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Gove, Amber; Dombrowski, Eileen; Pressley, Jennifer; King, Simon; Weatherholt, Tara – Global Education Review, 2018
The adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in September 2015 marked a new milestone for early childhood education, care, and development. For the first time in the framework of global goals, preschool education was described as integral to children's school readiness. Yet with few exceptions, much of the research on the impact of…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, School Readiness
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Khasawneh, Omar; Khaled, Ahmed; Al Momani, Mohammad – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The purpose of this study was to identify the educational implications of naturalism as an educational philosophy from the Jordanian childhood education teachers' perspectives. Each philosophy simply represents a unique conviction concerning the nature of the teaching/learning process. This study could serve as a grounded theory for Jordanian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Philosophy, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers
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Fayez, Merfat; Ahmad, Jamal Fathi; Oliemat, Enass – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2016
The purpose of this study was to explore the beliefs of Jordanian kindergarten and 1st-grade teachers regarding six child-based dimensions of school readiness: academic knowledge, basic thinking skills, socioemotional maturity, physical well-being and motor development, self-discipline, and communication skills. Questionnaires were used to collect…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Teacher Attitudes
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ALdarab'h, Intisar; Alrub, Mohammad Abo; Al-Mohtadi, Reham Mohammad – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The present study evaluated the reality of the preschools in Jordan. A random sample of 500 preschool teachers participated in this study. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used. Preschools' learning environment quality was assessed using the revised version of the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (Harms, Clifford, & Cryer,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Educational Practices, Preschool Teachers