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Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina; Kikas, Eve; Pakarinen, Eija; Poikonen, Pirjo-Liisa; Nurmi, Jari-Erik – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2013
This study examined the extent to which mothers' trust toward the classroom teacher of their child in first grade is related to observed teaching practices in Finland and Estonia. Sixty-six teachers (32 in Finland, 34 in Estonia) were observed using the Early Childhood Classroom Observation Measure (ECCOM; Stipek & Byler, 2004). Mothers in…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Mothers
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Hallam, Jenny; Gupta, Mani Das; Lee, Helen – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2011
This paper utilises a Vygotskian framework to examine the ways in which teachers shape the creation of children's artwork in educational contexts. Reflexive ethnography and a bottom up approach to discourse analysis are used to analyse a range of qualitative data including photographs, observational notes and audio recordings collected from a Year…
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Art Activities, Ethnography, Discourse Analysis
Anderson, Kimberly L. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study examined the differential effects of two components of the Interactive Strategies Approach (ISA) professional development program on outcomes related to teacher knowledge, teacher practice, and student reading achievement. The professional development for teachers focused on word solving skill among struggling first grade readers. The…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Early Reading, Reading Achievement, Doctoral Dissertations