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Ryutaro Nishi – Childhood Education, 2024
Sozo Kurahashi's (1882-1955) theories, formed from his profound respect for children, have influenced Japanese early childhood education and care (ECEC) practitioners for a long time. They also have influenced the national ECEC curriculum in Japan, which emphasizes the need for a rich environment where children can actively learn and play rather…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Early Childhood Education, Teaching Methods
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Cara Furman; Sara Abu-Rumman; Joan Bradbury; Meghan Brindley; Allison Greer – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2024
How do we teach for human dignity in a context where life is, generally speaking, not treated as precious? How do we carve spaces for humanity amidst inhumane contexts? In this paper, five experienced teachers share how they work from the cracks to expand spaces for human dignity in their schools. They write and act as teacher-philosophers, dually…
Descriptors: Human Dignity, Experienced Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods
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Trifonova, Maria Petrova – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2023
A high-quality pre-school education will improve the well-being of all children, especially those with special needs for support, will enhance their development, with respect of diversity and dignity. The article presents the results of an exploratory study on those aspects of the quality of pre-school education that are important for implementing…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Inclusion, Language Acquisition, Foreign Countries
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Hawkins, Karen – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2014
Drawing on a Participatory Action Research (PAR) study that was undertaken in two Australian preschool settings this article examines strategies that support the pedagogy of teaching for social justice and outlines how these strategies raised critical consciousness of both preschoolers (aged three to five years) and early childhood educators to…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Social Responsibility, Inclusion, Social Integration