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Low Fruit/Vegetable Consumption in the Home: Cumulative Risk Factors in Early Childhood
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Ward, Wendy L.; Swindle, Taren M.; Kyzer, Angela L.; Whiteside-Mansell, Leanne – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2015
Cumulative risk theory suggests that a variety of social risk factors would have an additive effect on obesity risk. Multiple studies have suggested that obesity is related to basic resources such as transportation and financial resources. Additional research points to parental engagement and parental monitoring as additional sources of risk. This…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Food, At Risk Persons, Preschool Children
Multicultural Teaching Competence of Korean Early Childhood Educators
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Park, Sungok R. – Multicultural Education Review, 2016
Discourse among early childhood education researchers increasingly emphasizes the need for teachers to better understand and support diversity in their classrooms. As part of a larger mixed-method study, this qualitative research illuminates Korean early childhood educators' multicultural teaching competence. While Korean classrooms are in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Multicultural Education
Associations of Preschool Type and Teacher-Child Relational Quality with Young Children's Social-Emotional Competence
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Garner, Pamela W.; Mahatmya, Duhita; Moses, Laurence Kimberly; Bolt, Elizabeth N. – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: This study examined associations of preschool type (i.e., urban and suburban Head Start and university-affiliated center) and teacher-child variables with positive and negative child outcomes among 145 preschoolers (74 boys). Differences emerged across preschools, with urban Head Start children scoring lowest on the emotional…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Nursery Schools, Teacher Student Relationship, Preschool Teachers
Toward a Systematic and Intentional Approach to Leadership Development for the Early Childhood Profession
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Sturges, Lisa Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2011
An examination of the literature indicated that the field of early childhood would benefit from a more systematic and intentional approach to developing leadership for professionals at all levels, including those with a range of training/education across a diversity of program types and professional positions. The intent of the present study was…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Leadership Training, Preschool Teachers, Online Surveys
A Descriptive Analysis of Co-Teaching: Preschool and Primary Grade Teachers' Self-Perceptions and Observed Practices of Literacy Instruction
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Scranton, Megan J. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Co-teaching has become one of many collaborative strategies that schools are looking at in an effort to meet the needs of all students and improve teachers' instructional practices (Villa, Thousand, & Nevin, 2004). This study provides a descriptive analysis of co-teaching among several different purposeful pairings of teachers at the preschool…
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Literacy Education, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers
Family-School Communication in Preschool and Kindergarten in the Context of a Relationship-Enhancing Intervention
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Rimm-Kaufman, Sara E.; Pianta, Robert C. – Early Education and Development, 2005
The present study is a longitudinal examination of family-school communication in preschool and kindergarten. Preschool and kindergarten teachers and family workers of 75 children from families with low SES logged the frequency and characteristics of family-school communication, resulting in over 22,000 contacts. Data were collected during a…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Family Programs, Family School Relationship, Longitudinal Studies