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Direct linkFormosinho, Joao; Formosinho, Julia Oliveira – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2012
Educational research developed initially using the natural science model based on the positivist tradition. Education was then seen as an application of the positivist science thus produced. This research could predict some effects but not explain the processes through which these effects came about. This exclusively numerical representation of…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Educational Research, Natural Sciences, Praxis
Pineda-Herrero, Pilar; Belvis, Esher; Moreno, M. Victoria; Ucar, Xavier – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2010
Continuing training is important for all professionals, and is especially essential for professionals in education. In this article, we present a study that evaluates the state of continuing training in early childhood education in Spain. The research identifies the impact of training for teachers, for children and for educational centers. Results…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Transfer of Training, Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness
de Roos, Simone A.; van der Heijden, Monique H. R. M. A.; Gorter, Ruud J. – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2010
This study examines professional development activities for students and teachers in two Dutch professional development schools (PDSs). The PDSs consist of a partnership between the kindergarten classes of the elementary school and accompanying playgroup (with children aged 4-6 and 2.6-4, respectively), a teacher's training college and a research…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Early Childhood Education, Rating Scales, Kindergarten
Karila, Kirsti – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2008
This article discusses professionalism in early childhood education through the analytical tool of a research-based multi-level perspective that sees this as a cultural, communal, organisational, and individual phenomenon. Starting from an understanding of professionalism derived from a model of professional expertise, the article discusses the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Child Care
Whalley, Margy; Chandler, Rachel; John, Karen; Reid, Lindsay; Thorpe, Sheila; Everitt, John – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2008
In 2004, the UK government launched a new programme for early years leaders in England--the National Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre Leadership (NPQICL). In collaboration with the National College for School Leadership, Pen Green led the development, pilot and rollout of this M-level training programme, which by 2006-07 involved 17…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Public Policy
Miller, Linda – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2008
Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) is now firmly on government agendas in many countries, including England, and the need to develop a professional workforce is generally agreed. The reform of the children's workforce in England acknowledges that increasing the skills and competence of this workforce is critical to its success. Two new…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Professional Development
Lee, Wendy – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2008
The Educational Leadership Project (ELP) is a professional development programme attuned to the curriculum and assessment approaches of Te Whariki, New Zealand's early childhood curriculum framework. ELP encourages and supports early childhood teachers to adapt of Te Whariki to their situations. This article links the author's community…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Instructional Leadership
John, Karen – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2008
Leadership mentoring is a central component of the National Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre Leadership (NPQICL), which is designed to develop robust, creative and courageous children's centre leaders. Mentoring provides a safe, supportive and confidential space in which leaders can discuss the challenges of leading their centres.…
Descriptors: Integrated Services, Mentors, Role Perception, Leadership Effectiveness
Peters, Isabel; van Oers, Bert – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2007
Teachers possess several strategies to fine-tune their purposive interactions to children's needs. Our study investigates which strategies teachers use in their goal oriented interactions with pupils, whether differentiation is perceptible in the way they interact with children whom they define as "children at risk" as compared to the other…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Educational Strategies
Johansson, Inge; Sandberg, Anette; Vuorinen, Tuula – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2007
The aim of this study was to analyse how a model for practitioner-oriented research can be used as a tool for professional development in the preschool. The focus of interest is the type of knowledge that is formed when researchers and preschool staff cooperate on local projects, and what this new knowledge means for the images of professional…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Teacher Researchers, Questionnaires, Interviews
Fumoto, Hiroko; Robson, Sue – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2006
This paper reports on the second phase of the Froebel Research Fellowship project "Ownership and Autonomy in Early Childhood" (2003-5). Based on the first phase of the project (Robson and Hargreaves, 2005), a questionnaire survey of 80 professionals working in the Foundation Stage (age 3-5) in England was conducted to obtain an overview of their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Teaching Experience, Nursery Schools
Tayler, Collette; Mcardle, Felicity; Richer, Susan; Brennan, Collette; Weier, Katrina – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2006
The "Out of the Box" Festival of Early Childhood is a unique public event in Australia designed to enrich the creative and cultural lives of children aged 3-8 years and their communities. The research linked to this festival is based on the premise that parents' participation in, and value of the arts, impacts engagements with, and value placed on…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Foreign Countries, Cultural Enrichment
