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Self-Organized Communities of Children
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Bernstorff, Benedicte – Journal of Pedagogy, 2023
From a child-centered perspective, this article explores the practices of children's self-organized play-communities in institutional everyday life in Danish early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings, based on a phenomenological non-participant-observational study with a duration of 16 months involving two kindergartens (Bernstorff,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Childrens Attitudes, Play, Group Activities
Moral Development in Early Childhood: Benevolence and Responsibility in the Context of Children's Perceptions and Reflections
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Yalçin, Vakkas – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2021
This study aimed to examine children's perceptions regarding the concepts of benevolence and responsibility in early childhood and the way they put them into practice. The study was designed according to the basic qualitative research method and consisted of 64 children between the ages of 4 and 5. The data were collected through interactive value…
Descriptors: Moral Development, Early Childhood Education, Altruism, Responsibility
'Doing' Socio-Political Sustainability in Early Childhood: Teacher-as-Researcher Reflective Practices
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Paujik, Yvonne M.; Miller, Melinda; Gibson, Megan; Walsh, Kerryann – Global Studies of Childhood, 2021
Young children's engagement in Education for Sustainability has focussed predominantly on their participation in environment-based initiatives or practices. Reasons for this include a notion that wider dimensions of sustainability, including social, political and economic areas of concern can be too complex and overwhelming for young children.…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Early Childhood Teachers, Kindergarten, Young Children
What Do Children with Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties Think about Themselves in Early Childhood?
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Heinonen, M. H.; Pihlaja, P. M. E. – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2020
The aim of this study was to discover what kind of perceptions young children in need of social, emotional, and behavioural support have about themselves. The interest was especially in social and emotional self-perceptions. For this study, ten children attending Finnish early childhood education and care were interviewed in spring 2016 and the…
Descriptors: Young Children, Interpersonal Competence, Self Concept, Early Childhood Education
The Challenge of Monoculturalism: What Books Are Educators Sharing with Children and What Messages Do They Send?
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Adam, Helen; Barratt-Pugh, Caroline – Australian Educational Researcher, 2020
The importance of recognising, valuing and respecting a child's family, culture, language and values is increasingly articulated in educational policy. Diversity and inclusion are central themes of the guiding principles of early childhood education and care in Australia. Children's literature can be a powerful tool for extending children's…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Early Childhood Education, Child Care Centers, Kindergarten
The Practice of Listening to Children: The Challenges of Hearing Children Out in an Adult-Regulated World
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Yoon, Haeny S.; Templeton, Tran Nguyen – Harvard Educational Review, 2019
In this research article, Haeny Yoon and Tran Nguyen Templeton explore the challenges of listening to children in both classrooms and research that purports to center young children. Through two stories from their respective studies, Yoon and Templeton highlight the complexities of following children's leads given the competing agendas situating…
Descriptors: Listening, Young Children, Adults, Childrens Attitudes