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Tamara Cumming; S. Richardson; Megan Gibson; Kim Crisp; Linda J. Harrison; Frances Press; Sandie Wong – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2024
Researchers of early childhood educators' practice have noted the usefulness of applying various conceptual and methodological resources to create accounts of complexity. This article contributes to an under-researched area, providing evidence of multi-tasking and task rotation as aspects of the complexity of early childhood educators' practice.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Teachers, Early Childhood Education, School Personnel
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Nadine Meredith; Alison Busuttil – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2024
Studies into early mathematics education have reported that play, and active exploration, provide promising settings for early mathematics education (Ginsburg, 2006) as the early years is a time to engage children in a range of mathematical ideas to develop their mathematical capability (MacDonald, 2018). More recently, the Australian Association…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Play, Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten
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Christopher Speldewinde; Coral Campbell – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2024
The teaching and learning of design technology that occurs in nature-based early childhood education and care (ECEC) contexts such as nature kindergartens remains under-theorised. There is a growing body of scholarship that describes how teaching and learning occurs in these contexts as well as highlighting the benefits for young children learning…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Science Instruction, STEM Education, Preschool Teachers
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van Leent, Lisa; Ryan, Mary – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2016
Sex education and diverse sexualities are controversial topics within the primary school arena. Concepts of childhood innocence have influenced sex education curriculum, policy development and teaching practices within schools. However, research shows that primary school-aged students are aware of and talk about sexualities. The aim of this…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Sex Education, Sexual Orientation
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Varcoe, Linda; Boyle, Christopher – Educational Psychology, 2014
Research has demonstrated that an important factor in the success of inclusive education is dependent upon teachers' attitudes. Based on this evidence, the present study investigated the impact of a range of teacher variables in association with training on primary pre-service teachers' attitudes by examining total inclusion scores, positive…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Primary Education, Inclusion
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Kraska, Jake; Boyle, Christopher – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2014
Teachers' attitudes towards inclusion are important as they have the primary responsibility of implementing inclusive education. Attitudes at the beginning of teaching careers are likely to predict future attitudes. Some studies show a drop in attitudes after leaving university education. Using the Teachers' Attitudes Towards Inclusion (Amended)…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Elementary Education