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Direct linkBirgitta Persdotter; Evelina Landstedt; Karin Hellfeldt – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2024
Teachers in preschools and schools have a central role in detecting children at risk of maltreatment. The aim of this study was to provide a longitudinal understanding of teachers' temporary and prolonged concerns for children's home situations (CCHS), from preschool (age 3-5 years) to year 1-3 of elementary school (age 8-10 years). Teacher- and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
van der Sande, Lisa; Dobber, Marjolein; van Schaik, Johanna E.; van Steensel, Roel – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2023
The goals of the present study were to compare the reliability and convergent validity of two reading attitude measures for beginning readers and to get more insight into children's reading attitude around the transition to formal reading instruction. 468 children in kindergarten and Grade 1 completed a more traditional questionnaire based on…
Descriptors: Reading Attitudes, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Elementary School Students
Mantovani, S.; Bove, C.; Ferri, P.; Manzoni, P.; Cesa Bianchi, A.; Picca, M. – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2021
The article presents preliminary findings from a family survey about children's experiences during the COVID-19 lockdown, which was administered through the pediatric network SICuPP (Italian Society of Primary Care Pediatricians -- Lombardy) in Northern Italy. The study involved 3443 parents with children aged from 1 to 5 years and from 6 to 10…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing
Greve, Anne; Garnier, Pascale; Ulvik, Oddbjørg Skjaer; Øien, Ingvil; Chantseva, Victoria; Fallang, Bjørg; Gulbrandsen, Liv Mette; Rayna, Sylvie – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2019
Food practices are culturally and historically situated, and so are conceptions of 'risk'. Comparative studies of food practices can highlight these cultural norms and conceptions. In this article we will present results from a study that investigated food practices in Norwegian and French kindergartens with a particular focus on constructions of…
Descriptors: Food, Risk, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Background
Margetts, Kay; Phatudi, Nkidi Caroline – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2013
In South Africa, the development of the 2001 White Paper No. 5 on Early Childhood Development (ECD) has been an instrumental policy in the development of changes to assist in preparing children for formal schooling, along with a strong focus on early childhood education. However the extent to which these are being enacted is relatively unknown.…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Principals
Fekonja-Peklaj, Urska; Marjanovic-Umek, Ljubica; Kranjc, Simona – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2010
Storytelling reflects children's pragmatic language ability, which develops rapidly in early childhood and is related to various characteristics of the child's environment. This study examines the effect of preschool, maternal education and quality of the home environment on children's storytelling skills. The sample included 229 Slovenian…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Mothers, Family Environment, Grade 1
Margetts, Kay – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2009
Researchers have made convincing arguments for the benefits of a smooth transition to school. The passage through this significant social change may have a lasting influence on children's progress. For example, social, emotional and academic difficulties in the early years of schooling have been shown to persist through school and into…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Financial Support, Student Development, Elementary School Students
Yeo, Lay See; Clarke, Christine – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2006
This paper investigates the concept of adjustment to school for a group of primary one (first grade) pupils in Singapore. Pupils rated by their teachers as being well adjusted obtained significantly higher grades at the end of the school year, did not require additional learning support, and exhibited better social skills compared to children…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Student Adjustment, Grades (Scholastic)
