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Download full textBurchinal, Margaret R.; Krowka, Sarah; Newman-Gonchar, Rebecca; Jayanthi, Madhavi; Gersten, Russell; Wavell, Samantha; Lyskawa, Julia; Haymond, Kelly; Bierman, Karen; Gonzalez, Jorge E.; McClelland, Megan M.; Nelson, Kimberly; Pentimonti, Jill; Purpura, David J.; Sachs, Jason; Sarama, Julie; Schlesinger-Devlin, Elizabeth; Washington, Julie; Rosen, Emily – What Works Clearinghouse, 2022
By learning social-emotional, executive function, mathematics, and literacy skills in preschool, children are likely to be better prepared for the higher expectations and more formal curriculum in elementary school. Ensuring that all children are well prepared for elementary school is a priority for parents, caregivers, guardians, and policy…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, School Readiness, Evidence Based Practice
Staff Perceptions of Blending Special Education and General Education in a Public Pre-School Setting
Hunsinger, Ashley M. – Online Submission, 2022
The professional perceptions of instructional personnel at a public prekindergarten program were examined in this mixed methods study. The staff was provided with an anonymous Google form survey. This study investigates the social-emotional outcomes of students in an inclusive prekindergarten program. The outcome of the survey responses showed…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers, Public Schools, Teacher Attitudes
Direct linkWatts, Rachel; Pattnaik, Jyotsna – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023
The negative impacts of COVID 19 on children's holistic development have been reported by researchers around the world. This qualitative study explored teachers' and parents' perspectives on the impact of physical/social distancing and school closure policies on children's socioemotional development. The study was conducted in fall 2020. The…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Teacher Attitudes, Parent Attitudes
Guy, Martha Sorrell – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study was to understand the perceptions and experiences of Navajo Head Start (NHS) teachers who are serving children with disabilities (CWD). This study used open-ended interviews to collect data from NHS teachers on their experiences, perceptions, and educational strategies. Twelve participants were interviewed via Zoom during…
Descriptors: Navajo (Nation), Students with Disabilities, Faculty Development, Teaching Methods
Alana Akilah Thomas – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Black students with disabilities receiving special education services provide unique challenges to the current education system that was designed for white, able-bodied, and minded individuals. Teachers, more specifically, special education teachers, who are often white, play a vital role in serving as a first level of support and having a…
Descriptors: African American Students, Students with Disabilities, Special Education, Special Education Teachers
Kandia Lewis; Jessica A. R. Logan; Leiah J. G. Thomas; Naomi Schneider; Cynthia M. Zettler-Greeley; Laura L. Bailet; Shayne B. Piasta – Grantee Submission, 2023
Research Findings: The current study examined whether collective small-group behavioral engagement and teacher behavior management during small-group instruction predicted print knowledge, phonological awareness, letter writing, and expressive vocabulary gains for preschoolers at-risk for literacy difficulties. This study, part of a larger…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Small Group Instruction, Child Behavior
Kandia Lewis; Jessica A. R. Logan; Leiah J. G. Thomas; Naomi Schneider; Cynthia M. Zettler-Greeley; Laura L. Bailet; Shayne B. Piasta – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: The current study examined whether collective small-group behavioral engagement and teacher behavior management during small-group instruction predicted print knowledge, phonological awareness, letter writing, and expressive vocabulary gains for preschoolers at-risk for literacy difficulties. This study, part of a larger…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Small Group Instruction, Child Behavior
Pontier, Ryan W. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2023
This study explores the collaborative process that two Korean-English and one Spanish-English bilingual Early Head Start family childcare educators, two instructional coaches, and the author engaged in as they co-created intentional bilingual approaches to supporting young emergent bilinguals. A thematic analysis of the design-based approach of…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Bilingual Education, Preschool Children, Native Language
Hansen, Ole Henrik; Jensen, Anders Skriver; Broström, Stig – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2020
Teachers and caregivers organize children's everyday life in early childhood settings to support children's well-being, learning and development. Teachers' organizational decisions (e.g. daily schedule, arrangement of furnishings, activities, behavioural expectations) are influenced by a set of ideas, norms and values which they may or may not be…
Descriptors: Caring, Well Being, Democratic Values, Child Development
Leung, Suzannie K. Y. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2020
Hong Kong, as a capitalist society, has an achievement-driven education system. Visual arts have become a marginalized learning area, especially in early childhood education. Although 'art and creativity' is one of the six learning domains for early childhood education in the kindergarten curriculum guide in Hong Kong, product-oriented and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, Teacher Attitudes
Westerberg, Diana; Newland, Rebecca; Mendez, Julia L. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2020
Caregivers are influential in young children's lives. As most children spend time in care outside of the home, it is critical to examine the interplay between parents and schools and how they influence children's development. The current study examined the spillover of student-teacher relationship quality to the home environment, namely, parenting…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Student Relationship
Yurt Tarakçi, Özlem; Keles, Sadiye; Kölemen, Esra Betül – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2020
The aim of this research was to analyze preschool teachers' types of science talks and the variety of concept-related words they used during these talks in class. A picture storybook with a light related concept as the main theme, was chosen as a data collection tool. Teachers were asked to analyze this wordless picture storybook and children were…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Science Instruction, Story Telling, Scientific Concepts
Reimers, Eva – Teaching Education, 2020
Desexualized heteronormativity saturates most educational spaces. Thus, research on LGBTQ teachers tends to focus on the precarious and vulnerable work conditions produced by this norm. The aim of this article is to contribute to a shift in the tale(s) about LGBTQ teachers so that they are presented as subjects rather than victims. Three…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Social Attitudes, LGBTQ People, Teacher Characteristics
Gibson, Megan; McFadden, Amanda; Williams, Kate E.; Zollo, Lyn; Winter, Abigail; Lunn, Jo – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2020
Early childhood teachers have a myriad of possible employment options, with birth to eight years degree qualifications preparing graduates to work in a range of early childhood settings, including prior-to-school. At the same time, early childhood workforce policies in Australia, and elsewhere, are increasingly requiring degree-qualified teachers…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Teacher Qualifications, Foreign Countries, Preschool Education
Apaydin, Çigdem; Kaya, Feyza – Online Submission, 2020
This research aims to identify the characteristics of alpha generation students from the lens of pre-school teachers. In this regard, the research questioned whether there was a difference between alpha generation and Z generation students in terms of some variables. Besides, the class management techniques used for both generations and the change…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Generational Differences, Classroom Techniques
