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Download full textGüven, Gülhan – International Education Studies, 2019
This research was carried to identify characteristics of the master dissertations completed in the field of preschool education, between the years of 2015-2019 in Turkey. The sampling of the study consisted of master dissertations in preschool education, child development and education/home economics department registered to National Dissertations…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Masters Theses, Foreign Countries, Child Development
Direct linkDong, Chuanmei; Mertala, Pekka – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2021
With the ever-diversifying digital landscape of the 21st century, terms such as 'information and communication technologies' (ICT), 'digital media' and 'technologies' are often used to refer to a broad set of digital devices and applications. However, the use of these umbrella-concepts in educational contexts has caused issues when used in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, College Seniors
Andrea Laser; Serra Acar; Karen Brown; Katherine B. Green; Lindsey A. Chapman; Chelsea T. Morris; Lauren Hart Rollins; Annie George-Puskar; Monica Gonzalez; Alesia Mickle Moldavan; Kathy R. Doody; Katrina Fulcher-Rood; Pamela Schuetze; Kaitlin Jackson; Bradley Mills; Lindsay R. Dennis; Tai Cole; Kelly Farquharson; Marisa Macy – Journal of Special Education Preparation, 2024
The personnel preparation of early intervention/early childhood special educator (EI/ECSE) candidates is a pivotal stage in supporting the development of professionals who can effectively work with young children with and at-risk of developmental disabilities, their families, and other service providers. This process encompasses a multifaceted…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, At Risk Students, Early Childhood Education, Special Education Teachers
Boyd, Wendy; Wong, Sandie; Fenech, Marianne; Mahony, Linda; Warren, Jane; Lee, I.-Fang; Cheeseman, Sandra – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2020
With an unprecedented number of children in early childhood education and care in Australia, demand for early childhood teachers is increasing. This demand is in the context of recognition of the importance of the early years and increasing requirements for more highly qualified early childhood teachers under the National Quality Framework.…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Early Childhood Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Teacher Education Programs
Çetin, Mustafa; Demircan, Hasibe Özlen – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
The purpose of this systematic review was (1) to synthesize findings from studies that provided programming experiences through robotics for children, between the ages of zero and eight, and for pre- or in-service teachers, of early childhood education and (2) to reveal the possible contributions of robotics programming for the integration of…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Programming, Robotics, Educational Research
Ulusoy, Fadime – International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2019
This study investigates early-years prospective teachers' definitions, examples, and non-examples of cylinder and prism. The data were collected from 72 early-years prospective teachers via written tasks and classroom discussions. In written tasks, they were requested to define and then to give different examples and non-examples of cylinder and…
Descriptors: Geometry, Geometric Concepts, Definitions, Demonstrations (Educational)
Marinšek, Miha; Jurak, Gregor; Kovac, Marjeta – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2020
Educators' self-efficacy influences their practice and thus determines the quality of teaching in early childhood education and care (ECEC). This study analyzed educators' self-efficacy to teach physical education (PE) and the differences between pre-service and in-service early childhood educators. Early childhood educators (N = 381) completed a…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Beliefs, Self Efficacy, Preservice Teachers
Köklü Yaylaci, Hasret; Olgan, Refika – Teacher Educator, 2021
This study investigates teaching efficacy beliefs of Turkish early childhood preservice teachers toward education for sustainable development (ESD), as well as their personal efficacy and outcome-expectancy beliefs regarding ESD. The study also examines whether or not significant life experiences, year of undergraduate study, and taking courses…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Undergraduate Students, Young Adults, Student Characteristics
Dong, Chuanmei; Xu, Qianqian – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2021
Pre-service early childhood teachers (PECTs) are expected to support young children's engaged and meaningful use of ICT for early learning and development. Unless teachers believe that ICT is beneficial for young children, they will be unable or unwilling to encourage and support children's use of ICT in educational environments. This paper aims…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Young Children, Student Attitudes
Mertala, Pekka – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
Research on early childhood teachers' perceptions of technology integration has been criticized for not paying enough attention to the unique pedagogical characteristics of early childhood education. This qualitative study contributes to resolving this need by scrutinizing preservice teachers' perceptions of technology usage through the frames of…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Early Childhood Education, Preservice Teachers
Souto-Manning, Mariana; Rabadi-Raol, Ayesha; Robinson, Deejay; Perez, Aura – Young Exceptional Children, 2019
In this article, four early childhood teacher educators share a few ways in which they work to prepare early childhood teachers committed to equity and inclusion within the context of a graduate-level preservice program in a large urban center. Diverse in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, language repertoires, and experiences, they all engage in…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Instructional Materials, Early Childhood Teachers, Preservice Teachers
Reinoso, Roberto; Delgado-Iglesias, Jaime; Fernández, Itziar – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2019
In this work we analyze the educational reality of Early Childhood Education classrooms in relation to the teaching of science. A total of 83 students from a fourth-year elementary science teacher training program participated in the study. A 48-item instrument was used to collect data. In general, the results obtained show that sciences are a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Science Instruction, Early Childhood Education
Wright, Travis; Nankin, Ilana; Boonstra, Kathryn; Blair, Elizabeth – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2019
One in 30 American children experience homelessness, and yet educators are often unaware of the challenges these students face. Drawing on a qualitative study of 21 pre-service teachers (PSTs) interviewed at the completion of their early childhood/ESL teacher education program, the overall purpose of this study was to ascertain PSTs' reported…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Homeless People
French, Amanda; Lowe, Rose; Nassem, Elizabeth – Education 3-13, 2019
Whilst within universities, research on rather than with children/pupils is a well-established methodology, this paper reports on teachers' responses to a schools and university-based partnership project, 'Pupils as Research Partners in Primary (PARPP), which works to co-create pupil-led research opportunities for pupils in research projects…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Young Children, Participatory Research, College School Cooperation
Calamlam, Josephine M.; Mokshein, Siti Eshah – Southeast Asia Early Childhood, 2020
Literature has identified varied internship models yet preparing early childhood pre-service teachers (ECPSTs) to confront the realities and challenges of learning-to-teach during internship remain scarcely examined. The qualitative single-case study sought to uncover ways to optimize ECPSTs' latent knowledge and skills given a limited time for…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Internship Programs, Skill Development
