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Junqing Zhai; Yunqi Chen; Peiyao Tian; Daner Sun; Jin Sun – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
This study explores the relationship between parental attitudes toward outdoor activities and children's health-related quality of life, focusing on the mediation of outdoor activity time and nature connections. Data from 399 kindergarten children, supplemented by parental insights, were analyzed using structural equation modelling (SEM). Positive…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Recreational Activities, Physical Health, Quality of Life
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Ilic-Savic, Ivana; Petrovic-Lazic, Mirjana – Research in Pedagogy, 2023
Quality of life is a construction used to measure an individual's perspective on their well-being. In modern research, voice and speech disorders have been recognized as indicators of impaired quality of life in children. The aim of this research is to analyze the characteristics of quality of life in children with voice and speech disorders and…
Descriptors: Voice Disorders, Speech Impairments, Quality of Life, Well Being
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Maria Loyola Opiela – International Studies in Catholic Education, 2024
The article addresses the role of Catholic early childhood education, the parents and the kindergarten in setting the developmental background for the child's future life perspectives and personal development. This research subject is analysed in the context of the situation in Ukraine, and the article focuses on how the respondents -- Ukrainian…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Catholic Schools, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten
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Portia Miller; Rebekah Levine Coley; Lorraine Blatt; Bryn Spielvogel; Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2024
Individual characteristics of neighborhood context, like concentrated socioeconomic disadvantage, are associated with children's cognitive development, including their academic skill development and executive functions. However, questions remain regarding how neighborhood structural, process, and physical features uniquely predict children's…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
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Siridhrungsri, Pinsuda; Suwan, Sansern – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2022
The Self-Improvement School Project was funded by The Equitable Education Fund (EEF), Thailand. The purpose program was to improve the quality of 636 schools. Choafa Ubonratana School is one of the project schools for this case study. The research used mixed method research. Key informants were 30 school stakeholders and 3 school coaches. Data…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Equal Education, Case Studies, Program Descriptions
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Pandya, Samta P. – Pastoral Care in Education, 2019
Based on an experiment with 5452 kindergarten school children from 15 cities, this article examines the effect of a customised spiritual education programme (SEP) on their quality of life. Results showed that treatment group kindergarteners who participated in the SEP had higher scores on the Pictured Child Quality of Life Self-Questionnaire in…
Descriptors: Spiritual Development, Kindergarten, Elementary School Students, Quality of Life
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Lock, Jennifer; Duggleby, Sandra – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2018
In today's classrooms, learning does not have to be bounded by physical space. By having access to a range of digital communication technologies, students and teachers can synchronously and asynchronously engage in authentic learning opportunities extending beyond the local community. They can be learning and interacting with others from around…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, International Cooperation, Information Technology, Cooperative Learning
Strain, Phillip S. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2017
This article reports on a 4-year follow-up study from the Learning Experiences and Alternative Program for Preschoolers and Their Parents (LEAP) randomized trial of early intervention for young children with autism. Overall, participants from LEAP classes were marginally superior to comparison class children on elementary school outcomes specific…
Descriptors: Followup Studies, Preschool Children, Parents, Early Intervention
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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
Strain, Phillip S. – Grantee Submission, 2017
This article reports on a 4-year follow-up study from the Learning Experiences and Alternative Program for Preschoolers and Their Parents (LEAP) randomized trial of early intervention for young children with autism. Overall, participants from LEAP classes were marginally superior to comparison class children on elementary school outcomes specific…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Rating Scales, Behavior Rating Scales
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Butt, Graham; Lance, Ann; Fielding, Antony; Gunter, Helen; Rayner, Steve; Thomas, Hywel – School Leadership & Management, 2005
Government policy assumes that modernization and remodelling will be effective as external intervention mechanisms to improve job satisfaction. Based on data collected as part of the evaluation of the "Transforming the School Workforce Pathfinder Project", an argument is presented here which suggests that internal management models may…
Descriptors: Special Schools, Job Satisfaction, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers
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Sammons, Pam; Day, Christopher; Kington, Alison; Gu, Qing; Stobart, Gordon; Smees, Rebecca – British Educational Research Journal, 2007
This article outlines the research design of a large-scale, longitudinal research study in England intended to describe and explore variations in teachers' work, lives and their effects on pupils' educational outcomes. The study, funded by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) and incorporated into the Teaching and Learning Research…
Descriptors: Research Design, Methods Research, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement