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Direct linkLara Hoareau; Youssef Tazouti – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Although the acceptance of educational apps and their contributions to learning have been widely researched, none of these studies have examined links between teachers' acceptance of apps and their students' skills. The present study investigated this issue with respect to a new, French-language educational app for helping preschool children…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Oriented Programs, Preschool Children, Emergent Literacy
Garnier, Philippe; Martel, Karine; Dachez, Julie; Audry, Pauline; Bourgoin, Pascal; Stawinski, Fleur – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2023
Humanoid robots have shown to provide interesting perspectives for autistic children. Yet, few studies have looked at educators' point of view on the use of such robots in educational settings. This paper presents a case study of the use of a humanoid robot, NAO, in a French preschool class dedicated to autistic children. Our work focuses on the…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Robotics, Technology Uses in Education, Foreign Countries
Bonneton-Botte, Nathalie; Beucher-Marsal, Claude; Bara, Florence; Muller, Julie; Corf, Laurence Le; Quéméneur, Marielle; Dare, Maud – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2021
The process of teaching and learning handwriting is complex and laborious. A digital learning environment in the form of a tablet app could enhance teachers' knowledge of writer characteristics and their management of classroom diversity. This study aims to identify the needs of cursive writing teachers from a survey of 164 kindergarten teachers…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Teaching Methods, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Classroom Techniques
Pascale Garnier; Anne Greve; Oddbjørg Skjaer Ulvik; Victoria Chantseva; Sylvie Rayna; Bjørg Fallang; Liv Mette Gulbrandsen; Ingvil Øien – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2024
This comparative study of everyday life in Norwegian and French preschools explores how 'risk' related to children's body practices is understood, practised and negotiated by teachers and how this may regulate educational practices in a short- and long-term perspective. Studying educational institutions in two different societies illuminates…
Descriptors: Risk, Preschool Education, Outdoor Education, Coping
Amado, Nélia, Ed.; Carreira, Susana, Ed.; Jones, Keith, Ed. – Research in Mathematics Education, 2018
The innovative volume seeks to broaden the scope of research on mathematical problem solving in different educational environments. It brings together contributions not only from leading researchers, but also highlights collaborations with younger researchers to broadly explore mathematical problem-solving across many fields: mathematics…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Creativity, Teaching Methods, Problem Solving
Impedovo, Maria Antonietta; Delserieys-Pedregosa, Alice; Jégou, Corinne; Ravanis, Konstantinos – Research in Science Education, 2017
The paper is set in socio-material farming to offer a way of conceptualising actions and interactions of children in preschool involved in the understanding of scientific concepts. A model of early science education about the physical phenomena of shadow formation is implemented in group work in a French context. The research involved 44 children…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Literacy
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
Mary, Latisha; Young, Andrea S. – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2017
This article presents data from a longitudinal study undertaken in a pre-primary classroom of 3-4-year-old emergent bi/plurilingual children during their first year of formal schooling in France. It focuses on how the teacher's intercultural competence facilitated the emergent bilingual children's transition from home to school and fostered…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Bilingualism, Cultural Awareness
Download full textCharles, Frédéric – Athens Journal of Education, 2014
In French nursery schools ("l'école maternelle française"), primary school teachers take charge of the content organised into teaching areas of activities. The prescribed teaching activity "Discovering the world of life sciences, objects and material" refers to biology, physical sciences, chemistry and technology. The…
Descriptors: Preschools, Teaching Methods, Preschool Teachers, Curriculum Implementation
Cremin, Teresa; Glauert, Esme; Craft, Anna; Compton, Ashley; Stylianidou, Fani – Education 3-13, 2015
In the light of the European Union's interest in creativity and innovation, this paper, drawing on data from the EU project Creative Little Scientists (2011-2014), explores the teaching and learning of science and creativity in Early Years education. The project's conceptual framework, developed from detailed analysis of relevant literatures,…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Inquiry, Creative Teaching, Creativity
Adair, Jennifer Keys; Tobin, Joseph; Arzubiaga, Angela E. – Teachers College Record, 2012
Background/Context: Many scholars in the fields of teacher education, multicultural education, and bilingual education have argued that children of recent immigrants are best served in classrooms that have teachers who understand the cultural background and the home language of their students. Culturally knowledgeable and responsive teachers are…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Bilingual Education, Cultural Background, Ethnography
Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; Ermenc, Klara Skubic, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Chigisheva, Oksana, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2014
This volume contains papers submitted to the 12th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), held in Sofia and Nessebar, Bulgaria, in June 2014, and papers submitted to the 2nd International Partner Conference, organized by the International Research Centre 'Scientific Cooperation,' Rostov-on-Don,…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Global Approach, Competence, Comparative Education
