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Laletas, Stella; Reupert, Andrea; Goodyear, Melinda – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2022
Children exposed to the risk factors associated with parental mental illness are seen to be at risk of developing cognitive, emotional, and behavioural difficulties in preschool and later in life. Given that educational settings are seen as optimal for early intervention, preschool teachers have an important role to play in identifying and…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children, Mental Disorders, At Risk Persons
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Sofie Cabus; Filip Lenaerts; Nguyen Thi My Trinh; Nguyen Thi Trang; Le Thi Dieu Phuc; Nguyen Hoang Phuong – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2023
Process-oriented child monitoring (POM) deals with systematic monitoring of the observed learning needs of children in early childhood education by teachers. Between 2017 and 2021, a teacher professional development trajectory was implemented using POM in ethnically diverse preschools in Central Vietnam. These preschools typically consist of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Preschool Education, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged
Jones, Sabrina; Ali, Titilayo Tinubu – Southern Education Foundation, 2021
While teaching is the most important school-based factor in student success, teaching is also ranked one of the worst professions for physical health, psychological well-being, and job satisfaction. That leads to high rates of absenteeism and turnover, exacting a financial toll on schools and negatively affecting students' academic achievement.…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Teacher Burnout, Well Being, Beginning Teachers
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Jayne M. Leh – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: Groups of students were enrolled in a course that sought to produce a three-phase theoretical model over three semesters. Design/methodology/approach: A design project to comprehensively address school violence was launched at a university in eastern Pennsylvania. Findings: This article updates the recent and most critical finding of the…
Descriptors: Trauma, School Violence, Universities, College Students
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Parkinson, Tom; McDonald, Kevin; Quinlan, Kathleen M. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2020
This paper focuses on academic development for Syrian academics in exile. Academic development first emerged in resource-rich, global North environments including the UK, the USA, Australia, and Scandinavia nearly 50 years ago as reported by Gosling ("International Journal for Academic Development," 14(1):5-18, 2009), and the majority of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, College Faculty, Faculty Development
Diamond-Berry, Kimberly; Ezeh, Nkechy – ZERO TO THREE, 2020
Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative (ELNC) began as a year-long initiative to support early learning for very young children and families. The program has grown into a self-sustaining, nonprofit, place-based organization committed to improving the lives of children and families in the underresourced neighborhoods of Grand Rapids, MI.…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Neighborhoods, Family Programs
McGady, Emily Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This explanatory sequential study examined and explored the understandings and perceptions a new cohort of K-12 teachers before and after they received Trauma Informed Care (TIC) training, which emphasized the prevention, recognition, and mitigation of secondary trauma (ST). TIC training is a requirement for all teachers. The study aimed at…
Descriptors: Trauma, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Attitudes
Adalgiza Isabel Banana Canjinji – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of my mixed-methods approach with an explanatory sequential design study was to explore what role extreme poverty backgrounds play in social skills development and the academic performance of children in a rural central region of Angola, in southern Africa. Therefore, triangulation of interview data was achieved by a quantitative…
Descriptors: Poverty, Academic Achievement, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Thompson, Paula J.; Marvin, Christine A.; Knoche, Lisa L. – Infants and Young Children, 2021
The qualities and practices of two experienced, expert early childhood (EC) coaches, working with Early Head Start teachers, were explored through analyses of 24 audio-recorded EC coach-teacher conversations and coach interview data. Audio-recordings from 2 years of coaching sessions were reviewed, identifying the coaches' use of specific…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Preschool Teachers, Federal Programs, Low Income Groups
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Kemp, Coral – Infants and Young Children, 2020
The adoption of interventions for infants and young children with disabilities/delays or at risk of disability/delay is likely to be influenced by sources other than research evidence. Where the available research evidence does influence the choice of intervention, there may be difficulties translating research that has been implemented in a…
Descriptors: Intervention, Infants, Preschool Children, Disabilities
Salinger, Terry – National Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Neglected or Delinquent Children and Youth (NDTAC), 2018
The law requires that juvenile justice facilities must provide education to all school-age students, and these facilities often do so despite challenges that would baffle most high school administrators and teachers. This "Adolescent Literacy Guide" provides guidance to both administrators and teachers who want to increase opportunities…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Juvenile Justice
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Landry, Susan H.; Zucker, Tricia A.; Taylor, Heather B.; Swank, Paul R.; Williams, Jeffrey M.; Assel, Michael; Crawford, April; Huang, Weihua; Clancy-Menchetti, Jeanine; Lonigan, Christopher J.; Phillips, Beth M.; Eisenberg, Nancy; Spinrad, Tracy L.; de Viliers, Jill; de Viliers, Peter; Barnes, Marcia; Starkey, Prentice; Klein, Alice – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Despite reports of positive effects of high-quality child care, few experimental studies have examined the process of improving low-quality center-based care for toddler-age children. In this article, we report intervention effects on child care teachers' behaviors and children's social, social-emotional classroom activities (RECC).…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Early Childhood Education, At Risk Persons, Toddlers
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Kinkead-Clark, Zoyah – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Though violence in schools is a highly topical issue, very few studies have examined the issue in early years classrooms in the Caribbean. Using Jamaica and Belize as case studies, four teachers were interviewed to ascertain how they respond to children from harsh ecological environments in which they teach. Using thematic analysis, the findings…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Violence, Environmental Influences, Parenting Styles
Bailey, John P.; Hess, Frederick M. – American Enterprise Institute, 2020
Schools connect students with peers and mentors, channel youthful energy into productive pursuits, teach essential academic skills and knowledge, and give overwhelmed parents room to breathe and work. Adapting to the challenges of COVID-19 gives America's schools the opportunity to provide what is uniquely possible in the schoolhouse while seeking…
Descriptors: School Closing, Educational Planning, Educational Change, Distance Education
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2021
This short description contributes to better understanding of vocational education and training (VET) in Portugal, by providing insight into its distinctive features and highlighting system developments and current challenges. VET in Portugal offers a wide range of programmes, flexible in type and duration. Promoting equal opportunities and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Secondary Education, Adult Education
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