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Zhu, Zhu; Tanaka, Emiko; Tomisaki, Etsuko; Watanabe, Taeko; Sawada, Yuko; Li, Xiang; Jiao, Dandan; Ajmal, Ammara; Matsumoto, Munenori; Zhu, Yantong; Anme, Tokie – School Psychology International, 2022
Self-care ability and social skills are potential areas of difficulty for preschool children. However, values about young children's self-care ability are different worldwide. This longitudinal study examined the influence of early self-care ability on social skills at the end of the preschool years. Participants were 509 children recruited from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Daily Living Skills
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Palmer, Sue – Scottish Educational Review, 2019
This paper argues that play should be central to children's lives throughout early childhood, including their time in school. First, it charts the history of early childhood education in Scotland through four stages: (1) pioneer of kindergarten; (2) early adopter of formal education; (3) promise of a recalibration through Curriculum for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Early Childhood Education, Play
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Suhonen, Eira; Sajaniemi, Nina K.; Alijoki, Alisa; Nislin, Mari A. – Early Child Development and Care, 2018
We aimed to investigate stress response regulation, temperament, cognitive and language abilities and family SES in children who entered kindergarten before two years of age. Whilst childrens stress regulatory systems are vulnerable to environmental influences little is known about how temperament and family characteristics impact on stress…
Descriptors: Physiology, Language Aptitude, Cognitive Development, Socioeconomic Status
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Wilhelmsen, Gunvor B – Improving Schools, 2016
Although good visual capacity is essential for children's learning, we have limited understanding of the various visual functions among school starters. In order to extend this knowledge, a small-scale study was undertaken involving 24 preschool children age 5-6 years who completed a test battery originally designed for visual impairment…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Visual Impairments, Visual Acuity, Gender Differences
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Li, Yanfang; Lv, Ying; Huntsinger, Carol S. – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
Relationships between exposure to preschool education and children's academic and social outcomes have been documented in Western countries. There is a lack of comparable research in China, where preschool education is relatively formal, but rather flexible in arrangement. We conducted research at six public kindergartens in a large Chinese city…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Child Behavior, Multiple Regression Analysis, Foreign Countries
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Synodi, Evanthia – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2014
This paper provides a critical analysis of the impact of the "Presidential Decree 200" (1998) regarding the operation of kindergartens in Greece, on children's enjoyment of their rights. It appears that the "Decree" does not respect, protect or fulfil the participation rights of the child whereas it respects, protects and…
Descriptors: Student Rights, Kindergarten, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
Zhang, Jiahui; Xin, Tao – Online Submission, 2012
This study aimed to investigate the effects of kindergarten enrollment age on four-year-old Chinese children's early cognition and problem behavior using multilevel models. The sample comprised of 1,391 pre-school children (the mean age is 4.58 years old) from 74 kindergartens in six different provinces. The results demonstrated curvilinear…
Descriptors: School Entrance Age, Kindergarten, Young Children, Child Development
McGee, Maureen; Hills, Tynette – 1978
Third in a series of publications of the New Jersey State Department of Education, Division of Research, Planning and Evaluation, this paper compares and contrasts the historical paths traveled by two contemporary, highly technological countries (the United States and England) in determining a prevailing age for entry into schools. Through…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Early Childhood Education, Educational History, Foreign Countries