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Jonas Weyers; Rudy Ligtvoet; Johannes König – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2024
General pedagogical knowledge (GPK) is regarded as a central component of the competence that teachers acquire during university teacher education. However, existing research on GPK typically uses only one or two measurement points to assess development and identify influencing factors. The present study draws on an annual survey of pre-service…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Preservice Teacher Education, Growth Models
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Franka Baron; Anja Linberg; Simone Lehrl – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
The present study examines the quality and domains of teacher-toddler interactions and associations with structural characteristics using data from 95 German early childcare settings. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis supported a two-factor structure of interaction quality assessed by the CLASS Toddler: emotional and behavioural…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries, Toddlers, Teacher Student Relationship
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Steinberg, Claudia; Rudi, Helena – Research in Dance Education, 2022
This article deals with the connection between theory and practice in the context of a further education programme (FEP) (KigaDance) for nursery teachers based on contemporary dance education. The evaluation of the FEP had a programme-forming objective within the meaning of a formative evaluation. The applied method included data collection based…
Descriptors: Dance, Dance Education, Adult Education, Preschools
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Heike Wadepohl; Cathleen Bethke – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
In Germany, there is still a great need for research on the quality of teacher-child interactions in ECEC institutions. Especially, because social interactions and relationships are crucial for (early) learning and development (Ulferts et al., 2019). However, there are hardly any results on factors influencing the interaction quality. This paper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Student Relationship, Kindergarten, Young Children
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Wullschleger, Andrea; Lindmeier, Anke; Heinze, Aiso; Meier-Wyder, Anuschka; Leuchter, Miriam; Vogt, Franziska; Opitz, Elisabeth Moser – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2023
Adaptive learning support is a key element of high quality preschool education and includes the planning of learning situations and teacher-child interactions. The provision of effective adaptive learning support in kindergarten is challenging. This longitudinal experimental study examined the impact of two professional development programs on 132…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Student Relationship, Interaction
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Schmitt, Lukas; Weber, Anke; Venitz, Laura; Leuchter, Miriam – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
Background: The importance of diagnostic and scaffolding activities for early science learning has been shown consistently. However, preschool teachers scarcely engage in them. We developed an instrument to assess preschool teachers' willingness to engage in diagnostic and scaffolding activities in science learning situations and examined its…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Student Attitudes
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Trauernicht, Mareike; Anders, Yvonne; Oppermann, Elisa; Klusmann, Uta – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2023
Previous research has demonstrated that early childhood educators are particularly affected by burnout symptoms, such as emotional exhaustion. However, only few studies exploring preschool quality consider early childhood educators' burnout symptoms as a predictor. Yet we know from other professions that burnout symptoms often lead to reduced job…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Burnout, Predictor Variables, Learning Activities
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Hummel, Theresia Gabriele; Cohen, Franziska; Anders, Yvonne – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
Partnerships between parents and preschools (PPP), including parental trust as a key element, are crucial for child development. This exploratory study examined the type and intensity of partnership activities to which parents were invited and their contributions to parental trust, as well as preschool and teacher characteristics that predicted…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Parent School Relationship, Trust (Psychology), Preschool Teachers
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Wolstein, Katrin; Ehm, Jan-Henning; Peters, Svenja; Mischo, Christoph – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2021
The quality of instructional supportive interactions between preschool teachers and children positively relates to learning and developmental outcomes of children in institutions of early childhood education and care. The main focus of preschool teacher research, therefore, is on the impact of preschool teacher competencies in interaction quality.…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Self Efficacy, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship
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Barenthien, Julia Mareike; Dunekacke, Simone – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2022
Initial teacher education is the main opportunity to prepare pre-service preschool teachers to foster young children's science competences. Although initial teacher education is important for preschool teachers' later instruction in practice, little is known about early science education in initial teacher education. To gather first insights into…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Preschool Teachers, Preservice Teachers
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Tan, Run; Lichtblau, Michael; Wehmeier, Carina; Werning, Rolf – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2022
Using a comparative approach is a widespread method in educational research. Previous cross-cultural comparison studies on teachers' attitudes towards inclusive education show a strong lack of focus on preschool teachers' attitudes towards inclusion. Thus, this study examined 65 Chinese and 59 German preschool teachers' attitudes towards inclusion…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Inclusion
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Zdanevych, Larysa V.; Kruty, Kateryna L.; Tsehelnyk, Tetian? M.; Pisotska, Leonida S.; Kazakova, Nataliia V. – International Journal of Higher Education, 2020
The article outlines the main prerequisites for the transformation of modern competences in the training process of preschool education specialists (experience of the United Kingdom, Germany, Ukraine). Differences in the training of future preschool education specialists are found in the structure and content of educational programs (curriculums),…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Preschool Teachers, Foreign Countries, Comparative Education
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Christoph Mischo; Katrin Wolstein; Svenja Peters – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
Teachers' professional vision is the ability to notice and interpret classroom interactions and may be considered an aspect of a teacher's competence. Despite research on school teachers, little is known about this competence in early childhood teachers. In this study, the relation between early childhood teachers' professional vision and their…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children, Teacher Student Relationship
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Mareike Trauernicht; Yvonne Anders; Elisa Oppermann; Uta Klusmann – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2025
Research has demonstrated that preschool teachers are particularly prone to develop burnout symptoms, such as emotional exhaustion. However, which workplace conditions are particularly related to burnout symptoms in preschool teachers remains widely unknown. Hence, this study aims to disentangle personal characteristics (e.g. educational degree,…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Work Attitudes, Work Environment, Foreign Countries
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Lukas Schmitt; Anke Weber; Dominik Weber; Miriam Leuchter – Early Education and Development, 2024
"Research Findings:" Promoting children's science knowledge by adequate measures such as guided or free play is a cardinal goal of preschool. However, there is considerable variability in preschool teachers' instructional quality in block play, which might be associated with children's domain-specific science skills but also their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Preschool Curriculum, Preschool Education
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