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Aasen, Wenche; Sadownik, Alicja R. – Online Submission, 2019
This partly descriptive, partly critically reflective, argumentative article analyses the Norwegian kindergarten teacher education program through the three concepts that are mentioned in its national guidelines: research-based, profession-oriented, and practice-related education. An inseparable correlation between these at the level of higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Teacher Education Programs, Preschool Teachers
Baardstu, S.; Wang, M. V.; Brandlistuen, R. E. – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2022
Using data from more than 7000 children from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child (MoBa) study, this study explored the role of school readiness and teacher-child closeness in the early child education and care (ECEC) setting for the prospective academic and social development of children with early externalizing problems. Mother, ECEC teachers,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Readiness, Teacher Student Relationship, Preschool Education
Korsvold, Tora; Nygård, Mette – Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 2022
The main purpose of this article is to explore and develop a basic understanding of a new formulation of children's learning within ECEC policies in Norway. In the Nordic Countries, one question of importance is the shift in ECEC policy from a social-pedagogical approach and a holistic perspective on children's learning towards a heavier emphasis…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Political Attitudes, Government Publications
Hong, Xiu-Min; Zhang, Ming-Zhu – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2019
This qualitative study aims to understand the emotional labor of early childhood teachers between China and Norway in the perspective of cultural comparison. Altogether six teachers from China and Norway took part in this study and completed the interview and observation. First, both the early childhood teachers from China and Norway believed that…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Preschool Education, Foreign Countries, Emotional Experience
Harju-Luukkainen, Heidi; Berg, Karianne; Kolberg, Asbjørn – International Research in Early Childhood Education, 2021
For an Indigenous population, there is a need for an inclusive educational space from the language and culture srevitalisation perspective. This is especially important during the early years when the basics of the language are formed alongside cultural knowledge. This paper takes a closer look at a South Sámi preschool language learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Indigenous Knowledge, Preschool Education
Havnes, Anton – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2018
Within the early childhood education system, early childhood teachers are the weak element in two hierarchies, the governance hierarchy and the epistemological hierarchy. From the perspective of early childhood teacher professionalization, this is a paradox because professionalism is intrinsically linked to a relatively high degree of professional…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Professionalism, Foreign Countries
Hansen, Joakim E.; Broekhuizen, Martine L. – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2021
This study aims to enhance our knowledge of the associations between the quality of the language-learning environment in toddler childcare groups and children's vocabulary development from age 3 to age 5. Participants were 1,131 children (48% girls; age at T1 assessment: M = 35.5 months, SD = 2.7; age at T2 assessment: M = 60.3 months, SD = 1.4)…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Correlation, Educational Quality, Educational Environment
Schulz-Heidorf, Katrin; Jernes, Margrethe; Hoel, Trude; Mangen, Anne – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2021
This article presents findings from a study carried out with groups of children (N = 72; M = 57.2 months) in early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions in Norway. Twelve teachers read two stories, once in a print book format and once in a picture book app, with groups of children. Children's and teachers' verbal engagement was coded…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Norwegian, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers
Aamaas, Åsmund; Duesund, Knut; Lauritzen, Solvor Mjøberg – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
This paper uses scaffolding theory to examine structures surrounding Norwegian preschool student teachers on placement in India. Through a case study involving a teacher-training programme in Norway, we explore the extent to which learning outcomes from international placements in a foreign cultural context depend on scaffolding structures. Using…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Foreign Countries, Placement, Preschool Teachers
UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2022
Children begin learning about gender stereotypes as early as age two. The pre-primary education system does not always deliver on its potential to tackle and address harmful gender stereotypes while they are being absorbed by the youngest learners. All components of the pre-primary system have a role to play in breaking down these stereotypes.…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Sex Stereotypes, Gender Differences, Preschool Teachers
Evensen Hansen, Joakim – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2020
This study aims to investigate the language-learning environment and educational language practices in four toddler groups measured as high quality on the 'Listening and Talking' subscale in the Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale -- Revised. The empirical data are taken from a larger fieldwork conducted in four child groups, and comprise 98…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Video Technology, Caregiver Child Relationship
Olsen, Bent; Smeplass, Eli – Early Child Development and Care, 2018
The article reports and reflects on a study of kindergarten staff member's gendered attitudes. The empirical part consists of answers to a questionnaire from some 700 staff members of all 80 kindergartens in two Danish municipalities. The theoretical approach is informed by the framework of Pierre Bourdieu and the Mary Douglas' Grid Group Cultural…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Gender Differences, Questionnaires, Values
Menning, Soern Finn – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2018
This article explores the notion of curiosity as a gateway to value dilemmas in early childhood education and care practices. The concept of dilemmatic space (Honig) is used to highlight the complexity of educational practices. Through an ethnographic approach based on video-observation and stimulated recall interviews, the reflections of the…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Professional Identity, Guidelines, Child Behavior
Zachrisson, Henrik Daae; Janson, Harald; Lamer, Kari – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2019
There is an increasing emphasis on the importance of social competence for children's development, well-being, and learning. Thus age- and context-appropriate measures are needed. This study addresses the structural validity of the Lamer Social Competence in Preschool (LSCIP) scale, developed to accommodate the Nordic model of early childhood…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence, Child Development, Well Being
Ødegaard, Elin Eriksen; Marandon, André Steenbuch – ECNU Review of Education, 2019
Purpose: This article aims to describe and discuss what local weather landscapes mean to children and how weather implies exploring bodily sensations and capabilities. It does so by following the work of a community artist, working as a kindergarten teacher, over 1 year. Design/Approach/Methods: Through a narrative inquiry approach, which also…
Descriptors: Climate, Kindergarten, Artists, Preschool Teachers