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Heikkilä, Mia; Schaeffer, Jennie Andersson – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2022
Preschool, understood as being both a physical and psychological environment, is, according to objectives in national curriculum, required to be inclusive for all those who attend it. Previous studies have identified the stereotypical norms of several everyday activities of preschools, including both interactions and premises. The aim of this…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Research Methodology, Preschool Education, Data Analysis
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Shaw, Patricia A. – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2021
Whilst the importance of engaging with children's voices is now more widely recognized, there is still a dearth of representation of younger children's voices specifically. Visual methodological tools, such as photo-elicitation and photo-voice are used in research; however, there remains a lack of clarity about what they mean, how they are used,…
Descriptors: Photography, Visual Aids, Childrens Attitudes, Interviews
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Pakarinen, Eija; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina; von Suchodoletz, Antje – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2020
The present study aimed to investigate the associations between teachers' observed emotional support and social competence among Finnish pre-schoolers (6-year-olds). The quality of emotional support was observed using the Classroom Assessment Scoring System Pre-K in 47 preschool classrooms twice across the preschool year. Teachers rated children's…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Emotional Response, Classroom Environment, Preschool Teachers
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Molla, Tebeje; Nolan, Andrea – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2020
The primary purpose of this paper is to illustrate how a critical realist approach can add to our understanding of professional recognition of educators in a pre-school setting. Recognition is a function of personal achievement and social arrangement, and is understood through examining those subjective conditions and objective structures as…
Descriptors: Professional Recognition, Preschool Teachers, Child Caregivers, Foreign Countries
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Lam, Ho Cheong – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2019
Phenomenography is internationally well-known for its use in studying learning and teaching in educational settings. This paper begins with the discussion of two approaches reported in the literature to study classroom teaching in the phenomenography tradition. The paper goes on to put forward a third approach that is in essence to return to the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Philosophy, Learning Processes, Chinese
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Kjällander, Susanne; Frankenberg, Sofia Johnson – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2018
This article takes its point of departure in the research methodology of a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary innovative intervention study in Swedish preschools with preschoolers aged 3-5, involving two digital learning games focusing early math and executive functions. Based on a combination of video-ethnography, focus groups, field notes and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Preschool Education, Preschool Children