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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Fumoto, Hiroko – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2011
This phenomenological study explored how two experienced teachers interacted with children in classes of three- and five-year-olds. The aim was to further understand the nature of practice that promotes communicative teacher-child relationships. The study took place in a private preschool programme in the United States. Through once-a-week…
Descriptors: Professional Autonomy, Teacher Student Relationship, Phenomenology, Preschool Children
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Fumoto, Hiroko; Hargreaves, David J.; Maxwell, Shirley – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2004
This paper examines the concept of "teaching" in early education and childcare and argues that the activity of teaching, broadly defined, concerns all adults who work in this area and occurs in all phases of the educational system. Bronfenbrenner's (1979) ecological perspective on human development is applied to conceptualise teaching as (1)…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Philosophy, Child Development, Ecology