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Neethi Jesudass; Vidya Ramkumar; Shuba Kumar – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
This study was an initial step toward planning tele-practice in a South Indian state's public-sector services for childhood hearing and speech-language problems. The aim was to understand the perceptions public-sector health care professionals (HCPs) regarding their willingness and need for tele-practice-based diagnostics and rehabilitation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hearing Impairments, Speech Impairments, Language Impairments
Li, Fang; Jiang, Yong; Zhang, Beibei; Zhu, Xingjian; Sha, Tianyan – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
This study aimed to examine the effects of rater, age and gender on the relationship between theory of mind (ToM) and preschoolers' social competence with peers (SCP). A sample of 152 Chinese urban children aged 4 to 6 years (78 boys and 74 girls) were given ToM scale. Their SCP was measured by teacher report and parent report. There were three…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Interpersonal Competence, Peer Relationship, Foreign Countries
Zheng, Chuchu; Yu, Yongping; Hou, Yi; Lu, Juncen – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
This national survey study aimed to explore the teachers' perceived impact of COVID-19 on the development of preschoolers in urban China. 22,466 preschool teachers were randomly sampled from 11 provinces of urban China and surveyed online. First, descriptive statistics found that the teachers perceived the highest improvement in preschoolers'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Urban Areas, COVID-19, Pandemics
Steed, Elizabeth A.; Dolidze, Khatuna; Kukhaleishvili, Natia; Kurtsikidze, Lia – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
This study utilized six focus groups to explore 49 early childhood teachers' perspectives and reported use of Pyramid Model practices to support young children's social emotional competence in the Republic of Georgia. Constant comparison analysis was used to analyze participants' responses. Early childhood educators described implementing some…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Young Children, Teacher Attitudes, Models
Ünal, Zeliha Demirci; Erden, Feyza Tantekin – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
Providing social skills to children through an appropriate educational programme positively affects their overall development. The aim of this study was to examine the views and experiences of 13 Turkish preschool teachers working with 5-6-year-old children regarding support of children's social skills. An interview protocol was used to gather the…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Preschool Teachers, Foreign Countries, Social Development
Kotaman, Hüseyin – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
The purpose of this study was to test long-term impact of in-service emotional education on early childhood teachers' emotional skills, burnout level and their children's academic achievement and socio-emotional development. A total of 34 teachers, 13 as the treatment group and 21 as the control group, participated in the study. Thirty-three…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Inservice Teacher Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Emotional Development
Murray, Elizabeth; Harrison, Linda J.; Trapolini, Tania – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
The relationships students form with their teachers are critical to children's early school adjustment and later school success. While previous research has relied on teachers' single-point ratings of student-teacher relationship (STR) quality, this study included data provided by children and teachers at two time-points in the kindergarten year.…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Rating Scales, Teacher Student Relationship, Teacher Evaluation
Kavak, Sule; Akyürek, M. Ibrahim – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
A teacher with the characteristic of creative leadership adopts approaches beyond conventional education and fulfils the requirements of twenty-first-century skills. By doing so, they positively influence the motivation of individuals who contribute to the envisioned future, bringing forth their courage, collaboration, and creativity. In line with…
Descriptors: Leadership Qualities, Teacher Attitudes, Preschool Teachers, Student Motivation
Michelle M. Neumann; Imogene Calteaux; David Reilly; David L. Neumann – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
Social robots are designed to interact with humans and this technology is entering early childhood classrooms across the world. Research is needed to understand teachers' perspectives on the benefits and barriers of using social robots with children. In this study, 94 teachers working in preschool or the early years of primary school, in…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Robotics, Educational Benefits, Barriers
Mata López, Cecil; Santelices Álvarez, María Pía; Vergés Gómez, Alvaro – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Caregivers' mentalization has gained importance in recent years, but most studies only include parental figures. Given empirical evidence showing the importance of educators in the development of preschoolers, this paper aims to assess how the mentalization and stress levels of parents and educational staff are related to attachment, ToM and…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Attachment Behavior, Preschool Teachers, Child Development
Amca Toklu, Dervise – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The objective of this research is to examine the social behaviours of 4 age group pre-school children whose parents are married and divorced according to teacher opinions. Screening model method has been used at this research which is one of the descriptive research methods. The study group of this research was created totally 691 children. As a…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Social Behavior, Marital Status, Divorce
Ranta, Samuli; Uusiautti, Satu; Hyvärinen, Sanna – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The purpose of this paper is to analyze how positive pedagogical practices are implemented by early childhood education (ECE) teachers in Finland. A survey was conducted among 625 teachers, enquiring about specific positive pedagogical practices in ECEC. It was found that the correlation between the sum variables and principal components were…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers
Cutshaw, Christina A.; Mastergeorge, Ann M.; Barnett, Melissa A.; Paschall, Katherine W. – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Parent engagement in early care and education (ECE) settings is a component of high quality childcare, yet little is known about mechanisms of parent engagement in centre-based care. Using a nationally representative U.S. sample, we examined centre, classroom, and teacher characteristics associated with practices ECE providers use to engage…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Child Care Centers, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers
Eun McDevitt, Seung; Recchia, Susan L. – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Transitioning into child care can bring complex emotional tensions and have a lasting and powerful impact on future separations and caregiving encounters. Despite the increasing number of children in child care programmes and the complexity surrounding the phenomenon, little attention has been given to especially very young children's entry into…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Child Care, Child Development, Adjustment (to Environment)
Günes, Gökhan – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
This study sought an answer to the question whether the digitalization of play is technological mutation or digital evolution. To this end, 14 studies published over the last five years were reviewed and discussed under four themes, namely digital technology and children, parents', and teachers' perceptions of digital technology, screen effects,…
Descriptors: Play, Young Children, Early Childhood Education, Video Games