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Deepening Our Knowledge about Sustainability Education in the Early Years: Lessons from a Water Project
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Ampartzaki, Maria; Kalogiannakis, Michail; Papadakis, Stamatios – Education Sciences, 2021
The transformative agenda of sustainability education constitutes the focus of early-years education. In quality sustainability educational projects, children are supported to draw links between nature and society and relate to the studied phenomena. Is this methodological approach realized in educational programs for the early years? The present…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Science Education, Science and Society
Active Learning in a Child Psychology Course: Observing Play Behavior at a Children's Museum
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Kingery, Julie Newman; Gaskell, Margaret E.; Toner, Shana R.; Rice, Stacey E.; Gray, Melissa L.; Milligan, Jesse A.; Milmoe, Maureen H. – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2018
The primary goal of this paper is to describe an innovative active learning experience (i.e., class trip to a children's museum) aimed at expanding child psychology students' knowledge of the developmental benefits of play. A secondary goal is to present preliminary data about the impact of this experience on students' learning by examining scores…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Child Psychology, Play, Museums
An Interactive Approach to Learning and Teaching in Visual Arts Education
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Tomljenovic, Zlata – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2015
The present research focuses on modernising the approach to learning and teaching the visual arts in teaching practice, as well as examining the performance of an interactive approach to learning and teaching in visual arts classes with the use of a combination of general and specific (visual arts) teaching methods. The study uses quantitative…
Descriptors: Art Education, Visual Arts, Statistical Analysis, Elementary School Students
Valuing Children's Expression: A First Attempt at Displaying Preschool Art in an Early Childhood Centre
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Itzkowitz, Selina – McGill Journal of Education, 2013
A local childcare centre embarks on a first-time project to exhibit preschool children's artworks, acknowledging the importance of art-based activities in the development of young children. In the planning and implementation of a successful afternoon event, the centre's children, along with parents, other family members, friends, and educators,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Art Expression, Childrens Art, Preschool Children
Reflection, Renewal and Relationship Building: An Ongoing Journey in Early Childhood Arts Education
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Deans, Jan; Brown, Robert – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2008
The established place of the arts within early childhood education is rarely questioned. Nevertheless, social, cultural and political shifts in values, beliefs and practices impact on approaches to the arts, as early childhood practitioners grapple with increasingly complex views on how children learn and what factors impact on their learning.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Art Education, Case Studies, Educational Change
Active Learning through Art.
Rinker, Leighan – Child Care Information Exchange, 2000
Asserts that every early childcare teacher can provide a program wherein children can experience art and the multiple learning advantages such a program provides. Specifically addresses issues of: (1) value of art experiences; (2) creativity development; (3) teachers' role; (4) goals of a program; (5) program development; and (6) evaluation. (SD)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Art, Art Activities, Art Education