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Direct linkHannele Roponen; Elina Fonsén; Tuulikki Ukkonen-Mikkola; Raisa Ahtiainen – International Journal of Educational Management, 2024
Purpose: This study examines the social organizational structure of one early childhood education (ECE) center in Finland and the relationship between this structure and the roles and the responsibilities of the members of the organization. Design/methodology/approach: The research is a qualitative case study with ethnographic features. Its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Child Care Centers, Ethnography
Sairanen, Heidi; Kumpulainen, K.; Kajamaa, A. – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
This paper investigates adult-child interaction in the early years of education. The intention is to understand how children's initiatives and practitioners' responses support and/or hinder children's agency. Our ethnographic data include 150 h of video data supplemented by observational field notes from a Finnish Early Childhood Education (ECE)…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Ethnography, Video Technology, Early Childhood Education
Fonsén, Elina; Szecsi, Tunde; Kupila, Päivi; Liinamaa, Tarja; Halpern, Clarisse; Repo, Marika – Educational Research, 2023
Background: Although the contexts, structures and administrations of early childhood education (ECE) may differ internationally, effective pedagogical leadership remains an essential component in supporting young children's development and learning. This paper reports on a comparative study which considered ECE in two different settings, Finland…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Instructional Leadership, Preschool Teachers, Early Childhood Education
Mäntyjärvi, Marjo; Puroila, Anna-Maija – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2019
This study addresses leadership enactment in the context of early childhood education and care centres in Finland. The study was implemented at a time when the early childhood education and care legislation had changed. The research draws from relational leadership theory to address the following questions: How do leaders, practitioners and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Educational Legislation, Private Schools
Download full textHujala, Eeva; Vlasov, Janniina; Szecsk, Tünde – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2017
This article reports on the findings of a follow-up study, which examined parents' and teachers' perspectives regarding the quality of childcare for 3- to 5-year-old children in the United States, Russia and Finland between 1991 and 2011. The study aims to address a gap in early childhood education (ECE) research by examining how the quality of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Preschool Teachers
Onnismaa, Eeva-Leena; Tahkokallio, Leena; Kalliala, Marjatta – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2015
The aim of this article was to shed light on problematic issues related to the practical element in early childhood teacher education. We approach these questions mainly through scrutinizing and interpreting this part of kindergarten teachers' university education in Finland. We then expand our analysis to include the broader issues of job…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Kindergarten
Venninen, Tuulikki; Leinonen, Jonna; Lipponen, Lasse; Ojala, Mikko – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2014
Children's participation in the early childhood education context is a multidimensional issue and educators have a significant role in enhancing participation. In this paper, we focus on the existing challenges to children's participation and the ways that child care educators can work as teams to meet those challenges. The data were collected…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Care Centers, Student Participation, Early Childhood Education
Rutanen, Niina – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2012
This qualitative case study approaches early childhood education and care practices from a socio-spatial point of view. One Finnish daycare group for one- to three-year-olds participated in the study. The ethnographic observations from the practices are analyzed together with the ECE practitioners' audio-recorded team meetings and video-elicited…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Caregivers, Preschool Children, Child Care Centers
