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Nazila Eisazadeh; Sudhashree Girmohanta; Shelley Stagg Peterson; Jeffrey Wood – Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2024
In this paper, we examine 4- and 5-year-old Anishinaabek children's text creation and identity (re)formations while involved in collaborative writing with their Anishinaabek teacher about the moose hunting practices of their northern community. The teacher took on a role as an emergent writer alongside the children, voicing her memories of moose…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Personnel
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Spadafora, Natalie; Reid-Westoby, Caroline; Pottruff, Molly; Wang, Jade; Janus, Magdalena – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023
When the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March 2020, the lives of families all over the world were disrupted. Many adults found themselves working from home while their children were unable to go to school. To better understand the potential impact of these educational disruptions, it is important to establish what learning looked like during…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Closing, Pandemics, COVID-19
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Paméla McMahon-Morin; Marie-Pier Gingras; Marie-Christine Hallé; Ingrid Verduyckt – Journal of Educational Research, 2025
Children learn language through participating in language-rich activities such as book reading. This longitudinal qualitative study explored the perception of 11 teachers and 78 kindergartners regarding children's participation in book-reading in order to understand how it is experienced by those most involved in this activity. Each participant…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Preschool Teachers, Student Participation
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Miklas, Erica P.; Jaber, Lindsey S.; Starr, Elizabeth – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2021
ADHD is one of the most prevalent neurodevelopmental disorders, and the numbers only continue to rise. Ontario has implemented play-based FDK in the last decade, thus it is imperative that the perceived effectiveness of the program for children with ADHD is studied. In conducting this study, the researchers present and interprets educators'…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Kindergarten, School Schedules, Students with Disabilities
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Land, Nicole; Vintimilla, Cristina Delgado; Pacini-Ketchabaw, Veronica; Angus, Lucille – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2022
The authors propose decentering the child as a critical motion in the education of pedagogists who work to refuse developmental pedagogies in early childhood education. Tracing how child-centered developmental practices are obstacles for deeper ethical and intellectual work and reiterate anthropocentric relationalities, they offer two propositions…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Teaching Methods, Child Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
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Lisa Johnston – in education, 2022
In this conceptual article, I argue that there is a difference between codified ethics and the ethical. I begin by situating code of ethics in the broader professionalization movement in early childhood education. Drawing upon Gunilla Dahlberg and Peter Moss (2005), I discuss the dematerialization of early childhood educators (ECEs) and the…
Descriptors: Ethics, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Professionalism
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Burgess, Casey C. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2023
There is growing concern about the mental health and resilience of today's children and difficulties with self-regulation are implicated in educational outcomes, cognitive problems, internalizing problems such as depression and anxiety, externalizing problems such as aggression, and physical health problems. Self-regulation is a growing topic of…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, Behavior Problems
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McLennan, John D.; Sampasa-Kanyinga, Hugues; Georgiades, Katholiki; Duku, Eric – School Mental Health, 2020
Teachers' use of evidence-informed classroom management and behavioral health strategies may improve student behavior and classroom function. However, little is known about the extent to which teachers employ various strategies and whether strategy use varies across grades. This study aimed to determine the frequency distribution of reported use…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Evidence Based Practice, Teacher Behavior, Preschool Teachers
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Menand, Véronique; Clément, M. -È.; April, J. – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2021
Because of their frequent and regular contact with families, early childhood educators (ECEs) have the opportunity to get to know parents and forge bonds with them. They may also witness parental violence and be asked to provide support as parent ask for advice. In the context of parental violence, ECEs support can be directed toward the parents…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Teacher Attitudes, Intention, Family Violence
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Lemire, Colombe; Dionne, Carmen; Rousseau, Michel – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Despite the recognized effectiveness of naturalistic intervention practices, including activity-based intervention (ABI), challenges remain regarding their implementation. Assessing implementation fidelity can help understand factors that may influence their implementation. This study aims to document the evolution of ABI implementation fidelity…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Implementation, Fidelity, Child Care Centers
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Sharma, Manu – Canadian Journal of Action Research, 2020
This study examines an action research project that included four kindergarten teachers who taught in the first year of the Ontario's mandated full day kindergarten (FDK) program, which began in September 2016. This action research project focused on the teachers' concerns about the constant unsafe violence, bullying and disruptive behaviour that…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Self Control, Foreign Countries, School Schedules
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DeLuca, Christopher; Pyle, Angela; Braund, Heather; Faith, Laurie – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2020
Currently, kindergarten education is shaped by two priorities: (1) the recognition that early learning must maintain a developmental orientation and support socio-personal growth; and (2) a growing emphasis on standards-based curriculum and the use of assessment to support children's learning. While some researchers have argued these two…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Kindergarten, Young Children, Personal Autonomy
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Namukasa, Immaculate Kizito; Aryee, Kinful Lartebea – International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 2021
Teacher knowledge needed for teaching is widely studied to characterize its key categories. We report findings from a study on teachers' knowledge for mathematics in the Montessori schools. In Montessori accredited schools, teachers learn to teach mathematics in ways different from the teachers themselves experienced in non-Montessori schools. We…
Descriptors: Montessori Schools, Mathematics Instruction, Teacher Competencies, Elementary School Teachers
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Bouchard, Caroline; Sylvestre, Audette; Forget-Dubois, Nadine – Educational Psychology, 2020
This study examined the moderating role of pragmatic language skills in the relationship between perceived prosociality and gender among children in two different educational contexts and age groups (n = 108 children in childcare centres, age 4-5; n = 113 children in kindergarten, age 5-6). In line with many other studies, the results showed that…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Males, Prosocial Behavior, Preschool Teachers
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Altidor-Brooks, Alison; Malec, Alesia; Stagg Peterson, Shelley – Education 3-13, 2020
This study examined children's use of narrative strategies and social purposes in dramatic play through a sociocultural theoretical lens. We analysed language and nonverbal communication in play scenarios involving 17 kindergarteners and their teacher. Children used language and other communication modes to develop plot, character, and setting.…
Descriptors: Young Children, Coaching (Performance), Dramatic Play, Nonverbal Communication
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