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Demographic Characteristics as Determinants of Toddlers' Physical and Social Spontaneity in Kindergarten
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Mouratidou, Katerina; Ourda, Despoina; Evangelia, Kentroti-Lavva; Ioanna, Parisi; Sofia, Karamavrou – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
The twofold aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between toddlers' physical and social spontaneity, as well as to investigate the interaction effects of gender, geographical background, and mother's occupational status on preschoolers' playfulness. Participants were 650 preschool children (353 boys, 297 girls), attending…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Child Behavior, Gender Differences, Geographic Location
Prevalence of Burnout Syndrome of Greek Child Care Workers and Kindergarten Teachers
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Rentzou, Konstantina – Education 3-13, 2015
The present study, employing the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Educators Survey, aims to compare and explore possible differences to the levels of burnout reported by the two main professional groups working in the early childhood education and care sector in Greece, that is kindergarten teachers and childcare workers. The correlation between the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Burnout, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers
Vocabulary Development in Greek Children: A Cross-Linguistic Comparison Using the Language Development Survey
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Papaeliou, Christina F.; Rescorla, Leslie A. – Journal of Child Language, 2011
This study investigated vocabulary size and vocabulary composition in Greek children aged 1 ; 6 to 2 ; 11 using a Greek adaptation of Rescorla's Language Development Survey (LDS; Rescorla, 1989). Participants were 273 toddlers coming from monolingual Greek-speaking families. Greek LDS data were compared with US LDS data obtained from the…
Descriptors: Nouns, Child Language, Toddlers, Monolingualism
Quality of Care and Education Provided by Greek Day-Care Centres: An Approach from Researcher's and Early Childhood Educators' Perspective
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Rentzou, Konstantina – Early Child Development and Care, 2012
The present study is aimed at examining the level of quality and care provided by Greek preschool programmes, from the researcher's and early childhood educators' perspectives and verify whether they evaluate with the same way. Research results indicate that according to the researcher's assessment both preschool and infant/toddler classrooms…
Descriptors: Infants, Correlation, Early Childhood Education, Researchers