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Natalie Rusk; Rupal Jain; Caitlin K. Martin; Ricarose Roque; João Adriano Freitas; Linford Molaodi – Learning, Media and Technology, 2024
This paper shares reflections and stories from a collaborative design process between the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab and a global network of community-based educators to develop a creative coding app called OctoStudio, which supports children and families to create and share interactive projects on mobile devices. The app…
Descriptors: Community Education, Teachers, Cooperative Learning, Design
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Veraksa, Aleksander; Singh, Purnima; Gavrilova, Margarita; Jain, Nishtha; Veraksa, Nickolay – Education Sciences, 2021
Increasing interest in the digitization of education raises the question of the specifics of the use of digital devices in preschool education and the perception of these new practices by educators. The primary purpose of this study was to examine educators' beliefs about distance education for preschool children in Russia and India, given their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
UNESCO Bangkok, 2021
This guidebook aspires to build a community where learning for sustainable development takes place everywhere for everyone as an ongoing practice. It introduces you to "Reflect-Share-Act," a process to discover and define sustainable development in your own contexts together with others in your community. The guide compiles resources…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Foreign Countries, Community Programs, Community Involvement
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Hegde, Archana V.; Cassidy, Deborah J. – Early Child Development and Care, 2009
The study assessed kindergarten teachers' beliefs, stated practices and actual practices regarding developmentally appropriate practices (DAP) in India. Forty kindergarten teachers from the urban city of Mumbai (India) participated in the study. Overall, the results indicated that teachers' beliefs were more developmentally appropriate than their…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten
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Hegde, Archana V.; Cassidy, Deborah J. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2009
A qualitative study examining teachers' beliefs regarding developmentally appropriate practices was conducted in the city of Mumbai, India. Twelve kindergarten teacher's were interviewed for this study, and a constant comparative method was used to analyze the interviews. Six themes were identified within this study. The themes highlighted…
Descriptors: Play, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten