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Direct linkFleer, Marilyn; Li, Liang – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2016
In recent times there has been a major international push for giving voice to children in the provision of services for early education and development particularly among researchers and non-government organisations. However, what has been missing from this body of literature and activity is the children's perspective when centres and services are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evaluation Methods, Models, Childhood Attitudes
Grammatikopoulos, Vasilis; Gregoriadis, Athanasios; Tsigilis, Nikolaos; Zachopoulou, Evridiki – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2014
The aim of the current study was to examine the assessments of parents of the quality of early childhood education (ECE) in Greece. Five hundred and fifty three preschoolers' parents participated in this study providing quality and importance ratings based on the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale Parent Questionnaire (ECERSPQ) for the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Parent Attitudes, Educational Quality
Nah, Kwi-Ok – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2014
Child assessment practices in English and Korean preschools were compared by analysing data from interviews with educators, examples of child assessment, and official documents from each country. Child assessment in England was systematically implemented and characterised by several methodological and procedural strengths, whereas assessment in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Interviews
Clark, Alison – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2011
There have been an increasing number of research studies using participatory, visual methods with young children. This article will explore the possibilities and challenges of extending these methods as tools for listening to early childhood practitioners as well as to young children. This research is based on a longitudinal study carried out…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Foreign Countries
Oun, Tiia; Ugaste, Aino; Tuul, Maire; Niglas, Katrin – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2010
The aim of this study was to examine how teachers in the Step by Step and traditional kindergartens assess their child-centred activities. 308 teachers participated in the study and a questionnaire was used. The results of the study showed that teachers in the Step by Step programme used a child-centred approach more in their work than teachers in…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Teaching Methods, Student Centered Curriculum, Preschool Evaluation
Bae, Berit – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2009
The article starts by illustrating how children's right to participation comes to the fore in legal documents regulating the field of early childhood education in Norway. Issues regarding the views of children, understanding of democracy and of play, which influence how this right is realised in early childhood practice, are taken as a point of…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Preschool Evaluation, Student Participation
Einarsdottir, Johanna – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2007
Methodological and ethical challenges that researchers face when they conduct research with children are the focus of this article. The discussion is based on a study conducted with 2-6-year-old children in Iceland, where the purpose was to shed light on children's perspectives on their early childhood settings. The study is built on the…
Descriptors: Research Problems, Ethics, Research Methodology, Childhood Attitudes
Peer reviewedRamsden, Fiona – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 1997
An action research study examined the influence of the Effective Early Learning Quality Evaluation and Development Process on British preschool playgroup practitioners and their practice. The collaborative action approach to developing practice empowered the practitioners and enhanced their professional development. This in turn had a positive…
Descriptors: Action Research, Educational Practices, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods
Pamela Oberhuemer – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2005
Despite common moves in a number of countries to raise the quality and visibility of early childhood services (for example, through the introduction of curricular frameworks), both professionalisation policies and understandings of the professional role remain distinctly variegated across Europe and beyond. Whereas early childhood systems with…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis
