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Sigurðardóttir, Anna Kristín; Hansen, Börkur; Gísladóttir, Berglind – Improving Schools, 2022
The challenge of educational improvement, due mainly to the complexity of educational systems, is well-known. The aim of this study is to provide knowledge regarding the process of change within schools to better understand how it might depend on cultural context and the characteristics of individual schools. Based on interventions in four…
Descriptors: Intervention, Educational Improvement, Cultural Context, Educational Change
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Gunnarsdottir, Bryndis – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2014
Iceland has a strong tradition of universal public early childhood education and care (ECEC) services for children. The traditional pedagogy is founded on play-based learning with the holistic view of the development of the child is central to practice. With increased interest in education following the 2008 financial crisis, there are signs that…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Play, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
Motiejunaite-Schulmeister, Akvile; Balcon, Marie-Pascale; de Coster, Isabelle – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2019
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) -- the phase before primary education -- is increasingly acknowledged as providing the foundations for lifelong learning and development. This second edition of 'Key data on early childhood education and care in Europe' charts the progress made in the key quality areas identified in the Council…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Access to Education, Child Care
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Einarsdottir, Johanna; Perry, Bob; Dockett, Sue – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2008
This paper is the result of collaboration among early childhood education researchers from different cultures on opposite sides of the globe. The project sought to identify what practitioners in both preschool and primary school settings in Iceland and Australia regarded as successful transition to school practices. Independently developed surveys…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Cross Cultural Studies