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Jiwon Kim – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2024
This study examined how and to what extent a prekindergarten teacher's perceptions of ready children and diversity--which are influenced by broader societal culture--influence their abilities and ways of incorporating children's funds of knowledge into their practice. The methodology used was based on a descriptive case study of a teacher, Linda,…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Cultural Background, Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development
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Land, Nicole; Vintimilla, Cristina Delgado; Pacini-Ketchabaw, Veronica; Angus, Lucille – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2022
The authors propose decentering the child as a critical motion in the education of pedagogists who work to refuse developmental pedagogies in early childhood education. Tracing how child-centered developmental practices are obstacles for deeper ethical and intellectual work and reiterate anthropocentric relationalities, they offer two propositions…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Teaching Methods, Child Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
L. Adams; S. Johnson; P. Akin-Olugbade; E. Raws – UK Department for Education, 2024
In 2019 the Department for Education (DfE) published Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) statutory guidance, which outlines what schools should teach their pupils about relationships, sex, health and wellbeing. Schools had one year to prepare for implementation before first teaching in September 2020, although because of the pressures…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Health Education, Well Being
Daphney Civil-Acosta – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this qualitative study is to investigate the significance of how pre-K and kindergarten teachers' perception and implementation of instruction prepares children for literacy in both grade levels. Three research questions guided the study: Are pre-K and kindergarten curricula aligned with implementing emergent literacy skills in…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods
Jiwon Kim – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study was to gain insights into how a PreK teacher's beliefs on readiness shaped how she adopted/adapted to a new practice that was intended to provide responsive mathematics education. To explore these issues, I constructed one descriptive case study of a teacher's beliefs and practice based on data from a broader research…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Preschool Education, School Readiness
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Kuebel, Christa R. – General Music Today, 2018
For various reasons, instrumentalist music education majors may find themselves teaching in an elementary general music classroom. Based on research and experience, this article will discuss why the transition from instrumental to elementary general music education may occur as well as offer suggestions to support instrumentalists new to the…
Descriptors: Music Education, Elementary Education, Musical Instruments, Music Teachers
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Gerde, Hope K.; Apol, Laura; Skibbe, Lori E.; Bucyanna, Carol M. – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
Overcoming challenges to quality early education in developing nations, TEACH Rwanda, one high-performing education system, offers a model of childhood learning through sensitive teacher dispositions, child-centred play, and culturally relevant materials. This manuscript provides a unique window into the practices of a quality early childhood…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Early Childhood Education, Developing Nations, Play
Ashokan, Varun; Gurjar, Monu Singh – Online Submission, 2020
This paper explains various good practices and perspectives of Early Childhood Education across the nation. A good number of reviews across the globe has collected from various sources, research projects, PhD thesis and so on which put categorized as knowledge base, developmentally appropriate practice, observation and assessment, positive…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Practices, Cross Cultural Studies, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Kansas State Department of Education, 2021
In October 2015, the Kansas State Board of Education announced a new vision for education in Kansas. The Kansans CAN Vision - "Kansas leads the world in the success of each student" - became the branded theme for Kansas education. This initiative motivated the creation of this document. Kindergarten Readiness is one of five Kansas State…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Kindergarten, Preschool Education, Cooperative Planning
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Delaney, Katherine K. – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2018
Within the United States, publicly funded pre-Kindergarten (pre-K) is a borderland of teacher practice--somewhere between early childhood and Elementary approaches to pedagogy. For pre-K teachers, this can mean negotiating many different, and oft-competing conceptions of what curriculum and practice should look like in order to support the…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Best Practices, Preschool Education, Time
Williams, Gina E. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this case study was to examine the play based teaching and learning methods at one particular elementary school in southeastern Massachusetts with the aim of identifying methods and practices that are seen as essential in developing the academic and social skills in kindergarten students. This school of study has been utilizing…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Play, Teaching Methods, Academic Ability
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Mages, Wendy K.; Nitecki, Elena; Ohseki, Aki – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2018
Early childhood education faculty from a college collaborated with a local public school district to conduct a series of professional development workshops for early childhood practitioners. The workshop series was designed to address pedagogical concerns identified by district administrators and teachers, as well as to help early childhood…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Faculty Development, Workshops, Early Childhood Education
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Bodrava, Elena; Leong, Deborah J. – Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2018
The article describes Tools of the Mind--an instructional program developed 25 years ago and now implemented in a variety of early childhood settings across the United States and in Canada. Based on the principles of cultural-historical psychology, this program addresses developmental and learning needs of young children by offering a…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Student Needs, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Faculty Development
Rufo, Christopher F. – Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, 2023
The purposes of this policy document are: (1) to encourage public-school instruction conducive to developing skills and gaining factual knowledge necessary for students' future success as critical thinkers, citizens, and leaders of the state of [STATE]; (2) to protect children against the unwarranted and harmful influence of politicized classroom…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Teaching Methods, School Safety, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Nores, Milagros; Harmeyer, Erin – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2021
In March 2020, most preschool programs physically closed at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. For state-funded preschool programs, guidance differed in terms of what programs were required to provide to students. While some states mandated the provision of remote learning, others did not, and still others opted to provide alternative types of…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
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