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Ata-Akturk, Aysun; Sevimli-Celik, Serap – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2023
The aim of this study was twofold: (a) To carry out an in-depth investigation of pre-service teachers (PTs) beliefs regarding creativity and the perceived barriers of creative processes within early childhood education, and (b) To examine the extent to which PTs reflect their creativity within their pedagogical practices. The participants (n = 45)…
Descriptors: Creativity, Preservice Teachers, Beliefs, Student Attitudes
Al-Hassan, Omayya M. – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2020
This paper introduces a study that examined the difficulties faced in an early childhood teacher education program at one of the universities in Jordan. A qualitative research approach has been opted utilizing the in-depth interviewing and grounded theory methodology. The study revealed that the students faced different types of difficulties in…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Foreign Countries, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Quality
Weldemariam, Kassahun – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2022
The dominant sustainability ethos and discourse within early childhood education pursue a normative ontological and epistemological direction aimed at empowering children's agency and thus, building certain predefined moral values, knowledge, and skills. Likewise, mainstream early childhood teacher education programmes strive to build early…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Education
Lamminmäki-Vartia, Silja; Poulter, Saila; Kuusisto, Arniika – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2020
This article examines the learning trajectory of the emerging professionalism of Finnish early childhood education and care student teachers, focusing in particular on their professionalism in early childhood education and care world-view education in the context of cultural and world-view superdiversity. Of specific interest here is what students…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Learning Processes, Professionalism, Child Care
Paradis, Nichole; Johnson, Kira; Richardson, Zsalanda – ZERO TO THREE, 2021
With an average annual salary of just over $16,000, the work of early childhood education professionals is grossly undervalued and leads to high turnover rates. And yet, the quality and consistency of the care they provide to infants and young children has a lasting impact on their brain development and social-emotional well-being. This article…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Infants, Young Children, Child Care
Melasalmi, Anitta; Hurme, Tarja-Riitta; Ruokonen, Inkeri – ECNU Review of Education, 2022
Purpose: The new Finnish National Core Curriculum for Early Childhood Education and Care (2018) strongly highlights pedagogical knowledge and practice, demanding teachers to develop their pedagogical thinking, evaluation, judgment, and operating culture. Since ethics is viewed as vital characteristics of the teaching profession, our objective is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Teachers, Ethics, Quality of Life
Michael-Luna, Sara; Castner, Daniel J. – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2023
In this article, the authors consider the shift from neoliberalism to authoritarian practice and its chilling effect on early childhood education policy, practice, and advocacy work. Firstly, they consider the history of resistance found within the field of early childhood education, recognizing the success of the reconceptualization movement.…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Authoritarianism, Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy
Ohio Department of Education, 2021
Early Childhood Education (ECE) programs are an important investment in Ohio's youngest learners. Ohio has worked to increase the availability of high-quality early learning programs for preschool children by providing the Early Childhood Education grants. Funded programs deliver high-quality, comprehensive learning environments focused on healthy…
Descriptors: Grants, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Child Development
Gupta, Amita – Comparative Education, 2022
The Indian Government released the latest version of its National Education Policy (NEP) on 31 July 2020 -- a document last revised in 1986. The Early Childhood Education (ECE) section of this new policy urges a Developmentally Appropriate Practices (DAP) approach incorporating 'play-based, activity-based, and discovery-based learning' (NEP…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Discourse Analysis
Yilmaz, Arif; Aras, Selda; Ülker, Ayça; Sahin, Figen – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2023
Although the concept of assessment as learning has important educational and practical implications, the utilisation and creation of contexts for assessment as learning in early childhood education are contemporary issues that need to be clarified. The overall goal of this work is to reconceptualise the role of the child portfolio as a tool for…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Portfolio Assessment, Personal Autonomy, Observation
Land, Nicole – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2022
This article responds to Euro-western conceptions of childhood obesity that understand fat within developmental narratives, as biochemically consequential and as a marker of individualized responsibility. Drawing in multiple fat(s) generated in a pedagogical inquiry with early childhood educators and children, the author articulates…
Descriptors: Child Health, Obesity, Body Composition, Child Development
Chan, Angel – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2023
This paper highlights the complex relations between public and private spaces with regard to young children's bilingual learning, and the importance of developing a pedagogy that allows for the interaction of learning across the two spaces. It uses findings from a qualitative study to illustrate nuanced (mis)alignments between dominant language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Aspiration, Bilingual Education
Yilmaz, Arif; Atis Akyol, Nevra; Kevser Çakmak, Sifa; Çoban Söylemez, Esra Tugba – International Journal of Curriculum and Instructional Studies, 2022
The purpose of the study was to find out the contribution of general culture (GC), pedagogical knowledge (PK), and content knowledge (CK) courses to the professional development of preservice teachers in early childhood education programs. As a part of a mix-method research study, this survey uses a rank-order judgment methodology. Using a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Course Content, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Bartolo, Paul A.; Kyriazopoulou, Mary; Björck-Åkesson, Eva; Giné, Climent – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2021
Early intervention for children vulnerable to exclusion is currently focused on the child's effective inclusion in mainstream early childhood education. There is thus a search for developing a shared understanding of what constitutes quality inclusive preschool provision. This was the aim of a qualitative 3-year (2015-17) study of inclusive…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education
Ng, Andrea; Kewalramani, Sarika; Kidman, Gillian – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2022
In early childhood education, the integration of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) are advocated as contemporary educational goals. However, integration of STEAM is not defined in the early childhood context. We claim to 'integrate' and 'devise integration pedagogies', but there is still no clear-cut message on what…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Art Education, Early Childhood Education, Integrated Curriculum