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An International Perspective on Value Learning in the Kindergarten--Exemplified by the Value Forgiveness
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Gunnestad, Arve; Mørreaunet, Sissel; Onyango, Silas – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
This article highlights value learning in kindergartens exemplified by the value of forgiveness. Values are basic ideas on human behaviour and they function as a compass that helps children to make choices and priorities in their lives, to choose between good or bad, right or wrong. Value learning is an important part of the educational work in a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Values Education, Kindergarten, Values
The Congruence between Teaching and Learning! Exploration of the Relationship between Preschool Teaching or Instructional Methods and Mathematics Performance in Lower Primary Schools in Kenya
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Bonface, Kamau; Thinguri, Ruth W.; Koech, Peter K.; Ngaruiya, B. N. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The obstacles and difficulties hindering good performance in mathematics by Lower Primary school children seem to originate from inconsistence of instructional methods applied by teachers at the level. These methods don't agree with the ones initially applied by the children's teachers at preschool level. The effect of that could result in denying…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Teaching Methods, Primary Education
Exploring Embodied Methodologies for Transformative Practice in Early Childhood and Youth. Weighed down by Development: Reflections on Early Childhood Care and Education in East Africa
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Dachyshyn, Darcey M. – Journal of Pedagogy, 2016
This paper is based on qualitative research undertaken in West Nile Uganda and Coastal Kenya as part of a broader "development" project. A wide range of stakeholders, including government officials, parents, and early childhood practitioners were involved in sharing their perspectives of what life is like for young children (birth to age…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research, Preschool Teachers, Early Childhood Education
Challenges Facing Early Childhood Programs Worldwide
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Neugebauer, Roger – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2008
In this article, the author presents the challenges faced by early childhood education in 29 countries, according to the World Forum National Representatives and Global Leaders for Young Children. The countries represented in these responses include: Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, Fiji, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan,…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Foreign Countries, Preschool Curriculum