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Direct linkSaracho, Olivia N.; Spodek, Bernard – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2009
Educational programs for young children emerged reasonably early in the history of the United States of America. Its theoretical foundation was based on the thoughts and principles of various early European scholars who differed from one another in their educational theories and how they viewed experiences that would impact on young children's…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Early Childhood Education, Educational Theories, Young Children
Hocevar, Andreja; Šebart, Mojca Kovac; Štefanc, Damijan – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2013
The article analyses two defining assumptions about the Reggio Emilia (RE) approach: the absence of a planned curriculum designed in advance as a basis for educational work and children's participation in preschools. The authors demonstrate that different approaches to planning preschool education have advantages and disadvantages, which we cannot…
Descriptors: Reggio Emilia Approach, Preschool Education, Strategic Planning, Teaching Methods
Tzuo, Pei Wen – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2007
This article explores the meaning of child-centeredness in Early Childhood Education (ECE), by shedding light on the nuanced tensions between teacher control and children's freedom. While ECE professionals advocate the importance of children's individual interests and needs in education, they diverge somewhat in their perspectives about the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Student Centered Curriculum, Critical Theory, Young Children
Vandenbroeck, Michel – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2007
The articles draws on history-of-the-present research on Belgian childcare, on experiences within the European DECET network (Diversity in Early Childhood Education and Training) and on post-structuralist theory. A historical hindsight is helpful to understand how different discourses on diversity and equity in early childhood education have been…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Early Childhood Education, Politics of Education, Equal Education
Karila, Kirsti; Kinos, Jarmo; Niiranen, Pirkko; Virtanen, Jorma – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2005
The presentation is based on the ongoing research project The Pedagogical Formation of Early Childhood Education in Finland. The data of the first stage consists of all written kindergarten teacher training curricula drawn up in 1973-2002. The aim is to discover the nature of the expertise that the kindergarten teacher training programmes…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Teacher Education Curriculum, Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten
Edwards, Anne – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2004
In 2001 Erica Burman offered a strong critique of the individually oriented developmental psychology which, she argued, underpinned much of early years' practice. She proposed that this should be replaced by an attempt to understand how culture informs development. In this paper I attempt to continue the discussion started by Burman by looking at…
Descriptors: Developmental Psychology, Educational Practices, Intervention, Preschool Teachers
