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Sustaining ECEC Quality through Continuing Professional Development: Systemic Approaches to Practitioners' Professionalisation in the Italian Context
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Lazzari, Arianna; Picchio, Mariacristina; Musatti, Tullia – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2013
There is a broad consensus in international debates that the quality of early childhood education and care (ECEC) services is inextricably linked to the professionalisation of its workforce. In particular, the importance of providing ECEC practitioners with continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities has been increasingly recognised in…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Educational Quality, Professional Continuing Education
Documentation and Analysis of Children's Experience: An Ongoing Collegial Activity for Early Childhood Professionals
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Picchio, Mariacristina; Giovannini, Donatella; Mayer, Susanna; Musatti, Tullia – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2012
Systematic documentation and analysis of educational practice can be a powerful tool for continuous support to the professionalism of early childhood education practitioners. This paper discusses data from a three-year action-research initiative carried out by a research agency in collaboration with a network of Italian municipal "nido"…
Descriptors: Action Research, Early Childhood Education, Children, Educational Practices
Sharing Attention and Activities among Toddlers: The Spatial Dimension of the Setting and the Educator's Role
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Musatti, Tullia; Mayer, Susanna – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2011
The study proposes an analysis of the processes through which the material and symbolic features of the setting and the activities of the educators interact to determine the children's experience in an early educational centre. This analysis is of particular interest with regard to both educational practice and understanding developmental…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Educational Practices, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education