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Cynthia Dawn Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study was to examine the phenomena of play by exploring kindergarten teachers' perceptions of play, specifically investigating teachers' perspectives on the importance of play, the role of the educator in play, and the changing face of play in response to evolving academic standards. This study utilized the qualitative approach…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Play
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Cynthia F. Dicarlo; Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell; Michelle Fazio-Brunson; Sarah W. Gauthreaux – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2025
Background: Early childhood leadership leads to positive outcomes for young children, including social competence. Objective: The purpose of the present study was to examine the leadership behavior exhibited by three preschool aged children and to determine if teacher prompting could increase the frequency of leadership behaviors exhibited by…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Skill Development, Student Development, Teaching Methods
Stacy M. Vaught – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The kindergarten classroom changed over the past few decades from an environment focused on developmental needs toward an environment that focuses on the academic expectation. Educational mandates for standards-based curriculum reduced the social interactions for children to support development and academics in the kindergarten classroom. It is…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Play, Academic Standards
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Nadelson, Louis S.; Nadelson, Sandra G.; Broyles, Ann; Edgar, Janet; Einhorn, Jeryca; Hatchett, Annette; Scroggins, Tabitha; Skipper, Alicia; Ulrich, Cara – Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2019
Caring and curiosity are fundamental to learning and working well with others. Individuals who are both caring and curious have empathetic curiosity and want to know about other people and take the initiative to learn about perspectives, needs, and goals of those around them. Empathetic curiosity can be enhanced through activities in schools. The…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Caring, Personality Traits, Empathy
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Crompton, Helen; Gregory, Kristen; Burke, Diane – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2018
This qualitative study explored the affordances provided by the integration of the NAO humanoid robot in three preschool classrooms. Using the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework as a lens, the researchers qualitatively analyzed data from focus groups, observations, field notes and student artifacts, using grounded coding to uncover…
Descriptors: Robotics, Teaching Methods, Preschool Education, Interaction
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Luen, Loy Chee – Southeast Asia Early Childhood, 2021
Puppetry plays an edutainment role in playing and learning activities for nursery and kindergarten children. This qualitative study was aimed to investigate the benefits of puppetry activities for children who were enrolled in early childhood programs. In-depth interviews were conducted with four respondents, two of whom were child care providers…
Descriptors: Puppetry, Early Childhood Education, Teaching Methods, Preschool Teachers
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Counsell, Shelly Lynn; Boody, Robert M. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2013
Using Head Start as an example of a compensatory social program based on a liberal egalitarian view of justice, this paper shows how all such programs are fundamentally flawed. In spite of any good intentions, by creating a discourse of deficiency and attempting amelioration through segregation this approach contains the seeds of its own failure.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Disadvantaged Youth, Social Justice, Academic Achievement
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de Haan, Annika K. E.; Elbers, Ed; Leseman, Paul P. M. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2014
The aim of this study was to assess whether children's development benefited from teacher-and child-managed academic activities in the preschool and kindergarten classroom. Extensive systematic observations during four half-days in preschool ("n"?=?8) and kindergarten ("n"?=?8) classrooms revealed that classrooms differed in…
Descriptors: Student Development, Preschool Children, Kindergarten, Observation
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León, Jenny Melo – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2015
The purpose of this study was to identify the different incidents of critical thinking in five preschool classrooms in one school, and the instructional strategies preschool teachers employed in the development of children's critical thinking. The participants in this study were five self-contained preschool teachers and their corresponding…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Preschool Education, Educational Strategies, Teaching Methods
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Hargreaves, David J.; Robson, Sue; Greenfield, Sue; Fumoto, Hiroko – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2014
This article provides a brief review of the main phases and findings of the Froebel Research Fellowship project, which has been funded by the Froebel Trust (previously the Incorporated Froebel Educational Institute) since 2002. The project is investigating the extent to which Froebelian ideals, such as the notion that children's knowledge should…
Descriptors: Ownership, Personal Autonomy, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods
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Manwaring, Joanne S. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2008
The scope of this article is to discuss the impact of underrepresentation of girls in separate, self-contained special education classes for preschool children in a large school district in the southeastern United States. On a regular basis, preschool girls identified with special needs are being placed in self-contained classes where there they…
Descriptors: Females, Disproportionate Representation, Disabilities, Preschool Children