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Kekesi, Divine Koku; Donkor, Simon Kormla; Torkonyo, Moses – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2019
The study investigated the perception of early childhood educators on the use of play as a teaching technique in the Afadjato South District. The study was a cross-sectional descriptive design using concurrent triangulation mixed method approach. A sample of 120 participants was used comprising100 kindergarten teachers, 10 basic school heads and…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Positive Attitudes, Teaching Methods
Whitebook, Marcy; Schlieber, Marisa; Hankey, Aline; Austin, Lea J. E.; Philipp, George – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2018
Early educators often do not have even basic expectations of working conditions -- such as program policies providing for payment for planning time, staff meetings, and professional development; a salary schedule accounting for experience and varied levels of education; and provision of health, retirement, sick-, and vacation-leave benefits that…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Background, Teacher Salaries
Talmi, Ayelet – ZERO TO THREE, 2013
Case studies provide numerous opportunities for professional development and can be particularly helpful in transdiciplinary training. This article offers suggestions for how to use the "Zero to Three" Journal's "Stories From the Field" series of articles across a variety of settings and roles such as clinical practice, program…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Guidelines, Young Children, Case Studies
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Jinnah-Ghelani, Hamida A.; Stoneman, Zolinda – Child Care in Practice, 2009
When a school-age child with disabilities is accepted into a childcare setting, it is only the first step. The sustenance of the care option depends on whether the setting makes appropriate adaptations to accommodate the child with disability in the setting. Parents face a host of challenges related to adaptations and accommodations. This study…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Focus Groups, Disabilities, Mainstreaming
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Dayan, Yael – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2008
The role of a practicum supervisor of early childhood students has received limited research attention in discussions of professional practice in this field. This article discusses four phases in the author's personal journey towards professionalism in this role. The phases reflect an ongoing research-practice cycle: Phase 1 involved a research…
Descriptors: Practicums, Practicum Supervision, Young Children, Role Perception
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Caruso, Joseph J. – Young Children, 2000
Presents a six-phase model of the interdependent relationship between cooperating teachers and their student teachers in early childhood settings: (1) anticipation/excitement for cooperating teachers and anxiety/euphoria for student teachers; (2) confusion/clarity for both; (3) onstage/backstage and competence/inadequacy; (4) letting go/hanging on…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Individual Development, Models