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Joner, Maya Dybvig; Reikerås, Elin; Alvestad, Marit – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2022
We investigated how children with language difficulties are identified, and which adapted provision is given in Norwegian Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) before referrals are made to The Educational Psychological Service (EPS), and the EPS assessment of such difficulties. A qualitative content analysis of 20 documents pertaining to four…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Language Acquisition, Foreign Countries, Preschool Education
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Sophie S. Havighurst; Maud Edvoll; Ida Tidemann; Evalill Bølstad; Hanne Holme; Marit Bergum Hansen; Hege Cecilie Eikseth; Egil Nygaard – Early Education and Development, 2024
"Research Findings": Early childhood workers (ECW's) play a pivotal role in shaping children's emotional competence. This study examined the efficacy of Tuning in to Kids for Kindergarten Teachers (TIK-KT) used with CLASS observations to improve ECW's emotion socialization, kindergarten emotional climate and children's functioning. Five…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Socialization, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
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Sando, Ole Johan; Mehus, Ingar – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
The physical environment in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) institutions provide children with possibilities for play. This study describes a physical environmental intervention aiming to increase the possibilities for functional play in the indoor environment, and its influence on children's well-being and physical activity. The…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Child Care, Play, Environmental Influences
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Veslemøy Rydland; Vibeke Grøver – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2024
The present study investigated whether parent--child interactions during shared reading in a diverse sample of 91 three- to five-year-old dual language learners (DLLs) in Norway supported the development of the children's first (L1) and second language (L2) vocabulary skills. The dyads spoke 11 different L1s (i.e., Arabic, Polish, Somali, and…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Receptive Language, Vocabulary Development, Native Language
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Simonsen, Eva; Kristoffersen, Ann-Elise; Hyde, Mervyn B.; Hjulstad, Oddvar – American Annals of the Deaf, 2009
The authors describe the use of cochlear implants with deaf children in Norway and examine how this intervention has raised new expectations and some tensions concerning the future of education for deaf students. They report on two studies of communication within school learning environments of young children with implants in Norwegian preschools…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Deafness, Foreign Countries, Assistive Technology