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Expectations and Effectiveness of Preschool Teacher Training Program: A Case Study of Teacher Training Course for the Holistic Music Educational Approach for Young Children
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Liza Lee – SAGE Open, 2023
This study examines the expectations and effectiveness of a teacher training program for early childhood music education, specifically focusing on the Holistic Music Educational Approach for Young Children (HMEAYC) and its integration with local cultural frameworks. Participants (n = 30) from a private university's Department of Early Childhood…
Descriptors: Music Education, Holistic Approach, Preschool Teachers, Early Childhood Education
Investigating Pre-Service Early Childhood Teachers' cPCK and pPCK on the Knowledge Used in Scientific Process through CoRe
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Buldu, Elif; Buldu, Metehan – SAGE Open, 2021
The study aimed to investigate pre-service early childhood teachers' (PSTs) collective pedagogical content knowledge (cPCK) and personal pedagogical content knowledge (pPCK) on the knowledge used in scientific process (SP) through the content representation (CoRe) design, interview, and knowledge used in scientific process (KSP) forms. The data…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Technological Literacy
Exploring Pre-Service Pre-Primary Efl Teacher Beliefs about Teaching English to Very Young Learners: A Macau Case Study
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Reynolds, Barry Lee; Liu, Sylvia; Milosavljevic, Maja; Ding, Chen; McDonald, Jennifer – SAGE Open, 2021
Research on the beliefs of pre-service and in-service English teachers at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels has provided useful knowledge to teacher education curriculum designers. However, the beliefs of pre-service pre-primary English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers have not been addressed. Thus, a case study was conducted in one…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
The Role of Relationships: An Exploratory Study of Early Childhood Educators Earning a Bachelor's Degree
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Douglass, Anne L. – SAGE Open, 2019
Professional standards increasingly call for early childhood educators to hold a bachelor's degree as one measure of educator quality. This has prompted many educators to return to college, creating both a need and an opportunity to better understand the factors that support educators to complete their degree and apply what they learn to their…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Faculty Development, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers
An Analysis of Turkish Pre-Service Teachers' Knowledge of Autism Spectrum Disorder: Implications for Teacher Preparation Programs
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Rakap, Salih; Balikci, Serife; Parlak-Rakap, Asiye; Kalkan, Sinan – SAGE Open, 2016
The purpose of the present study was to investigate knowledge of autism among teacher candidates who are likely to have the initial contact with children with autism within public school system in Turkey. Five hundred and four senior pre-service teachers who were enrolled in four different teacher education programs participated in the study. Data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Knowledge Level