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Kayla Murphy; Keri Giordano; Tanaysha Deloach – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused a mandatory shift from in-person instruction to online learning for many young children. Teachers needed to adjust to virtual teaching, children were isolated from their peers, and parents played a bigger role in learning during the pandemic. In 2021, the shift back to in-person learning occurred. Research has…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Teacher Attitudes, Preschool Teachers
Hsiu-Wen Yang; Michaelene M. Ostrosky – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
With intentional adult guidance, all children have opportunities to learn new skills across developmental domains during motor play. We collected and analyzed 501 written responses from 16 preschool teachers regarding their perceptions of intervention outcomes across domains, based on their observations during the CHildren in Action: Motor Program…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Intervention, Program Effectiveness
Chuchu Zheng; Yong Jiang; Beibei Zhang; Fang Li; Tianyan Sha; Xingjiang Zhu; Wei Fan – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
Job crafting is the process of individuals redefining and adjusting their job in personally meaningful ways to improve their work experience. In this multiple case study, we explore how a group of kindergarten teachers conducted job crafting and examine its potential outcomes. Based on criterion sampling and purposeful selection, we recruit 28…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Professional Autonomy
John P. Rech; Priyanka Chaudhary; Michaela Schenkelberg; Danae Dinkel – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
Preschool teachers are uniquely positioned to impact children's physical activity levels, yet the relationship between teachers' and children's physical activity levels has not been widely investigated. The purpose of this study was to explore preschool teachers' physical activity levels, practices, and perceptions and how this relates to…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children
Erin R. Baker; Cjersti J. Jensen – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
Early childhood aggression is a ubiquitous and developmentally normal behavior; however, different report sources (e.g., child self-report vs. teacher) often yield markedly different interpretations. The current study examined how typical demographic and cognitive factors that have been previously found to explain child behavior (e.g., SES,…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Aggression, Socioeconomic Background, Child Behavior
Shaik, Naseema – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023
In this case study I explored the dilemmas of three early childhood care and education (ECCE) teachers in a poor community in the Cape Flats of Cape Town, South Africa during COVID-19, and how they used these dilemmas to transform their teaching. Purposive sampling was used to select the participants and data was collected through a…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Case Studies, Poverty Areas, Foreign Countries
Limlingan, Maria Cristina; McWayne, Christine M. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023
This study sought to learn more about preschool teachers' self-reported classroom practices related to DLLs and how such practices might be linked to their language ideologies. This study further investigated whether any differences existed between teachers' classroom practices and language ideologies based on self-reported skills in their…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Language Usage
Levine Brown, Elizabeth; Vesely, Colleen K.; Mehta, Swati; Stark, Kristabel – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023
How preschool teachers manage and express their feelings across school-based interactions (e.g., teacher-child, teacher-family, and teacher-colleague) has implications for their professional success and the developmental and academic outcomes of their relational counterparts. This study explores how preschool teachers make sense of their emotional…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Psychological Patterns, Emotional Response, Self Control
Zulauf-McCurdy, C. A.; Loomis, A. M. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023
Parent-teacher relationships are an important but understudied aspect of children's preschool experience. One important gap is understanding how parent-teacher relationships influence aspects related to school readiness, such as child self-regulation. Understanding this relationship can help highlight areas of intervention that can improve…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Parent School Relationship, Preschool Teachers
Lyndon, Sandra; Moss, Helen – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023
Intergenerational practice, where children and older adults come together for shared activities, has grown in popularity in many Western countries. However, research about intergenerational practice, particularly in the UK, is limited. This paper reports on the findings from an exploratory case study about a small intergenerational project between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intergenerational Programs, Older Adults, Dementia
Lee, J. A. C.; Cheah, W. L.; Anchang, G. N. J.; Noor Hafizah, Y.; Abim, M.; Ruzita, A. T.; Koh, D.; Reeves, S.; Summerbell, C.; Essau, C. A.; Poh, B. K.; Gibson, E. L. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023
The aim of this qualitative study, an embedded component of ToyBox Study Malaysia (TSM), was to elicit the perspectives of teachers and parents regarding the implementation of TSM. TSM is a preschool-based behavioral intervention program aimed at improving healthy energy balance-related behaviors among young children attending preschools. The…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness
O'Grady, Courtney; Ostrosky, Michaelene M. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023
The purpose of this exploratory interview study was to examine the perceptions and experiences of 12 teachers related to the suspension and expulsion of preschoolers in private early childhood programs. Thematic and constant comparative methods were used for data analysis. Results indicated that teachers had a range of experiences with suspension,…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Suspension, Expulsion, Preschool Children
Cheung, W. Catherine; Ostrosky, Michaelene M.; Favazza, Paddy C.; Stalega, Melissa; Yang, Hsiu-Wen – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023
Children with disabilities (CWD) tend to participate in fewer physical activities than typically developing children. During motor play, CWD often depend on teachers to provide direct instruction and frequent opportunities to practice motor skills, to interact with their peers, and learn new skills. To promote participation in physical activities…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Inclusion, Motor Development, Psychomotor Skills
Spadafora, Natalie; Reid-Westoby, Caroline; Pottruff, Molly; Wang, Jade; Janus, Magdalena – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023
When the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March 2020, the lives of families all over the world were disrupted. Many adults found themselves working from home while their children were unable to go to school. To better understand the potential impact of these educational disruptions, it is important to establish what learning looked like during…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Closing, Pandemics, COVID-19
Alghamdi, Ahlam A. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023
This study explores Saudi teachers' beliefs about STEAM education in early childhood education settings. The study sample consisted of 245 teachers working in kindergartens. The participants completed a survey comprising twelve items to elaborate teachers' beliefs toward implementing STEAM practices in their classrooms, as well as four close-ended…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, STEM Education, Art Education, Foreign Countries