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Stipek, Deborah; Coburn, Cynthia – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2023
Based on an in-depth longitudinal study of two districts endeavoring to create continuity between preschool and elementary school we offer a framework for ensuring the long-term benefits of investment in preschool and improving student learning in the early grades.
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Elementary Education, Alignment (Education), School Districts
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Basak, Rasim; Erdem, Cagla – Journal of Education and Learning, 2022
Kindergarten teachers use art-based activities and practices because they are useful and functional in learning processes and they help learning in other subject areas. While teachers allocate great deal of classroom time for art practices, an art curriculum is not required or enforced at kindergarten level. The objective of this study was to…
Descriptors: Art Education, Kindergarten, Art Activities, Alignment (Education)
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M. Nutsa Kobakhidze; Janisa Hui – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2024
This paper presents empirical evidence on kindergarten admission preparation services in Hong Kong. Parents increasingly turn to tutoring companies for a range of services, such as social skills training, portfolio editing, mock interviews, and parental consultation. We used qualitative methods to capture the views of parents, teachers, tutors,…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Competition, Tutoring, Admission Criteria
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Stein, Abigail; Coburn, Cynthia E. – Educational Policy, 2023
In an effort to improve learning for young children and respond to preschool fade out, some districts are working on "PreK-3" initiatives to create better connected learning pathways for children. In these pathways, primary grades continue to build on what children learn in preschool; they also present potential implementation challenges…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Primary Education, Alignment (Education), Developmental Continuity
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Michael H. Little; Timothy Drake; Kathryn Chapman; Austin Gragson – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2024
Purpose: Recently, a confluence of factors has focused elementary school leaders on early education. One factor is that nearly 60 percent of all public elementary schools in the U.S. today have a Pre-K program in the building. Yet, prior research reveals that leaders are often not prepared to effectively lead early education programs. This study…
Descriptors: Principals, Early Childhood Education, Administrator Education, Public Schools
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Mimi Engel; Robin Jacob; Anna Hart Erickson; Shira Mattera; Danielle Shaw Attaway; Amy Claessens – AERA Open, 2024
Preschool through third grade (P-3) alignment is regularly named as a key aspect of early childhood education and the transition to formal schooling. However, little is known about P-3 alignment in practice. Using data from 265 observations of math instruction in preschool, kindergarten, first-, and third-grade classrooms in New York City public…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Mathematics Instruction, Preschools, Kindergarten
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Deborah Stipek – State Education Standard, 2024
States and school districts endeavoring to improve learning outcomes for young children typically focus on literacy, not math. Math is often overlooked in improvement initiatives, and it gets far less instructional time than literacy in preschool and the early grades. While literacy skills are unquestionably critical, so are math skills. Math…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Teachers, School Districts, Curriculum Development
Tomora, Dereje Dakamo – Online Submission, 2022
This paper is aimed to explore preschool teacher preparation in Hawassa College of Teacher Education in light of the student-teaching experiences. Teaching practicum experience is one of the major opportunities for prospective teachers to advance their understanding about the profession. Colleges of Teacher Education in Ethiopia have generally…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Foreign Countries
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McMahon, Kelly A.; Whyte, Kristin – Curriculum Journal, 2020
Increasingly school districts are attempting to align curricula, assessments and standards, in an effort to eliminate inequities. Some approaches like Prek-3 initiatives call for coordination of instruction between preschool and later elementary grades that would resemble a coherent instructional system with clear learning goals for students…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Preschool Curriculum, Alignment (Education), Instructional Materials
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Yelland, Nicola; Waghorn, Elise – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2023
This paper considers the pedagogical collaborations between early childhood teachers in kindergarten (4 years) and the first year of school (5 years) in one Australian State. We report on a year-long project that brought these early childhood teachers together as we asked them to design STEM learning ecologies that would not only support new…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Teaching Methods, Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten
Tomora, Dereje Dakamo – Online Submission, 2022
This study was aimed at the investigation of the relevance of "O" class curriculum in Ethiopia. Its implications for early childhood care and education teacher education was stressed. Descriptive survey approach was employed as a quantitative research design. Moreover, four regional states randomly selected were involved in the study.…
Descriptors: Preschool Curriculum, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Educational Improvement
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Irons, Jeanette; Hartnett, Maggie – Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, 2020
From 2020, the New Zealand technology curriculum includes computational thinking. The new curriculum content is being introduced to students from 5 years' old. In preparation for its introduction, online resources have been developed for teachers (including junior teachers who teach new entrants, up to Year 3), that contain progress outcomes,…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Foreign Countries, Faculty Development
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Burgess, Casey C. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2023
There is growing concern about the mental health and resilience of today's children and difficulties with self-regulation are implicated in educational outcomes, cognitive problems, internalizing problems such as depression and anxiety, externalizing problems such as aggression, and physical health problems. Self-regulation is a growing topic of…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, Behavior Problems
Vitiello, Virginia E.; Pianta, Robert C.; Whittaker, Jessica E.; Ruzek, Erik A. – Grantee Submission, 2020
Areas of misalignment between children's experiences in preschool and kindergarten are increasingly viewed as contributing to the fade-out of preschool effects. The current study examined alignment and misalignment of classroom experiences across the transition from public pre-k into kindergarten. As part of a longitudinal cohort study, we…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Early Experience, Student Experience, Preschool Children
Fowler, R. Clarke – Phi Delta Kappan, 2019
In the United States, 48 states have recognized the educational importance of the early years by awarding stand-alone early childhood education (ECE) licenses that require specialized training in teaching young children. Yet, at the same time, teachers with elementary education (ELED) licenses are allowed to teach kindergarten in 34 states and 1st…
Descriptors: Teacher Certification, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Elementary Education
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