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Veronica Bergan; Maritha Berger Nylund; Ida Lervik Midtbø; Bård Henry Landsem Paulsen – Environmental Education Research, 2024
Early childhood education provides an important arena for fostering valuable habits and practices for sustainability. This paper contributes to understanding the educator's role within early childhood environmental education in foraging and gardening practices. What pedagogical approaches does the teacher provide to foster the children's…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Learner Engagement, Gardening
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Peishan Huang; Mingming Zhou – Early Education and Development, 2024
Teacher work engagement is critical for work performance and child development, yet there is a limited understanding of how it is shaped from the perspective of teachers' emotion. Based on the job demand-resource model, this study tested the relationship between emotional labor strategies, teacher efficacy, grit, and work engagement. Research…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness, Resilience (Psychology), Teacher Persistence
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Sally Wiggins; Annerose Willemsen; Jakob Cromdal – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2024
Play has long been understood as an important pedagogical practice, particularly in early childhood education and care settings. Playing with food, however, has typically been overlooked, and very little is known about food play during mealtimes. The apparent dichotomy between rule-following and playfulness at mealtimes has led to a paucity of…
Descriptors: Play, Preschool Children, Food, Imagination
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Susanne Walan; Ann-Britt Enochsson – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2024
Background: Although science and technology are viewed as closely related subjects, they are rarely combined in preschools. Purpose: This article investigates preschool teachers' perspectives on integrating digital tools when teaching science, asking how and why they use digital tools, and examining the affordances they experience and obstacles…
Descriptors: Affordances, Barriers, Technology Integration, Educational Technology
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Andrea Sanchez – Reading Teacher, 2024
While research consistently demonstrates that young children learn best through play and social interactions, this developmental insight is not often reflected in current classroom curricula. Through action research, I examined how a play-based kindergarten environment could impact student writing and writing engagement. This article specifically…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Preschool Teachers, Play
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Van-Thong Ho; Thi-Kim Anh Le; Van-De Nguyen; Trong-Nam Phan; Van-Dat Tran – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2024
The primary purpose of educational programs is to enhance students' knowledge and skills through pedagogical training activities. However, preschool teachers in Vietnam face limitations in their professional capacity. Thus, this study aimed to address issues by evaluating the level of implementation of pedagogical training activities for preschool…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Faculty Development, Preschool Education, Foreign Countries
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Joke Torbeyns; Emke Op't Eynde; Fien Depaepe; Lieven Verschaffel – ZDM: Mathematics Education, 2024
High-quality instruction in preschool is important for children's mathematical development. To date, the domain-specific elements constituting mathematics instruction quality and the factors associated with this quality are hardly studied, resulting in serious gaps in our insights into the topic. We aimed to address this gap by investigating (a)…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, Questioning Techniques, Picture Books
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Warda Sada-Gerges – European Journal of Education (EJED), 2024
In an ongoing search for new models to streamline college training and mentoring, a different training model was developed called the "Big Sister Model". This model was experienced for five years in the kindergarten training program at the Kay College of education in Israel. Within this model, two female students are trained in each…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Preservice Teachers, Preschool Teachers
Intisar Alawthah – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The aim of this qualitative multiple case study was to understand three Saudi kindergarten teachers 'attitudes toward enacting inquiry to teach science in the kindergarten classroom. This study was guided by two research questions: 1) What attitudes do Saudi kindergarten teachers hold about using inquiry to teach science in their classrooms? 2)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Keller Moore Lanahan – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study investigated the extent to which preschool teachers have been prepared to recognize students with potential learning needs. The ability of these teachers to recognize students with learning needs and provide appropriate support or referrals is critical for the success of the students. Through this research, several insights have emerged…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Student Needs, Early Childhood Education, Learning Strategies
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Emke Op 't Eynde; Fien Depaepe; Anouck Lubon; Wim Van Den Noortgate; Lieven Verschaffel; Joke Torbeyns – Educational Psychology, 2024
Pre-school teachers' competence to see and decide to use learning opportunities in informal play-based situations (i.e. situation-specific skills) is key for high-quality pre-school instruction. Current insights into pre-school teachers' situation-specific skills and their association with underlying teacher disposition and instructional materials…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preschool Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Picture Books
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Ambra L. Green; Amanda A. Olsen; Vandana Nandakumar – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
Early childhood teachers play a critical role in the kindergarten readiness of preschool age children. Yet, they often receive little and insufficient training in the use of evidence-based practices that can increase academic success and prevent undesired behaviors. As a result, preschool teachers tend to use more exclusionary practices when…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Coaching (Performance), Teacher Education
Moonjoo Woo – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The transition to five-year-old kindergarten is a pivotal time in children's development, setting the tone for the children's and their families' subsequent formal education experiences. Establishing connections between home and school is a key to creating a supportive learning environment for every child. This dissertation examines how home…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Readiness, Home Visits, Preschool Teachers
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TeeNa Sim; Julia Lee Ai Cheng – Southeast Asia Early Childhood, 2024
Music substantially impacts early childhood development, especially language development, yet early childhood policies rarely emphasise the role of music in early learning and engagement. Research shows that effective delivery of early childhood music programmes depends on teachers' music knowledge, skills, and music teaching self-efficacy, which…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Music Education, Self Efficacy, Language Acquisition
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Yuejiu Wang; Liang Li; Marilyn Fleer; Yuwen Ma – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2024
Although Chinese early childhood education policies have high expectations for kindergarten teachers' play pedagogy, teaching and play are still discussed as a bifurcation in Chinese kindergartens' daily practice. To support Chinese kindergarten teachers' development of play pedagogy, this study conducted an educational experiment (EE) framed by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Faculty Development
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