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Hsin, Ching-Ting; Wu, Hsin-Kai; Liang, Jyh-Chong; Luu, Di Tam – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2023
Past studies have shown that kindergarten teachers find it challenging to integrate science into their instruction, but little is understood about factors that influence their science teaching in Indigenous areas. Our study aimed to investigate the associations between kindergarten teachers' experiences, attitudes, self-efficacy, outcome…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Teaching Methods, Indigenous Populations
Bautista, Alfredo; Ho, Yan Lam – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2021
Despite the urgent need to provide kindergarten teachers with professional development (PD) in music and movement, little is known about their needs, motivations, and preferences in this area. This interview study explores Hong Kong kindergarten teachers' prior music and movement educational experiences and their self-perceived usefulness of such…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Faculty Development
Kim, So Jung; Wee, Su-Jeong; Park, Soyeon – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2019
Although previous studies have underlined the importance of social interactions, multicultural education, prediction/imagination, and bilingual/bi-literacy learning, the intersection of all these four areas is yet to be explored. This qualitative case study explored how young bilingual readers create meanings and develop literary responses through…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Multicultural Education, Books, Childrens Literature
Leung, Chi-hung – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2012
A key educational reform proposal made in 2000 is to build a new culture for quality early childhood education through upgrading professional competence. Teachers are an important element of high-quality, developmentally appropriate early childhood programs. The Teacher Beliefs and Practices Survey (TBS) based on 2009 NAEYC Developmentally…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Factor Analysis, Educational Change
Hedges, Helen – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2011
Children's interest in popular culture was clear in my study of interests-based curriculum. Yet, perhaps unsurprisingly, it was a contentious site of curriculum co-construction. This article explores this tension. It argues that interpreting popular culture as "funds of knowledge" might assist teachers to consider a different view of this interest…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Knowledge Level, Curriculum Development, Student Interests
van den Heuvel-Panhuizen, Marja; van den Boogaard, Sylvia; Doig, Brian – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2009
In this article we describe our experiences using picture books to provide young children (five- to six-year-olds) with a learning environment where they can explore and extend preliminary notions of mathematics-related concepts, without being taught these concepts explicitly. We gained these experiences in the PICO-ma project, which aimed to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Picture Books, Young Children, Mathematical Concepts
Imtoual, Alia; Kameniar, Barbara; Bradley, Debra – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2009
Developing successful schooling sites in multiracial regional town contexts can often be quite challenging. This paper examines the work done in one such pre-schooling context in a medium-sized regional town where racial and ethnic tensions are high and where many families struggle with social/emotional/economic challenges. This pre-school setting…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Diversity, Ethnic Diversity, Preschool Children