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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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Lillvist, Anne; Sandberg, Anette; Sheridan, Sonja; Williams, Pia – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2014
This paper examines contemporary issues in early childhood teacher education in Sweden. The aim of the study was to explore dimensions of the construct of preschool teachers' competence as reported by 810 students enrolled in early childhood teacher education at 15 Swedish universities. The results showed that students' definitions of…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Competencies
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Brouskeli, Vasiliki – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2014
In this study, we aimed to clarify future preschool teachers' attitudes and perceptions about introducing life events, such as chronic illness, hospitalisation, divorce and death to their pupils. We used semi-structured interviews for two different groups who had and had not attended relative to life events courses. Results indicated that…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Experience, Semi Structured Interviews, Preschool Children
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Romero-Contreras, Silvia; Garcia-Cedillo, Ismael; Forlin, Chris; Lomelí-Hernández, Karla Abril – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2013
Inclusive education is the most advanced form of recognition of the right to education. Mexico has made important legal and administrative changes to foster inclusion since the end of the twentieth century. This research assesses the impact of the Mexican pre-service teacher curriculum on 813 pre-service teachers' sentiments, attitudes and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teacher Attitudes, Self Efficacy
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Leeson, Caroline; Campbell-Barr, Verity; Ho, Dora – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2010
In this article, the authors report on their current work towards developing an international research project that will examine the leadership of quality provision in early years settings in England and Hong Kong. The main objective of the research is to explore the relationship between quality leadership and quality assurance as well as…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators, Leadership
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Zhu, Jiaxiong – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2008
This paper reviews early childhood teacher education in the People's Republic of China in the past years and raises the issues about teacher's education in the future. With thinking about early childhood education reform in China, unevenness in development in different areas and regions, and disparity in resources and programming among teacher…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
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Hoadley, Ursula – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2003
The article reports research in two South African grade 3 classrooms, one located within a disadvantaged school and one in an affluent suburban school. The research examines the pacing rules of different transmission practices: weak pacing (a slower rate of transmission) is associated with pedagogy in the working-class school, and strong pacing (a…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Pacing, Disadvantaged Schools, Suburban Schools