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Direct linkTan, Run; Lichtblau, Michael; Wehmeier, Carina; Werning, Rolf – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2022
Using a comparative approach is a widespread method in educational research. Previous cross-cultural comparison studies on teachers' attitudes towards inclusive education show a strong lack of focus on preschool teachers' attitudes towards inclusion. Thus, this study examined 65 Chinese and 59 German preschool teachers' attitudes towards inclusion…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Inclusion
Download full textRapanta, Chrysi; Macagno, Fabrizio – Dialogic Pedagogy, 2023
Goal: The problem of the authenticity of teacher questions has not received sufficient attention from educational researchers interested in the intersection between dialogue and argumentation. In this paper, we adopt a definition of authentic questions as dialogical units that prompt teacher-student interactions that are both productive (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Persuasive Discourse, Dialogs (Language), Cues
Tobin, Joseph – Comparative Education, 2022
International comparative ethnographic studies of ECEC (Early Childhood Education and Care) are difficult to conduct but worth the effort. Comparative studies featuring thick description and polysemic interpretations can challenge taken-for-granted assumptions, expand the menu of the possible, expose the provincialism of national approaches, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Ethnography, Early Childhood Education, Child Care
Chrysi Rapanta; Fabrizio Macagno; Gard Jenset – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2025
It is broadly admitted that social contexts of reasoning may prompt children and adolescents to improve the quality of their reasoning. However, it is not clear how this quality may be assessed when it comes to arguments expressed within oral interactions in diverse settings (whole-class or small-group discussions) by students of different ages…
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Interpersonal Communication, Persuasive Discourse, Classroom Environment
Knauf, Helen – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2020
Pedagogical documentation is practised in early childhood centres all over the world as a means to gauge the learning and development of children. From the point of view of teachers, however, documentation must compete with numerous other tasks. This paper explores the strategies teachers employ in order to integrate documentation into their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Child Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
Boyd, Wendy, Ed.; Garvis, Susanne, Ed. – Springer, 2021
This book provides significant information regarding the policies and provisions for early childhood teacher education programs in universities in fourteen different countries. Early childhood education and care (ECEC) is expanding rapidly across the globe with unprecedented numbers of children attending EC centres, requiring the investment in…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Quality, Educational Policy
Blömeke, Sigrid; Thiel, Oliver; Jenßen, Lars – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2019
This article examines the stability of Norwegian prospective preschool teachers' enjoyment of mathematics and their mathematics-related self-efficacy before, during, and after a teacher-education examination. In addition, the stability of the two constructs across countries was examined through a comparison with Germany. The data revealed partial…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preschool Teachers, Mathematics Education, Self Efficacy
Sims, Margaret; Calder, Pamela; Moloney, Mary; Rothe, Antje; Rogers, Marg; Doan, Laura; Kakana, Domna; Georgiadou, Sofia – Issues in Educational Research, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an opportunity to examine the initial policies developed by Australian, Canadian, English, German, Greek and Irish governments to limit the spread of the virus. This has revealed governments' conceptualisation of the early childhood sector and its workforce. This paper argues that neoliberal ideology and…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, COVID-19, Pandemics, Disease Control
Weiss, Sabine; Syring, Marcus; Keller-Schneider, Manuela; Hellstén, Meeri; Kiel, Ewald – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2018
The present study compares career choice motives of future early childhood educators studying for a tertiary qualification. Suitable analyses of this kind are still missing. Diverging training systems, traditions and professional images in the different countries are related to certain motives. These motives are categorised according to a theory…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Preschool Teachers, Cross Cultural Studies, Teacher Qualifications
Sauerland, Uli; Grohmann, Kleanthes K.; Guasti, Maria Teresa; Andelkovic, Darinka; Argus, Reili; Armon-Lotem, Sharon; Arosio, Fabrizio; Avram, Larisa; Costa, João; Dabašinskiene, Ineta; de López, Kristine; Gatt, Daniela; Grech, Helen; Haman, Ewa; van Hout, Angeliek; Hrzica, Gordana; Kainhofer, Judith; Kamandulyte-Merfeldiene, Laura; Kunnari, Sari; Kovacevic, Melita; Kuvac Kraljevic, Jelena; Lipowska, Katarzyna; Mejias, Sandrine; Popovic, Maša; Ruzaite, Jurate; Savic, Maja; Sevcenco, Anca; Varlokosta, Spyridoula; Varnava, Marina; Yatsushiro, Kazuko – First Language, 2016
The comprehension of constituent questions is an important topic for language acquisition research and for applications in the diagnosis of language impairment. This article presents the results of a study investigating the comprehension of different types of questions by 5-year-old, typically developing children across 19 European countries, 18…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questioning Techniques, Preschool Children, Language Acquisition
Dual Language: A Combined Dual Language Framework for Implementation: A 90/10 and 50/50 Model Design
Billy, Roslyn J. F.; Garríguez, Carmen Medina – English Language Teaching, 2019
Dual Language programs are starting to resurface amongst the best practices for increasing literacy and academic language acquisition. Substantial evidence exists to support dual language (DL) education as a viable and enriching method of supporting high levels of academic achievement for both English Language Learners (ELLs) and English-speaking…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Gernhardt, Ariane; Lamm, Bettina; Keller, Heidi; Döge, Paula – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2014
This study investigated early child care teachers' culturally shaped socialization goals and preferred behavioral strategies. The participants were 183 female teachers and trainees, 93 from Osnabrück, Germany, representing an urban Western context, which can be characterized by a primary cultural orientation toward psychological autonomy and a…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Socialization, Constructivism (Learning), Questionnaires
Döge, Paula; Keller, Heidi – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2014
This study examines the similarity of socialization goals of a group of mothers with different cultural backgrounds and their children's respective preschool teachers in Germany. Additionally, the researchers were interested in the relationship between the degree of mother-teacher similarity and maternal satisfaction with child care. Questionnaire…
Descriptors: Socialization, Mothers, Cultural Differences, Preschool Teachers
De Decker, Ellen; De Craemer, Marieke; De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse; Wijndaele, Katrien; Duvinage, Kristin; Androutsos, Odysseas; Iotova, Violeta; Lateva, Mina; Alvira, Juan Miguel Fernandez; Zych, Kamila; Manios, Yannis; Cardon, Greet – Journal of School Health, 2013
Background: Sedentary behavior refers to activities involving sitting down and reclining (eg, watching TV, using the computer) and has been associated with different health outcomes. In preschool, children are sedentary for 50% to 80% of the time, in the classroom as well as during recess. Because of the absence of qualitative studies examining…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Focus Groups, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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
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