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Paola Andrea Guerrero-Rosada; Christina Weiland; Catherine Snow; Meghan McCormick – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Background: Universal Prekindergarten (UPK) programs often expand by offering Pre-K in both public schools and in community-based providers (CBOs). This approach gives families more options and allow UPK programs to increase access more quickly. However, little is known about which CBOs select into these systems. This is an important gap in the…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Access to Education
Hazelbaker, Jenna – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This research explored early literacy teachers' perceptions regarding their professional development experiences and their level of self-efficacy in teaching reading. Teacher perceptions were measured using an adapted professional development perception survey created by Lowden (2003) based on Guskey's (2000) previous research on professional…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Emergent Literacy, Literacy Education, Preschool Teachers
Vermont Agency of Education, 2023
Ready for Kindergarten! Survey (R4K!S) is a readiness assessment of children entering kindergarten about students' knowledge and skills within the first six to ten weeks of school. There are many interpretations of what constitutes "readiness." Vermont's concept of children's readiness is multidimensional; it includes social and…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, School Readiness, Student Evaluation
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Raducu, Camelia-Madalina; Stanculescu, Elena – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2022
Teacher burnout has been shown to be one of the most common negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to identify distinct psychological resources and burnout risk profiles of teachers and examine their association with Kolb's educator roles and their professional experience. Methods: The survey data were collected from 330…
Descriptors: Teacher Burnout, COVID-19, Pandemics, Preschool Teachers
Vermont Agency of Education, 2021
Ready for Kindergarten! Survey (R4K!S) is a readiness assessment of children entering kindergarten about students' knowledge and skills within the first six to ten weeks of school. There are many interpretations of what constitutes "readiness." Vermont's concept of children's readiness is multidimensional; it includes social and…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, School Readiness, Student Evaluation
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Dereli, Esra – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2019
The objective of the present study was to investigate prosocial behaviour, aggression types and moral and social rule knowledge perceptions of 4-5 year old preschool children. The study sample included 310 children (154 female and 156 male), who were attending a pre-school education institution during the 2017-2018 academic year. A personal…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Aggression, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
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Stewart, Kitty; Campbell, Tammy; Gambaro, Ludovica – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2019
Evidence suggests that early education can promote children's development and narrow attainment gaps between those from lower-income and higher-income families. However, realisation of these potential benefits depends on many factors, feasibly including peer composition. We use national census data for a year-group cohort of children in England in…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Foreign Countries, Public Education, Cluster Grouping
Brinkman, Sally; Vu, Binh Thanh – World Bank, 2017
"Early Childhood Development in Tonga: Baseline Results from the Tongan Early Human Capability Index" offers a comprehensive assessment of early child development across Tonga. This book reports on a census of child development using the Tongan Early Human Capability Index. The data includes information on more than 6,600 children ages 3…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Preschool Children
Advocates for Children of New Jersey, 2022
Beginning in 2011, Advocates for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ) started publishing the Paterson Kids Count Data Book, a one-stop source for child well-being data on the state's third largest city. Paterson Kids Count includes the latest statistics, along with five-year trend data, in the following areas: demographics, family economic security,…
Descriptors: Well Being, Children, Demography, Family Income
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Rakap, Salih; Cig, Oguzcan; Parlak-Rakap, Asiye – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2017
Successful implementation of inclusive practices depends mainly on teachers' attitudes towards children with special needs and their inclusion, and teachers' willingness to work with children with special needs in their classrooms. Experiences teacher candidates have during pre-service stage might influence their perceptions towards children with…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Inclusion
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Wittke, Kacie; Spaulding, Tammie J. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2018
Purpose: Potential biases in service provision for preschool children with specific language impairment (SLI) were explored. Method: In Study 1, children with SLI receiving treatment (SLI-T) and those with SLI not receiving treatment (SLI-NT) were compared on demographic characteristics and developmental abilities. Study 2 recruited children with…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Learning Disabilities, Language Impairments, Intervention
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Kabadayi, Abdulkadir – Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 2016
Nowadays, teacher professionalization has been upgrading and the status, training and working conditions of teachers have received a great deal of interest for sustainable education. It is recognized that if teachers are equipped with adequate professional knowledge and personal practical knowledge, they will become active curriculum planners at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education, Models, Preschool Teachers
Jiang, Yang; Granja, Maribel R.; Koball, Heather – National Center for Children in Poverty, 2017
Among all children under 18 years in the U.S., 43 percent live in low-income families and 21 percent--approximately one in five--lives in a poor family. This means that children are overrepresented among our nation's poor; they represent 23 percent of the population but comprise 33 percent of all people in poverty. Many more children live in…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Family Income, Poverty, Demography
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Beekman, John; Ober, David – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
Great progress has been made in providing pre-kindergarten (pre-K) public education throughout the United States. The percentages of 3- and 4-year-olds enrolled nationally have grown from 3% to 5% and 14% to 29%, respectively, between 2002 and 2015. By 2015, 42 states and the District of Columbia were in varying stages of offering pre-K programs…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Demography, Early Experience, Quality of Life
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De Stasio, Simona; Fiorilli, Caterina; Benevene, Paula; Uusitalo-Malmivaara, Lotta; Di Chiacchio, Carlo – Psychology in the Schools, 2017
The purpose of the current study was to examine, within an integrative predictive model, the relative contributions of sociodemographic variables, personal resources, and work wellbeing to teacher burnout. The research was conducted with special education teachers at Italian preschools--a context in which few previous studies have been carried…
Descriptors: Teacher Burnout, Special Education Teachers, Preschool Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
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