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Maldonado-Ruiz, Gonzalo; Soto Gómez, Encarnación – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
The following paper presents the results of a case study on the educational potentiality of pedagogical documentation as a way to construct the research disposition of preschool teachers in initial education. After an introductory reflection on the relevance of provoking the reconstruction of practical knowledge, pedagogical documentation is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research, Documentation, Instruction
Stagnitti, Karen; Paatsch, Louise; Nolan, Andrea; Campbell, Kate – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
Strong oral language skills are foundational for literacy development and begin before a child enters formal schooling. Oral language development has been related to pretend play abilities in children. Children, particularly those from disadvantaged areas, who enter school with low pretend play levels and oral language abilities, are at risk for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Oral Language, Language Skills, Play
Shaik, Naseema; Martin, Colwyn Deborah; Moodley, Trevor – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
This study is part of larger South African project funded by the Department of Higher Education and Training and EU which focused on how practitioners listen to young children in early childhood care and education to encourage a sense of belonging and participation. The study was conducted at two early childhood care and education centres, one…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Child Care Centers
Brooks, Clare; Kitto, Eleanor – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
Reform initiatives are common throughout the Chinese early years education sector. This paper proposes a conceptual framework of a folk pedagogy of change as a perspective on the systemic barriers to the development of practice which foregrounds some of the tensions within and across these barriers. Our analysis is based on three commissioned…
Descriptors: Folk Culture, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Teaching Methods
Aldosari, Dimah Hamad – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
This study aimed to examine public and private preschool teachers' beliefs and practices regarding children aged three to six who are gifted in Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as well as the differences between teachers' beliefs and practice. Presently, no agreement exists among researchers on the definition of "gifted children,"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Preschool Education
Ceballos, Noelia; Saiz-Linares, Ángela; Susinos-Rada, Teresa – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
We analyse a training proposal in the Degree in Early Childhood Education at the University of Cantabria (Spain), which consists of the elaboration of a critical and collaboratively created dictionary of concepts identified as important by the participating students. Through enquiry projects in which they adopt the role of researchers, they…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Collaborative Writing, Dictionaries
Andrews, Rebecca; Van Bergen, Penny; Wyver, Shirley – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
We investigated how educators, mothers and children used temporal language in reminiscing and future talk conversations. Participants initially included 40 educator-younger child dyads (27-36 months) and 45 educator-older child dyads (48-60 months) from early childhood centres in Sydney, Australia. Educators were asked to nominate and discuss four…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Teacher Student Relationship, Language Usage
Seland, Monica; Moe, Børge; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
There are limited studies involving preschool children and phenomena such as harassment, bullying, exclusion and rejection. This study explores the relations between 4- to 6-year-old children's experiences of being frequently harassed in Norwegian Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) institutions, their overall feeling of subjective…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Bullying, Social Isolation, Peer Acceptance
Friedrich, Nicola; Stagg Peterson, Shelley – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
In this study, we make the case for using texts children create as part of their play as a means for assessing their developing print literacy knowledge. We assessed 4- and 5-year-old children's authentic texts using categories and criteria from the "Assessing Young Children's Marks/Drawing/Print" tool, a research-based, classroom…
Descriptors: Play, Writing (Composition), Kindergarten, Young Children
Kampichler, Martina – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
This article examines different rationalities for parental involvement in their children's early childhood education and care (ECEC). Starting from Foucault's governmentality and the context of the transforming and diversifying Czech preschool system, it analyzes parents' rationalities for their involvement in ECEC and discusses how they relate to…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Parent Participation, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries
Sakr, Mona; Bonetti, Sara – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
Continuing professional development (CPD) is an essential aspect of early years (EY) workforce planning. In understanding how CPD is currently provided, we depend largely on surveys carried out by separate sector organisations with little synthesis of the data. In this paper, we scrutinise findings relating to CPD from nine surveys of EY managers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Teachers, Professional Development, Continuing Education
Wu, Bin; Goff, Wendy – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
There is a growing consensus in early childhood education and care (ECEC) that intentional teaching is pivotal for deep level learning, especially when teaching scientific concepts. However, intentional teaching alone does not always account for how educators communicate their intentions with children. To bridge this gap, we explore the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Intentional Learning, Intention
Yildirim Haciibrahimoglu, Binnur; Akman, Berrin – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
This study aimed at evaluating preschool teachers' knowledge of early mathematical development. To this end, the validity and reliability of the 'Knowledge of Mathematical Development (KMD) Survey,' were determined by adapting it to Turkish culture, and using this tool, the participants' KMD was examined with different variables. The research…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Child Development
Eek-Karlsson, Liselotte; Emilson, Anette – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
The aim is to contribute knowledge about educators' beliefs about children's belonging in early childhood education. The study applies parts of Nira Yuval Davis's theory about the politics of belonging. Six group interviews were conducted with educators from four Swedish preschools. A content analysis is used as a first step, followed by a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Sense of Community, Preschool Teachers
Sheng, Ling; Dong, Wenming; Hu, Jiangbo – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
Mental State Language (MSL) is language that refers to individuals' inner states, including terms relating to "emotion," "desire-&-preference," "perception" and "cognition." This study explores the nature of eight Chinese educators' MSL in their interactions with infants during structured and free play.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Infants, Language Usage, Teacher Student Relationship