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ERIC Number: EJ1262192
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1350-293X
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Possibilities and Challenges in Sustained Capacity-Building in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Institutions: ECEC Leaders' Perspectives
Omdal, Heidi; Roland, Pål
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, v28 n4 p568-581 2020
This paper investigates early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions' opportunities to build a learning organization and master future innovations by focusing on core components, implementation drivers, leadership, and collective collaborative systems. The paper is based on results from semi-structured interviews with ten ECEC leaders from three different municipalities in Norway that had taken part in the Being Together (BT) innovation five years earlier. Three areas were identified as crucial for the continuation of ECEC teachers' capacity building: (1) a strong focus on implementation processes and sustainability; (2) transformational leadership; and (3) developing professional learning communities. Potential challenges to building capacity in ECEC institutions include the variety of educational backgrounds among ECEC staff members in Norway and too little time to create professional learning communities.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Norway
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