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Eunice Lumsden; Jackie Musgrave – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2023
This mixed methods study sought the views of early childhood studies students from three universities in England. The research explored motivations, professional aspirations and the attributes they believed were required to work in early childhood. Findings highlighted that the holistic study of early childhood is valued by students and placements…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Holistic Approach, Teacher Education Programs, Student Attitudes
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Hordern, Jim – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2019
This paper draws on Bernstein's sociology of knowledge to examine the academic study of early childhood in England, involving scrutiny of how knowledge is recontextualised from contributory disciplines to take account of early childhood practice and professionalism, and of governmental influence on what counts as disciplinary and curriculum…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Educational History, Educational Development
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Barron, Ian – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2016
This paper documents trainees' "flight turbulence" as they negotiate the complexities that lie between "the self" and the securing of Early Years Teaching Status in England. Early Years Teachers, besides teaching, are expected to lead improvements to the quality of provision. However, drawing on interview data, an impasse is…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
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Gilbert, Louise; Rose, Janet; Palmer, Sally; Fuller, Mary – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2013
This study focused on the learning experiences of 50 undergraduate students undertaking a residential field trip (RFT) to Sweden as part of their Early Childhood Studies degree. Three dimensions were examined: the physical and emotional value afforded to the students from the active learning context; how this was interpreted and reflected in their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Field Trips, Preservice Teacher Education, Undergraduate Students
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Rose, Janet; Rogers, Sue – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2012
Global concerns about what constitutes an appropriate curriculum and pedagogy for young children inevitably raises questions for teacher educators and the content of teacher education programmes. These concerns have been particularly visible in England following recent policy initiatives and the resultant "academic shovedown" and…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Early Childhood Education
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Saude, S.; Carioca, V.; Siraj-Blatchford, J.; Sheridan, S.; Genov, K.; Nuez, R. – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2005
In the European context the continuing training of early childhood educators in terms of information and communications technology (ICT) remains limited and is in need of development. The KINDERET project has been funded through the European Commission's "Leonardo da Vinci" programme aimed to identify and understand the theoretical and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Faculty Development