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Yaiza Lucas Revilla; Raija Raittila; Eija Sevon; Niina Rutanen – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2024
For those experiencing them, educational transitions include not only the present time but are embedded within institutions that precede and extend beyond the individuals. This article explores how, as an institutional space, the early childhood education and care (ECEC) setting is (re)produced within young children's encounters with others during…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Infants, Toddlers
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Cadima, Joana; Aguiar, Cecília; Guedes, Carolina; Wyslowska, Olga; Salminen, Jenni; Slot, Pauline; Barata, M. Clara; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: This study examined whether teacher-child interaction quality varied as a function of type of activity in toddler classrooms in four European countries (Finland, Netherlands, Poland, and Portugal). It also investigated whether specific activity settings, namely levels of adult involvement, use of whole group, and children's…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Infants, Toddlers, Educational Quality
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Ruokonen, Inkeri; Tervaniemi, Mari; Reunamo, Jyrki – Music Education Research, 2021
The present study investigated the role of music education in early childhood education and care (ECEC) in relation to the daily activities of children ages one to three, i.e. "toddlers" (N = 918) in Finnish ECEC units (N = 327). A total of 23,142 random observations were conducted. The observations focused on children's involvement,…
Descriptors: Music Education, Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Infants
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Sims, Margaret; Alexander, Elise; Nislin, Mari; Pedey, Karma; Tausere-Tiko, Lavinia; Sajaniemi, Nina – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2018
We contend that the conventions, practices and philosophies underpinning working with infants and toddlers provide an alternative way of viewing early childhood work, and such a perspective may well help to challenge the 'wicked problem' of neoliberalism. It is in this context that we propose that a deeper understanding of the perspectives of…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Child Care, Neoliberalism
Ebbeck, Marjory; Waniganayake, Manjula – Oxford University Press, 2017
This book demonstrates clear links between play and Australian education policy and framework documents, including the Early Years Learning Framework and National Quality Standards. It provides clear and in-depth coverage of essential theories, including good coverage of the Reggio Emilia approach and provides real life examples of professional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Play, Educational Policy, Early Childhood Education
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Silvén, Maarit; Voeten, Marinus; Kouvo, Anna; Lundén, Maija – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2014
Growth modeling was applied to monolingual (N = 26) and bilingual (N = 28) word learning from 14 to 36 months. Level and growth rate of vocabulary were lower for Finnish-Russian bilinguals than for Finnish monolinguals. Processing of Finnish speech sounds at 7 but not at 11 months predicted level, but not growth rate of vocabulary in both Finnish…
Descriptors: Speech, Auditory Perception, Foreign Countries, Russian
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Haapsamo, Helena; Kuusikko-Gauffin, Sanna; Ebeling, Hanna; Larinen, Katja; Penninkilampi-Kerola, Varpu; Soini, Hannu; Moilanen, Irma – Early Child Development and Care, 2013
In this follow-up study, we evaluated children's communication development at the ages of 8 ("n" = 50), 18 ("n" = 46), 24 ("n" = 44) and 36 months ("n" = 36) using the Finnish version of the "MacArthur Communicative Developmental Inventories" (MCDI). A sample of children ("n" = 14)…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Infants, Toddlers, Foreign Countries
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Haapsamo, Helena; Kuusikko-Gauffin, Sanna; Carter, Alice S.; Pollock-Wurman, Rachel; Ebeling, Hanna; Joskitt, Leena; Larinen, Katja; Soini, Hannu; Pihlaja, Paivi; Moilanen, Irma – Early Child Development and Care, 2012
Developmental needs should be assessed in early infancy and followed longitudinally to improve identification, prevention and intervention efforts.The objective was to examine the relationship between competencies and areas of need in toddlers' development, and to describe the properties and utility of the Brief Infant Toddler Social-Emotional…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Emotional Intelligence, Interpersonal Competence, Foreign Countries
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Lubin, Amelie; Pineau, Arlette; Hodent, Celia; Houde, Olivier – Cognitive Development, 2006
A fundamental question in developmental science is how brains with and without language compute numbers. Measuring young children's verbal reactions in Spain and Finland, we show that, although there is a general arithmetic ability for small numbers that is shared by monkeys and preverbal infants, the development of such initial knowledge in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cartography, Numbers, Computation
Kamerman, Sheila B.; Kahn, Alfred J. – 1995
Despite U.S. world leadership in research in child healthcare and development, in all the statistical indicators of children's well-being the United States lags well behind most advanced industrialized societies. This book discusses U.S. public policy issues concerning the healthcare and development of children under age three. Studies are cited…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Development, Child Health, Comparative Analysis
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Siren-Tiusanen, Helena; Robinson, Helja Antola – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2001
Analyzed sleep-wake schedules and nap times in multiage infant-toddler groups through three case studies in Finnish day care centers. Found complex interactions among family daily patterns, day care patterns, and young children's sleep disturbances. Identified major differences in day care practices regarding sleep quality related to timing,…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Case Studies, Child Caregivers, Classroom Environment
Kahn, Alfred J.; Kamerman, Sheila B. – 1994
This collection of six case studies is a by-product of a European-focused study that sought to understand the policies focused on children from birth to age 3, whether directly affecting the children or reaching them indirectly through their parents. The study examined the social infrastructure in which the specific "under-3" policies…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Health, Child Rearing, Child Welfare
Kamerman, Sheila B.; Kahn, Alfred J. – 1994
This report on European developments in infant and toddler care services was prepared to help define issues and options for the improvement and expansion of infant and toddler care and family support systems in the United States. Introductory comments suggest that advanced industrialized countries have almost unanimously elected universal but…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Day Care, Delivery Systems, Early Childhood Education