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Shirakawa, Yoko; Saracho, Olivia N. – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
This article examines the life of Friedrich Froebel, the founder of the kindergarten in the 1840s. It describes how the kindergarten and its impact in Germany and the United States. It spread at the international level of education because German kindergarten teachers relocated it to other countries when it was banned in Germany. In the years from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Educational History, Cultural Differences
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Slutsky, Ruslan; Kragh-Müller, Grethe; Rentzou, Konstantina; Tuul, Maire; Gol Guven, Mine; Foerch, Daniela; Paz-Albo, Jesús – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Technology plays a large role in the daily experiences of young children. Presently, technology is used both to support and enhance 'educational' activities and in the context of children's play. The aim of the present study is to understand how much time teachers in early childhood centres across 8 countries implemented technology into their…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Play, Teaching Methods, Early Childhood Teachers
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Baker, Fiona S. – Early Child Development and Care, 2018
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Social Affairs has launched an initiative to revive traditional play so as to increase children's knowledge of the UAE's rich culture, traditions and heritage. Inspired by the initiative, this qualitative study is a synthesis of locally written historical accounts interlaced with 52 Emirati kindergarten…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Teaching Methods, Play
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Pang, Yanhui; Richey, Dean – Early Child Development and Care, 2007
In this article the preschool education in China and the United States are compared, based on the factors that influence the preschool education in each country as well as the characteristics of the preschool education in each culture. The preschool education in both countries has its strengths and weaknesses, which result from their respective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Classroom Environment, Comparative Analysis