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Violeta Buza; Rozafa Shala; Blerina Haraqija – Policy Futures in Education, 2024
This study shows the way in which sustainable learning through cooperation with parents is achieved before, during and after the lockdown period (COVID19) by applying systematic formative assessment. Therefore, as a result of this cooperation, through the planning and realization of the formative assessment, students' motivation is achieved, and…
Descriptors: Cooperation, COVID-19, Pandemics, Parents
Nathan Archer – Policy Futures in Education, 2024
The early childhood workforce in England has experienced periods of policy attention and more recently policy neglect. During the past two decades (2000--2022) the extent of interest in workforce policy has fluctuated with episodes of investment followed by phases of disinvestment. Throughout this period, early childhood educators have been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Administrative Policy
Shahini, Gentiana; Azizi, Tringa – Policy Futures in Education, 2023
The implementation of preventive measures against the spread of COVID-19 in Kosovo resulted in the closure of educational institutions for all levels of education. The transitioning process from face-to-face to virtual or online classes' format was also coordinated for pre-school children, enabling their development at home. The research aims to…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education, Preschool Children
Kamenarac, Olivera – Policy Futures in Education, 2023
Neoliberal reforms have transformed the early childhood education (ECE) landscape worldwide. The purpose of ECE, what counts as early education and care, and "in" ECE has been dangerously narrowed to the production of human capital and rationalised by the myth that investing in young children (human capital) will guarantee a better…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Neoliberalism, Professional Autonomy
Johansson, Viktor – Policy Futures in Education, 2022
This article follows a story played out by children at a Sámi early childhood centre in north Sweden. It does so by reflecting on the children's story as a form of Critical Indigenous Philosophy. In particular it explores what it could mean for a child to be a philosopher in a Sámi context by developing the concept of "jurddavázzi," or…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Indigenous Populations, Animals, Story Telling
Boardman, Karen – Policy Futures in Education, 2022
This paper explores how the neoliberal policy directives relating to the teaching of phonics in schools in England, influences the pedagogy of early years educators (EYEs) working with under-threes. The research highlights that these EYEs are confounded by early reading (ER), given that there is no clear definition or provision separating ER from…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Phonics, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
Shih, Yi-Huang – Policy Futures in Education, 2022
As a philosophical basis of education, 'love' is crucial to early childhood education. For this reason, early childhood education should cultivate young children's loving attitudes. Hence, by analysing related work, this paper explored how love-based relationships may be developed between preschool teachers and young children in early childhood…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children, Intimacy
Ailwood, Joanne; Lee, I-Fang; Arndt, Sonja; Tesar, Marek; Aslanian, Teresa K.; Gibbons, Andrew; Heimer, Lucinda – Policy Futures in Education, 2022
This collective writing project considers the central issue of how we account for, understand, and talk about, the professional work of care in early childhood education. As an international collective, we stake out some of the messiness, the specificities and complexities of care in early childhood education. Each scholar explores the issue of…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Child Care, Etymology, Educational Policy
Laiho, Anne; Pihlaja, Päivi – Policy Futures in Education, 2022
In this article, we contribute to the research on the process of privatisation of Finnish early childhood education (ECE), describe how the privatisation has proceeded within the legal framework and how profit making has become possible in ECE. Furthermore, we analyse how local key policy actors justify the privatisation of ECE and what the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Privatization, Federal Legislation
Shih, Yi-Huang – Policy Futures in Education, 2022
Early childhood is a period of rapid development and growth, and regardless of physical, psychological, and social abilities, young children at this stage have great plasticity and strong imitation ability. Childhood is a critical period for individual learning; so preschool teachers must provide young children with appropriate moral education at…
Descriptors: Moral Development, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers, Empathy
Wu, Sandra; Perisamy, Ambika – Policy Futures in Education, 2021
In Singapore, early childhood care and education has evolved according to the nation's needs since its independence in 1965. From a welfare scheme to custodial care, early childhood care and education is now recognised as a critical part of children's learning and development. Over the years, the government has progressively implemented policies…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Early Childhood Education, Child Care
Ang, Lynn; Lipponen, Lasse; May Yin, Sirene Lim – Policy Futures in Education, 2021
The early childhood years are pivotal as they mark the beginning of a young child's life journey into education. This paper offers critical reflections of the early childhood care and education landscape in Singapore as it has evolved over the last decade. The discussion will draw on findings of the study "Vital Voices for Vital Years 2"…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Child Care, Young Children
Yang, Weipeng; Peh, Jaslene; Ng, Siew Chin – Policy Futures in Education, 2021
Teacher research has been promoted as a context-relevant approach to improving children's learning experiences in early childhood settings. In this article, we focus on social-emotional learning (SEL), a crucial domain of the early childhood curriculum, to illustrate the role of teacher research in changing early childhood teachers' everyday…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Emotional Learning, Teacher Researchers, Preschool Education
Ng, Siew Chin; Vijayakumar, Poorani; Yussof, Nurul Taqiah; O'Brien, Beth Ann – Policy Futures in Education, 2021
Show-and-Tell is one of many activities recommended for encouraging children's oral language production in classrooms across the world, but there is little research on the topic. From existing studies, teacher facilitation is posited as key to shaping children's oral language production. This paper explores teacher strategies for facilitating…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingualism, Oral Language, Teaching Methods
Yang, Weipeng; Li, Hui; Ang, Lynn – Policy Futures in Education, 2021
Globalisation has been transforming early childhood care and education worldwide since the turn of this millennium. The early childhood sector in Singapore is no exception. Its early childhood curriculum has inevitably been influenced by Eastern and Western cultures and has developed into a unique hybrid over the years. This special issue collects…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Curriculum, Educational Policy