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Fatima Aladwan – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2024
This research aims to explore the extent of psychological empowerment among female kindergarten teachers in Jordan. It explored the ability of psychological immunity to predict the psychological empowerment level of those teachers. By knowing the levels of psychological immunity and psychological empowerment among kindergarten teachers in Jordan,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Females, Psychological Characteristics
Albina C. Msigwa; Pambas B. Tandika – Educational Research: Theory and Practice, 2024
This study investigated teachers' pedagogical practices for developing creative disposition among pre-primary school children in Tanzania by drawing experiences from Dodoma City and Chemba District in Dodoma Region. It employed a qualitative approach and phenomenography design in which semi-structured interviews and focused classroom observation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Creative Thinking, Creativity
Beverly Goodman Sparks – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study aimed to uncover kindergarten teachers' experiences and viewpoints concerning the challenge of integrating sufficient play into their classrooms amidst academic demands. This approach explored kindergarten teachers' experiences and perspectives to understand the complex dynamics between play and academics in early childhood education.…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Play, Early Childhood Education
Tamsin Grimmer – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2024
In recent years, there has been a growth in the amount of literature and a resurgence of interest in what Jools Page identified as 'professional love'. This research builds upon and extends Page's work considering what love looks like in practice and describing a 'loving pedagogy'. Despite recent research, love is still seldom talked about in the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Intimacy, Caring, Teacher Student Relationship
Rachel Dickler-Mann; Nichole L. Nageotte; Karen Hays; Emily R. Peterson; Luis Vasquez; Angela Barber; Shelby E. McDonald – Journal of Museum Education, 2024
Museum-based settings such as zoos provide a unique opportunity to engage educators in professional development opportunities. For instance, zoo settings can provide professional development opportunities focused on facilitating learning through a lens of conservation action to promote sustained action by teachers and their students. In this…
Descriptors: Museums, Recreational Facilities, Faculty Development, Conservation (Environment)
Breive, Svanhild; Goos, Merrilyn; Monaghan, John – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2022
This paper takes a 'networking of theories' approach to understand the complexity of the phenomenon of agency. We examine an episode, where a kindergarten teacher and nine children work on an addition problem, from three different perspectives: Valsiner's zone theory; Radford's theory of objectification; and Pickering's dance of agency. Our…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Young Children, Problem Solving
Lynsey Burkins; Franki Sibberson – National Council of Teachers of English, 2023
Classrooms should be spaces where every child feels safe to bring their whole self to school. This book shows how to set up preK-grade 6 classrooms that support student agency, independence, and choice. The results of classrooms designed with these goals in mind include: (1) Greater student engagement with curriculum; (2) Students who know…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Preschool Education, Elementary Education
Studni, Masada; Oplatka, Izhar – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2022
The kindergarten staff comprises one teacher and two permanent staff members: an aide and a fill-in teacher. The study tracks the tactics that teachers use to motivate staff members to do their jobs effectively, in view of their considerations in choosing these tactics and the way staff members perceive them. The study is based on a multiple case…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Motivation, Interpersonal Relationship
Haneem, S.; Deneerwan, Marlenny; Nor, Mariani Md; Nor Shuradi, N. H. – Research in Drama Education, 2022
Child sexual abuse is a cross-cultural issue that can be found in all social institutions. There is increasing awareness of how this issue affects children in Malaysia. Issues pertaining to child sexual abuse can be addressed if children are empowered with preventive skills to avoid becoming victims of sexual crimes. In this paper, I examine how…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Victims of Crime, Prevention
Daries, Glynnis; Ebrahim, Hasina – South African Journal of Education, 2021
In South Africa, little is known about the funds of knowledge of young children, and how they use this resource to affirm their agency in early childhood centres to build their childhood experiences. With this article we contribute knowledge through exploring the strategies that young children use to show their agency and thereby their funds of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Knowledge Level, Preschool Education
Chen, Emma; Pushor, Debbie – Reading Teacher, 2023
In this article, the authors use narrative inquiry methodology to engage with one Prekindergarten teacher and three newcomer parents in a Western Canadian school. Interested in addressing the unique learning and social needs of these particular parents and family members, as a way of strengthening parents and families as well as enhancing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Parents, Immigrants
Tursi, Diana – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Until recently, many early childhood educators, particularly those in nontraditional preschool spaces, leaned on a color-evasive approach to their work, largely ignoring systemic racism and bias, claiming love and acceptance of all children in their care. While well-intentioned, these practices left young children to construct their own…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Case Studies, Program Implementation, Social Justice
Limon, Ibrahim – Journal of Theoretical Educational Science, 2022
This study investigates the mediating role of organizational commitment on the relationship between principals' empowering leadership and teachers' job performance. To this end, it employed a cross-sectional design, one of the quantitative methods. Data were collected through the "Empowering Leadership Behaviors Scale",…
Descriptors: Teacher Administrator Relationship, Principals, Leadership Styles, Teacher Empowerment
Loizou, Eleni; Loizou, Evi K. – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2022
The aim of the study was to explore the ways in which a Series of Creative Structured Activities (SCSA) involving humor elements, affected the type and quantity of visual and verbal productions of two preschoolers. Researchers agree on the incongruity element of humor (Theory of the Absurd) and violation of expectations (Empowerment Theory). Also,…
Descriptors: Humor, Creative Thinking, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Preschool Children
Zolkoski, Staci M.; Chiu, Calli Lewis; Lusk, Mandy E. – Solution Tree, 2022
Imagine a day in the classroom where you can devote all your energy to student learning instead of battling challenging behavior. In "Motivated to Learn," you will gain evidence-based approaches for engaging students and equipping them to better focus in the classroom. With this book's straightforward strategies, you can learn to…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Learner Engagement, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education