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Direct linkBouchard, Caroline; Sylvestre, Audette; Forget-Dubois, Nadine – Educational Psychology, 2020
This study examined the moderating role of pragmatic language skills in the relationship between perceived prosociality and gender among children in two different educational contexts and age groups (n = 108 children in childcare centres, age 4-5; n = 113 children in kindergarten, age 5-6). In line with many other studies, the results showed that…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Males, Prosocial Behavior, Preschool Teachers
Download full textCowan, Jane – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2015
The Wheels Project took place from January to March, 2012 in a junior kindergarten/kindergarten classroom at the St. Nicholas location of Owl Child Care Services of Ontario in Waterloo. Owl Child Care Services, a nonprofit registered charity, operates seven centers in Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge, Ontario. Owl is one of the largest…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Early Childhood Education, Child Care Centers
Vanderloo, Leigh M.; Tucker, Patricia; Johnson, Andrew M.; Burke, Shauna M.; Irwin, Jennifer D. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2015
Purpose: This study aimed to: (a) compare the physical activity (PA) levels (i.e., moderate-to-vigorous PA [MVPA] and total PA [TPA]) of preschoolers in 3 different early-learning environments (center-based childcare, home-based childcare, and full-day kindergarten [FDK]); and (b) assess which characteristics (e.g., play equipment, policies, etc.)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Physical Activity Level, Early Childhood Education
Heydon, Rachel; Crocker, Wendy; Zhang, Zheng – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2014
In a bid to identify and gain analytic insight into the make-up and dynamics of kindergarten literacy curricula in an era of early childhood education and care reform, this study was designed to trace how classroom literacy curricula were produced in a kindergarten in a childcare centre in Ontario, Canada. Drawing on actor-network theory's (ANT)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Emergent Literacy, Ethnography
