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Xiumin Hong; Sijie Zhao; Qiongyi Shan – Early Education and Development, 2024
Research Findings: A total of 4102 childcare center teachers were recruited to examine a moderated mediation model of the relationship between teachers' adaptive caregiving beliefs and professional competence, using caregiving sensitivity as a mediator and organizational support as a moderator. Results indicated that (1) childcare center teachers'…
Descriptors: Competence, Foreign Countries, Child Care Centers, Child Caregivers
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Simon M. Hay; Harriet J. Vermeer; Ruben G. Fukkink; Harold T. Nefs – Early Education and Development, 2025
Research Findings: A growing number of stakeholders in early childhood education (ECE) rely on self-assessment to assess and improve the quality of ECE. In this systematic review, we investigated the reliability and validity of self-assessment in ECE, summarizing findings from 27 publications. We meta-analytically synthesized findings from 25…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Early Childhood Education, Child Care Centers, Journal Articles
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Haoran Zheng; Anne Keary; Julie Faulkner – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2024
International pre-service teachers (PSTs) can struggle to engage with Professional Experience (PE) communities in an Australian Early Childhood Education context. This qualitative case study examines three first-year Chinese international PSTs' PE in different early childhood settings in Australia. Framed by Bourdieu's analytical concepts, this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Experience, Foreign Students, Preservice Teachers
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Li Luo; Yuxi Qiu; Shasha Lyu; He Ge; Hao Liu – Early Education and Development, 2024
A growing number of toddlers are attending childcare institutions as part of China's establishment of its infant-toddler childcare service system. However, there is limited empirical evidence available regarding the quality of these childcare services. The purpose of this study is to investigate the quality of teacher - child interactions in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Student Relationship, Interaction, Toddlers