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Aparna Prasanna; Malavika Anakkathil Anil; Gagan Bajaj; Jayashree S. Bhat – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2024
Stories constitute a significant part of the Indian preschool curriculum due to their various benefits in preschool child development. However, the teachers' practice of stories and their perception regarding the influence of stories on preschool child development are vital determining factors in the benefit preschoolers receive from stories. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Story Telling
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Mehboob Ul Hassan; Tanveer Kouser; Abid Hussain Chaudhary; Haq Nawaz – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2024
Lifespan is a pool of stories that, in the beginning, sets the tone. It lays the foundation for students' long-life learning, attitudes formation, behavioral modifications, and shapes the trajectories of students' early childhood development (an important thread of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Target 4.2 bedrock on "access to…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Empathy, Child Development
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Pal, G. C. – Contemporary Education Dialogue, 2020
In the Indian context, the problem of the high proportion of out-of-school underprivileged children as well as the learning deficits in many such children in primary schools have raised concerns. Preparing these children for their journey through schooling has therefore been under the spotlight. The national Early Childhood Care and Education…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries, Preschool Education
McArthur, Kimberly; Neuman, Michelle – Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2019
The 'Spotlight on the Many Voices of the Early Childhood Workforce' Solutions Summit was held on 11 December 2018 as an official side event of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) Partners' Forum in New Delhi, India. The aim of the Summit was to place a spotlight on and develop solutions for the diverse early childhood…
Descriptors: Young Children, Allied Health Personnel, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education
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Rao, Nirmala – Early Education and Development, 2010
Research Findings: The influence of preschool quality on the development of 67 4-year-old children from poor and rural families in South India was examined. Children's developmental status was assessed using a modified version of the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities and through physician ratings. Preschool quality was assessed through…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Rating Scales, Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers
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Jambunathan, Sai – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2005
This article explores beliefs of Asian Indian teachers regarding the importance of use of developmentally appropriate practices in early childhood classrooms. A total of 178 Asian Indian early childhood teachers working in various early childhood classrooms in the southern part of India participated in the study. The teachers filled out a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Parent Participation, Young Children, Developmentally Appropriate Practices