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Noblesse Oblige? Job Position and Early Childhood Leadership in China: The Moderating Role of School Type
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Mo Wang; Xiumin Hong – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2024
This paper addresses the roles of job position in relation to early childhood leadership (ECL) and school type as a potential moderator of this relationship in China. A sample of 918 research participants, including 149 principals/vice-principals, 108 middle leaders and 661 teachers, was investigated. A three-factor model of ECL including staff…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Leadership Styles, Decision Making, Institutional Characteristics
Possibilities and Challenges in Sustained Capacity-Building in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Institutions: ECEC Leaders' Perspectives
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Omdal, Heidi; Roland, Pål – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2020
This paper investigates early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions' opportunities to build a learning organization and master future innovations by focusing on core components, implementation drivers, leadership, and collective collaborative systems. The paper is based on results from semi-structured interviews with ten ECEC leaders…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Sustainability, Early Childhood Education, Administrator Attitudes
Children and Professionals Rights to Participation: A Case Study
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Mesquita-Pires, Cristina – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2012
This study investigates the process of praxiological transformation developed in an early childhood education institution, in Portugal, within four activity rooms. It is a single case study using action research, context-based staff development and participatory childhood pedagogy as means to change educational practices. It undertakes thorough…
Descriptors: Action Research, Children, Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education
Helping Teachers Grow: Toward Theory and Practice of an "Emergent Curriculum" Model of Staff Development
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Riley, David A.; Roach, Mary A. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2006
A model of developmentally appropriate practice in helping teachers grow is described. The model derives from a consideration of the psychological processes by which adults learn, and our desire to teach adults by the same methods we hope they will use in teaching children. The model includes a sequence of six kinds of interactions that the…
Descriptors: Staff Development, Models, Teacher Educators, Teacher Education
Is Continuing Training Useful for Pre-School Teachers? Effects of Training on Pre-School Teachers and Centers
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Pineda-Herrero, Pilar; Belvis, Esher; Moreno, M. Victoria; Ucar, Xavier – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2010
Continuing training is important for all professionals, and is especially essential for professionals in education. In this article, we present a study that evaluates the state of continuing training in early childhood education in Spain. The research identifies the impact of training for teachers, for children and for educational centers. Results…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Transfer of Training, Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness