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Sigurdardottir, Ingibjorg; Mork, Svava B. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2022
As the first level of schooling, preschools are part of the educational system in Iceland. All preschools operate according to Preschool Act. No. 90/2008 and the National Curriculum Guidelines, where the emphasis is on children's learning through play and high-quality practice. The aim of this study was to shed light on how the first wave of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Nolan, Andrea; Taket, Ann; Stagnitti, Karen – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2014
It is an accepted fact that resilience is a multifaceted phenomenon which has been proven to affect the learning, growth and development of individuals. A child's formative years are a time when resilience needs to be promoted so they can cope with the challenges of life. This paper reports some of the findings of an Australian Research…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Early Childhood Education, Teacher Role, Foreign Countries
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Hyvonen, Pirkko – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2008
The Finnish educational system and curricula lay emphasis on play, collaboration and equality. Modern educational practices allow the learning environment to be enlarged from indoor classrooms to outdoor playful learning environments (PLEs). PLEs have been constructed in schoolyards in Finland with the goal of increasing learning through play in…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Play, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries