Care Centers, Family Programs
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Nowak-Fabrykowski, Krystyna; Dinçer, F. Çaglayan; Sen, Müge – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
The goal of this research is to compare curricular expectations regarding caring behaviour in the USA and Turkey and to analyse the practical implication by investigating boys' and girls' caring behaviour. Conceptual framework of this research is underpinned in philosophical ideals of ethics of care and is grounded in theories stressing the…
Descriptors: Males, Females, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries
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Erasmus, Myrtle; Janse van Rensburg, Ona; Pienaar, Anita E.; Ellis, Suria – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
South Africa consists of developed and developing contexts. This article reports on a study undertaken to determine the effect of a Perceptual--motor Intervention Programme in learning readiness of Grade R learners from deprived environments. Le Roux's Group Test for School Readiness was used as baseline assessments to establish the school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Perceptual Motor Learning, Learning Readiness, Intervention
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Tzuo, Pei-Wen; Tan, Liang See; Yang, Chien-Hui – Early Child Development and Care, 2013
In the age of globalisation, it has been understood that teachers' beliefs revolve between old--new and local--foreign ideas of teaching and learning. The purpose of this study is to identify the domains of the various ideas that influence teachers' beliefs in globalisation, compare them to the strengths of influence, and explore the meanings of…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Teacher Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Mixed Methods Research