Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 1 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 2 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 5 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 6 |
Descriptor
Source
| Cambridge Journal of Education | 1 |
| Early Years: An International… | 1 |
| Educational Practice and… | 1 |
| Educational Psychology | 1 |
| International Journal of the… | 1 |
| Scandinavian Journal of… | 1 |
Author
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 6 |
| Reports - Research | 6 |
Education Level
| Preschool Education | 6 |
| Early Childhood Education | 5 |
| Elementary Education | 2 |
| Kindergarten | 2 |
| Primary Education | 2 |
| Adult Education | 1 |
| Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Location
| Finland | 6 |
| Estonia | 1 |
| United States | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Beck Depression Inventory | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkAminkeng Atabong Alemanji – Educational Practice and Theory, 2024
Celebrated as the country with the best education system globally, Finland has also gained a reputation as one of the most racist countries in Europe for black people, especially people from Sub-Saharan Africa. The best education system in the world is built on the sweat and blood of racialised people whose experiences and roles they play as…
Descriptors: Blacks, Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Males
Sandholm, Ditte; Simonsen, Julia; Ström, Kristina; Fagerlund, Åse – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2023
Positive education is the teaching of both traditional school skills and skills for enhancing well-being. This study examines teachers' (N = 72) experiences with training in positive education.Qualitative content analysis was used to provide an in-depth understanding of the experiences, and quantitative measures investigated teachers' well-being.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
Download full textChappell, Julie; Szente, Judit – International Journal of the Whole Child, 2019
The goal of early childhood programming is to provide children with high-quality early care and to support educators' understanding and ability to implement high-quality practices on behalf of children and their families. Quality in early childhood care is an ambiguous concept, relative to various social and context-specific factors, making it…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Educational Quality, Comparative Education, Foreign Countries
Rintakorpi, Kati – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2016
The Finnish social pedagogical curriculum for early childhood education directs early childhood teachers to use documentation to assess and develop pedagogy and practise. This empirical study examines the challenges and benefits a group of Finnish preschool teachers experienced when they learned to document their work. Although the idea of…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Documentation, Preschool Teachers, Educational Practices
Kikas, Eve; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina; Pakarinen, Eija; Poikonen, Pirjo-Liisa – Educational Psychology, 2016
This study examined the role of family-related (mother's education, depressive symptoms and child's gender) and kindergarten-related (teacher's experience, teaching practices and class size) factors in mothers' and teachers' mutual trust in Estonia and Finland. Six hundred eighteen (206 Estonian and 412 Finnish) mothers of kindergarten children…
Descriptors: Role, Family Environment, Questionnaires, Trust (Psychology)
Bjorklund, Camilla – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2012
The purpose of this study is to describe the developmental benefits emerging from the theoretical approach variation theory of learning, and the implementation of learning study in preschool. An educator specialized in educating children with special needs participates in a project aiming to enhance mathematics teaching. The analysis of the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Special Needs Students, Learning Theories, Educational Practices
