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Symbolic Representation in Early Years Learning: The Acquisition of Complex Notions
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Veraksa, Aleksander; Veraksa, Nikolay – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2016
This article defines the concepts related to symbolic and sign representations, cognition and learning in the early years. The first study experiment of teaching 33 preschool children (19 boys and 14 girls; M = 68, 5 months) the notion of rainbow phenomenon proved the equal effectiveness of the use of both sign and symbolic tools. The second study…
Descriptors: Nouns, Language Acquisition, Preschool Children, Elementary School Students
"Looking and Listening-In": A Methodological Approach to Generating Insights into Infants' Experiences of Early Childhood Education and Care Settings
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Sumsion, Jennifer; Goodfellow, Joy – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2012
In this article, we describe an observational approach, "looking and listening-in," that we have used to try to understand the experience of an infant in an Australian family day-care home. The article is drawn from a larger study of infants' experiences of early childhood education and care settings. In keeping with the mosaic…
Descriptors: Child Care, Foreign Countries, Social Cognition, Infants
Young Children's Playfully Complex Communication: Distributed Imagination
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Alcock, Sophie – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2010
This paper draws on research exploring young children's playful and humorous communication. It explores how playful activity mediates and connects children in complex activity systems where imagination, cognition, and consciousness become distributed across individuals. Children's playfulness is mediated and distributed via artefacts (tools, signs…
Descriptors: Imagination, Play, Young Children, Communication (Thought Transfer)
A Cultural-Historical Analysis of Concept Formation in Early Education Settings: Conceptual Consciousness for the Child or Only the Adult?
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Fleer, Marilyn; Raban, Bridie – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2006
The work of Vygotsky (1987) on everyday and scientific concept formation has provided a useful theoretical framework for considering the nature and connectedness of learning between the home and the early childhood centre. This paper will present the findings of an investigation which sought to examine the potential connections made between home…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Early Childhood Education, Investigations
The Social and Cultural Contexts of Second Language Acquisition in Young Children
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Soderman, Anne K.; Oshio, Toko – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2008
The aim of the present study was to examine the social behaviour and competence of children, ages 3-6 as they progressed through the stages of second language acquisition in a dual-immersion program in English and Mandarin. Over 100 2-3 hour classroom observations were made during the school year. Teachers' evaluations of children's social…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Social Adjustment, Mandarin Chinese, Language Skills
Effects of Schematising on Mathematical Development
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Poland, Marielle; van Oers, Bert – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2007
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether introducing schematising to children in early childhood (ages five to six) promotes better learning outcomes in later mathematics (age seven). This was done using a longitudinal, quantitative study with a quasi-experimental design. With the help of teachers and a teacher-trainer, pupils in the…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Quasiexperimental Design, Play