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Are the Abilities and Social-Emotional Competencies of Polish Six-Year-Olds Sufficient to Start Systematic Learning in the First Year of Primary School?
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Kruszewska, Aleksandra; Kocot, Anna – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Each preschool is obliged to prepare children to start school education, which means it should equip them with such skills and competencies that determine their readiness to start learning at school, in other words, school maturity. The aim of this study was to determine the level of emotions, feelings and social-emotional behaviours of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Students, School Readiness
Do Preschool Institutions in Poland Provide Children with the Optimal Development in the Field of Physical Activity?
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Nazaruk, Stanislawa; Tokarewicz, Ewa – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
The purpose of this research was to examine the extent to which preschools satisfy the natural need for physical activity of a young child in the summer holidays and during the school year. The measurement of physical activity of children and its level was performed with the use of Actigraph accelerometers and the Steps per Minute test. The sample…
Descriptors: Preschools, Preschool Children, Public Schools, Child Development
Imagine the Emotion: The Use of Mental Simulations in Supporting the Development of Emotional Skills of Preschool Children
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Jarczewska-Gerc, Ewa; Gorgolewska, Anna – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
Emotional intelligence plays a great role in human adaptation to social environments. The individual level of emotional skills depends on one's genes, family environment, and socialisation, as well as personal experience and education. The purpose of the present study was to examine the educational influence of mental simulation in developing the…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Self Control, Emotional Development, Simulation
Development of Professional Teacher Competences for Cooperation with Parents
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Viskovic, Ivana; Višnjic Jevtic, Adrijana – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
Based on the belief that professional competences can partially be developed through professional training a cycle of ten educational workshops was designed. Combining theoretical knowledge, quality practice examples and discussions, the workshops strived to improve professional teacher competences. The assumed outcome was determined by difference…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Workshops, Faculty Development, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
The Image of a Child in His Parents' Minds and Self-Image of Six-Year-Old Children.
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Uszynska-Jarmoc, Janina – Early Child Development and Care, 2001
Examined: (1) what is the self-concept of a 6-year-old child; (2) what is the picture of a child (real and ideal) in parents' minds; and (3) the relation between self-concept of a child and the picture in parents' minds. Found that perceptions of the child were positive, and clear conformity between parents' image of their child and children's…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Fathers, Foreign Countries
Culture and the Kindergarten Curriculum in Poland.
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Putkiewicz, E. – Early Child Development and Care, 1996
Presents a brief history of early childhood education in Poland and changes occurring in the 1990s. Outlines the government's minimum standards for kindergarten education, including aspects of child development that are considered crucial, and ways in which classroom practices have become more child responsive. Discusses the roles of religion,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cultural Traits, Curriculum Design, Early Childhood Education