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Adaptive Caregiving Beliefs and Professional Competence among Chinese Childcare Center Teachers: A Moderated Mediation Model
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Xiumin Hong; Sijie Zhao; Qiongyi Shan – Early Education and Development, 2024
Research Findings: A total of 4102 childcare center teachers were recruited to examine a moderated mediation model of the relationship between teachers' adaptive caregiving beliefs and professional competence, using caregiving sensitivity as a mediator and organizational support as a moderator. Results indicated that (1) childcare center teachers'…
Descriptors: Competence, Foreign Countries, Child Care Centers, Child Caregivers
Accident Prevention in Early Child Rearing Institutions: An Integrative Review
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Góes, Fernanda Garcia Bezerra; Braga, Adriana Medeiros; Souza, Andressa Neto; de Andrade Soares, Iasmym Alves; Lucchese, Ingrid; Dionizio, Luciene Conceição; da Anunciação Silva, Maria – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
The objective of the research was to analyze the scientific production regarding accident prevention in early child rearing institutions. An integrative literature review, referring to the years between 2011 and 2021, whose research was carried out in May 2021 in seven information resources, raised the following issue: it was found that not all…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Child Care Centers, Injuries, Preschools
Professional Experience of Chinese International Pre-Service Teachers in Australia's Early Childhood Education: Professional Learning and Belonging
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Haoran Zheng; Anne Keary; Julie Faulkner – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2024
International pre-service teachers (PSTs) can struggle to engage with Professional Experience (PE) communities in an Australian Early Childhood Education context. This qualitative case study examines three first-year Chinese international PSTs' PE in different early childhood settings in Australia. Framed by Bourdieu's analytical concepts, this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Experience, Foreign Students, Preservice Teachers
Variation in the Quality of Teacher-Child Interactions in Chinese Toddler Classrooms
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Li Luo; Yuxi Qiu; Shasha Lyu; He Ge; Hao Liu – Early Education and Development, 2024
A growing number of toddlers are attending childcare institutions as part of China's establishment of its infant-toddler childcare service system. However, there is limited empirical evidence available regarding the quality of these childcare services. The purpose of this study is to investigate the quality of teacher - child interactions in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Student Relationship, Interaction, Toddlers
An Exploratory Study of Gender and Male Teachers in Early Childhood Education and Care Centres in China
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Xu, Yuwei; Waniganayake, Manjula – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2018
This paper explores the impact of gender on the employment of men in early childhood education and care (ECEC) centres through the voices of male and female early childhood teachers (ECTs) working in China. Gender imbalance in the ECEC workforce is a global phenomenon, and there has been little research about it in countries such as China. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes