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Melanie Audier; Myron Dean Friesen; E. Jayne White – Early Childhood Folio, 2024
The focus of this study is the cognitive process called mentalisation and how it is woven into "Te Whariki." Employing a qualitative content analysis, we sought to examine the embedded expectations and assumptions evident in the curriculum concerning how mentalisation processes and practices should be employed by teachers. Results showed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Curriculum
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Pritchard, Verena E.; Woodward, Lianne J. – Psychological Assessment, 2011
Executive functions (EF) necessary for purposeful goal-directed activities undergo rapid change and development during the preschool years. However, of the few psychometrically valid measures of EF suitable for use with preschoolers, information on task sensitivity and predictive validity is scant. The neurodevelopmental correlates of early…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Individual Development, Neurological Organization
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Duncan, Judith; Jones, Carolyn; Carr, Margaret – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2008
This article describes an emerging theoretical framework for examining relationships between learning dispositions and learning architecture. Three domains of learning dispositions--resilience, reciprocity and imagination--are discussed in relation to the structures and processes of early childhood education settings and new entrant classrooms.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Cognitive Processes, Resilience (Psychology), Imagination
Watson, Jane, Ed.; Beswick, Kim, Ed. – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2007
This is a record of the proceedings of the 30th annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA). The theme of the conference is "Mathematics: Essential research, essential practice." The theme draws attention to the importance of developing and maintaining links between research and practice and…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Secondary School Mathematics, Concept Mapping, Student Teachers