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Honig, Alice Sterling – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Often, because of low wages for center and family childcare providers, low-income family financial constraints, and sometimes lack of societal awareness and appreciation for the crucial nature of early childhood relationships for later life flourishing, many agencies and decision-makers do not set specific standards for qualifications for training…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Young Children, Educational Quality
Williams, Natalie A.; Ben Brik, Anis; Petkus, Justin M.; Clark, Holly – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Stressors associated with illness and hospitalization can have long-term adverse effects on young children's development and wellbeing. Professionals who work with young children appreciate the power of children's play for their development as human beings; nonetheless, play is sometimes viewed as inappropriate or unnecessary for children in…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Hospitalized Children, Young Children, Child Development
Owen, Kay; Barnes, Christopher – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Despite receiving scant attention, the evolution of categorization in early childhood is of central importance, not only in clarifying the child's understanding of the world but in terms of refining cognitive organization and augmenting the development of semantic memory. In this review, we outline how categorization develops and is made manifest…
Descriptors: Classification, Early Childhood Education, Semantics, Memory
Saracho, Olivia N.; Evans, Roy – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Major developmental theories been a resource to early childhood education researchers and educators. They help to explain how child development unfolds, sources of vulnerability and protection that influences child development, and how the course of development may be altered by prevention and intervention efforts. Understanding factors which may…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Prevention
Senent, Isabela Garcia; Kelley, Kendra; Abo-Zena, Mona M. – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
In many contexts, early educators are pressured to adopt narrow, skill-based curricular approaches and accompanying standards and measures of accountability. Alternatively, other educators infuse holistic learning and development through the play and guided inquiry of young children. For decades, passionate educators and caregivers have studied…
Descriptors: Reggio Emilia Approach, Learning Theories, Child Development, Accountability
Saracho, Olivia N.; Evans, Roy – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Educational pioneers believed that the early childhood curriculum was inappropriate for most of the children. It needed to be modified to meet each child's maturing needs, abilities, and interests. The pioneers advocated that education should be more hands-on and assist children to function successfully in society. They recommended the initiation…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Child Development
Joubert, Ina; Harrison, Giulietta Domenica – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
The importance of a Piagetian approach is recognized in South African early childhood educational practices and teacher training, but the reality of the implementation of teaching and learning in the domain of early years opposes his philosophy in many ways. Our Early Childhood Education policies strongly advocate a Piagetian approach such as the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Practices, Teaching Methods
Smolucha, Larry; Smolucha, Francine – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
According to Lev S. Vygotsky (1896-1934), the highest levels of abstract thinking and self-regulation in preschool development are established in "pretend play using object substitutions." An extensive research literature supports Vygotsky's empirical model of the internalization of self-guiding speech (social speech > private speech…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Early Childhood Education, Abstract Reasoning, Self Control
Tudge, Jonathan R. H.; Navarro, Jessica L.; Merçon-Vargas, Elisa A.; Payir, Ayse – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Urie Bronfenbrenner is almost certainly best known for his theoretical writings about the ecology of human development. His interest in theory was not, however, separate from his practical concerns, particularly those related to early education and care of children and the families and teachers who interact with them. From the role that he played…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Child Development, Low Income Groups
McNair, Lynn J.; Powell, Sacha – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Friedrich Froebel is well-known for the invention of kindergarten and the pioneering educational philosophy he developed in the 1800s, which respected children's self activity and women's capabilities for the role of teacher, while promoting play as the primary medium for learning. His radical ideas and principled approach to early childhood…
Descriptors: Child Development, Learning Theories, Kindergarten, Educational Philosophy
White, E. Jayne – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Mikhail Bakhtin is a latecomer to the field of child development. His contributions emphasize the dialogic nature of language as a lived event of becoming for all and de-thrones any monologic truths that might be told otherwise. Dismantling any master theory that might determine the ways children are known (or know-able), Bakhtin offers a…
Descriptors: Child Development, Learning Theories, Personal Autonomy, Dialogs (Language)
Hedges, Helen – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Many scholars are influenced by the theoretical contributions of Lev Vygotsky. Significant post-Vygotskian scholarly writing highlights sociocultural perspectives of understanding everyday, informal learning as an important phenomenon. Ideas of participatory learning, and knowledge building through participation and inquiry, are included in the…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Early Childhood Education, Learning Processes, Educational Practices
Pahigiannis, Katherine; Glos, Margaret – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
Self-regulation facilitates healthy development and positive adaptation across the life course, and deficits are linked to negative health outcomes. Self-regulation development is thus an important target for universal prevention interventions in early childhood. A well-established research base addresses the significance of caregiver…
Descriptors: Peer Influence, Self Management, Young Children, Self Control
Honig, Alice Sterling – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
Teachers are sometimes puzzled and frustrated by some children's difficulties and troubles as these children respond aggressively when feeling that peers crowd too close or seem 'threatening'. This article provides a variety of bodily games to help children become more aware of how their bodies and muscles work. The activities suggested are…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Early Childhood Teachers, Child Caregivers, Young Children
Meehan, Catherine; Meehan, Patrick – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
By the time children are 8 years of age, their attitudes, values, identities and beliefs are shaped and becoming solidly formed. Early childhood educators are uniquely positioned in children's lives to promote positive values and beliefs and to foster authentic appreciation of difference. This important work is challenged by a discourse in wider…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Spiritual Development, Early Childhood Education, Social Attitudes
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