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Direct linkBradley, Ankhe – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation in practice will focus on gaining insights into the relationship between money spent on professional development and the Standards Assessment Inventory Scores. The Standards Assessment Inventory is an assessment tool aligned with the Standards of Professional Learning that provides insight into the perceptions of professional…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Elementary Education, Faculty Development, School District Spending
Crystal Swinton Cooper – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The early childhood field is increasingly beginning to recognize the importance of integrating science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematical concepts into preschool classrooms. Despite this recognition, preschool teachers often face challenges integrating these subjects due to insufficient knowledge, training, and resources. This…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Role of Education, Teacher Attitudes, STEM Education
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Download full textTican Basaran, Semra; Dinçman, Basak – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2022
The purpose of this study is to examine the professional development of preschool teachers during summer holidays, and to develop recommendations for professional development between teaching semesters. The study is built on the basic interpretive design, with a study group of 24 preschool teachers. The data were collected through semi-structured…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Preschool Teachers, Summer Programs
Matschiner, Andrew – Review of Educational Research, 2023
This systematic literature review examines research on U.S. professional development (PD) in which practicing teachers are asked to engage explicitly with race and racism. Using Kennedy's PD theories of action, this review examines 64 studies published from 1981 to 2019 and analyzes race-related PD goals, pedagogical approaches, and documented…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Inservice Teacher Education, Faculty Development, Race
Dereli, Fatih; Türk Kurtça, Tugba – Southeast Asia Early Childhood, 2022
Parent engagement contributes greatly to the teachers and parents as well as the child. Within the scope of this study, it was aimed to examine the opinions and practices of preschool teachers about parent engagement studies during pandemic period in depth. For this purpose, phenomenology, which is one of the qualitative research methods, was…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, COVID-19
Bektas, Onur; Oguz Ünver, Ayse – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2022
This study was aimed to calculate teachers' effective use of time in scientific inquiry lessons. The research was designed as a case study. The study group of the research consists of 5 pre-school teachers determined by the convenient sampling method. Before the study, the participants were taken in-service training program on scientific inquiry.…
Descriptors: Time Management, Inquiry, Science Instruction, Preschool Teachers
Coelho, Vera; Araújo, Sara Barros; Sanches-Ferreira, Manuela; Vancraeyveldt, Caroline – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2023
This study explores how brief in-service training influences preschool teachers' awareness of competences relevant for building high-quality teacher-child relationships. A pre- and post-test design was used, with a 5-h training session in-between. Thirty-four in-service preschool teachers completed a video-based task before and after training.…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Preschool Teachers, Faculty Development, Teacher Student Relationship
Joana Cadima; Tiago Ferreira; Carolina Guedes; Diana Alves; Catarina Grande; Teresa Leal; Filipe Piedade; Ana Lemos; Andri Agathokleous; Vicky Charalambous; Charalambos Vrasidas; Demos Michael; Manuela Ciucurel; Georgeta Chirlesan; Bogdan Marinescu; Delia Duminica; Anastasia Vatou; Maria Tsitiridou-Evangelou; Evridiki Zachopoulou; Vasilis Grammatikopoulos – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
Professional Development (PD) can be a powerful lever for improving the quality of teacher-child interactions in early childhood education and care (ECEC) and teachers' feelings of support and competence. However, there is a dearth of studies examining different formats of PD and their links with workplace features. The present study aims to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers
Maria L. Hugh; LeAnne Johnson; Angel Fettig – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2024
Exploring what practices early childhood special education (ECSE) teachers have been exposed to and use may highlight the need for improved dissemination and implementation supports. In this survey study, 312 U.S. ECSE teachers reported exposure (familiarity, training) and use of evidence-based practices (EBPs) and low-value practices (LVPs) for…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Evidence Based Practice, Students with Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Atlar, Hilal; Uzuner, Yildiz – Online Submission, 2023
Children with hearing loss show a similar development to their hearing peers in terms of the development of oral and written language. They may experience some delays in oral language skills, which is one of the sub-fields of literacy. Children with hearing loss in the preschool period in Turkey receive support education services from preschool…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Hearing Impairments, Deafness
Rachel Joyce – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Meeting the sensory needs of young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder can be challenging for special education teachers and staff. Children with ASD often experience sensory processing challenge, in turn impacting their ability to participate in daily occupations such as play (Schaff, et al., 2018). Evidence reveals that teachers have varying…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Integrated Curriculum, Preschool Curriculum, Sensory Experience
Tan, Run; Lichtblau, Michael; Wehmeier, Carina; Werning, Rolf – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2022
Using a comparative approach is a widespread method in educational research. Previous cross-cultural comparison studies on teachers' attitudes towards inclusive education show a strong lack of focus on preschool teachers' attitudes towards inclusion. Thus, this study examined 65 Chinese and 59 German preschool teachers' attitudes towards inclusion…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Inclusion
Alfred S. Y. Lee; Wing Kai Fung; Kevin Kien Hoa Chung; Jesus Alfonso Daep Datu; Ryan Yat Ming Cheung – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
Limited research has examined the well-being of international preschool teachers, while intervention targeting their well-being is even rarer. The objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a 2-month EASP (i.e., Early Advancement in Social-Emotional Health and Positivity) positive psychological intervention program based on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, International Schools, Foreign Nationals
Sophia R. D'Agostino; Sarah E. Pinkelman; Melissa Maye – Journal of Early Intervention, 2024
Naturalistic developmental behavioral intervention (NDBI) strategies appear to be well-suited for implementation by preschool teachers of young children ages 3 through 5, yet research exploring NDBI implementation within this specific context is extremely limited. We applied an implementation science framework to examine reported knowledge,…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Preschool Children, Intervention
Masashi Watanabe; Naoko Aoyagi; Naomi Kaminaga – Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 2024
This study examines the effectiveness of a simultaneous intervention in kindergarten and home to improve ball skills in children. Two kindergartens in Ibaraki, Japan, were divided into intervention (N = 98, mean age = 5.5 [0.6] years) and control groups (N = 88, mean age = 5.6 [0.6] years). The intervention was for 4 weeks. Parents received emails…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Psychomotor Skills, Early Intervention
