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Bosacki, Sandra; Woods, Heather; Coplan, Robert – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
This study investigated female and male early childhood educators' (ECEs) perceptions of young children's aggression and rough-and-tumble play in the Canadian early childhood classroom. Participants were drawn from a larger sample of ECEs who completed an online questionnaire regarding their perceptions of young children's behaviours in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers
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Koller, Donna; San Juan, Valerie – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2015
Inclusive education provides learning opportunities for children with disabilities in regular settings with other children. Despite the prevalence of inclusive education, few qualitative studies have adequately explored young children's perspectives on inclusion. This paper reviews the findings of a preliminary qualitative study where play-based…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Mainstreaming, Disabilities, Play
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Heydon, Rachel; Crocker, Wendy; Zhang, Zheng – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2014
In a bid to identify and gain analytic insight into the make-up and dynamics of kindergarten literacy curricula in an era of early childhood education and care reform, this study was designed to trace how classroom literacy curricula were produced in a kindergarten in a childcare centre in Ontario, Canada. Drawing on actor-network theory's (ANT)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Emergent Literacy, Ethnography
Blatz, Ron – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2011
This article features Discovery Children's Centre, one of the highest quality centres in the province of Manitoba, Canada. Discovery Children's Centre believes that children, who may have little or no voice in a democratic society, can be heard if some adult will speak on their behalf. Even as it has grown from 35 to 230 children, quality has…
Descriptors: Caring, Foreign Countries, Child Development, Child Care Centers
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Doherty, Gillian; Ferguson, Tammy McCormick; Ressler, Glory; Lomotey, Jonathan – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2015
Although considerable evidence confirms that a director with good leadership and administrative skills is vital for developing and sustaining a high quality child care program, many directors assume the role with little management experience or training. This paper reports on a training program in Canada that combined a formal curriculum to…
Descriptors: Child Care, Mentors, Educational Quality, Collegiality
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Howe, Nina; Jacobs, Ellen; Vukelich, Goranka; Recchia, Holly – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine parental selection criteria and satisfaction with day care, knowledge about centre philosophy, teacher education and quality of the day-care environment. Parents ("n" = 261) and educators ("n" = 94) in 44 non-profit centres in three Canadian cities participated. Parent knowledge was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Satisfaction, Child Care
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MacDonald, Margaret – Childhood Education, 2015
As climate change, overpopulation, and inequalities begin to take their toll on our planet and on global human development, sustainability has become increasingly important for a prosperous future. How can we ensure quality of life for future generations? How can we make choices and cultivate environments in which sustainable practices are the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Sustainability, Quality of Life, Sustainable Development
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Cantin, Gilles; Plante, Isabelle; Coutu, Sylvain; Brunson, Liesette – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2012
Despite the importance of establishing meaningful parent-caregiver relationships, little is known about these dyadic relationships among beginning caregivers, who often feel insufficiently prepared to build successful alliances with parents. The present study examined the congruence between parents' and beginning caregivers' perceptions of their…
Descriptors: Age, Caregivers, Cooperation, Parent Child Relationship
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Manning, John P.; Thirumurthy, Vidya; Field, Harriet – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2012
In a previous publication the authors examined selected aspects of the structure and curriculum of fifteen childcare centers located in three geographically distant locations in North America and determined that contrasts within and between the regions in terms of structure and curriculum guided by the National Association for the Education of…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Participant Observation, Global Approach, Content Analysis
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Quan-McGimpsey, Sharon; Kuczynski, Leon; Brophy, Kathleen – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2011
This study investigated teachers' experiences of closeness during interactions with children in child care. Structured interviews were conducted with 24 female teachers who were teaching children between the ages of three and five (mean age = 3.9) regarding their conceptions of closeness, and their perceptions of their own and the child's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Urban Environment, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
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Schneider, Phyillis; Rivard, Reane; Debreuil, Buffy – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2011
The current study investigated the effect of colour vs. black-and-white pictures on the stories children told using the pictures as stimuli. Participants were 22 preschool children aged 4-6 (M = 59.98, SD = 7.52) attending day-care centres in a Western Canadian city. Two story sets of five pictures each, depicting stories with similar structure,…
Descriptors: Story Grammar, Stimuli, Preschool Children, Investigations
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Lynch, Meghan; Batal, Malek – Child Care in Practice, 2011
To better understand and promote healthy nutritional behaviour development in children, research suggests the need to develop a stronger comprehension of influences from their social environment. Yet research has favoured studying parents, with little attention being paid to other important individuals in children's lives, especially from a…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Young Children, Interviews, Social Environment
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Bouchard, Caroline; Bigras, Nathalie; Cantin, Gilles; Coutu, Sylvain; Blain-Briere, Benedicte; Eryasa, Joell; Charron, Annie; Brunson, Liesette – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2010
The importance of encouraging language skills in early childhood has been well documented. Educators who are responsible for children in daycare services have many opportunities to use rich and stimulating educational practices that support language acquisition. The purpose of this study was to assess the language-support practices used by 22…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Rating Scales
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Nxumalo, Fikile; Pacini-Ketchabaw, Veronica; Rowan, Mary Caroline – Journal of Pedagogy, 2011
In this article we interrogate neoliberal assemblages within the context of eating and feeding practices in early childhood education. We consider how neoliberal assemblages are enacted and created through multiple linkages between micro and macro regulations and policies, and everyday food routines. We attend to the embodied intensities, desires…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Early Childhood Education, Child Care Centers, Food
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Cleveland, Gordon; Krashinsky, Michael – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2009
Nonprofit child care centers are frequently observed to produce child care which is, on average, of higher quality than care provided in commercial child care centers. In part, this nonprofit advantage is due to different input choices made by nonprofit centers--lower child--staff ratios, better-educated staff and directors, higher rates of…
Descriptors: Nonprofit Organizations, Child Care Centers, Child Care, Educational Quality
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