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Fridborg Jonsdottir; Jóhanna Einarsdóttir – Educational Action Research, 2024
This article addresses the pedagogical practices applied by teachers at pre and primary school level when working with children with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (CALD) as well as potential challenges in a research collaboration between teachers and academics. A praxeological study was conducted with two preschool teachers and…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Teaching Methods, Cultural Differences, Language Usage
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Zachrisen, Berit – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2016
Developing a sense of belonging and experiences about the value of community are important democratic values that children may learn during play in preschool. Through the different ways that teachers' interact with children during play, children can learn about democratic values. This study is part of a Nordic project on values education in early…
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Play, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers
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Gunnarsdottir, Bryndis – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2014
Iceland has a strong tradition of universal public early childhood education and care (ECEC) services for children. The traditional pedagogy is founded on play-based learning with the holistic view of the development of the child is central to practice. With increased interest in education following the 2008 financial crisis, there are signs that…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Play, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
Raider-Roth, Miriam, Ed.; Silin, Jonathan, Ed. – Bank Street College of Education, 2015
This issue is a Festschrift in honor of Harriet K. Cuffaro, a Bank Street College faculty member from 1968-1998. A Festschrift--a volume reflecting the values, theories, and passions of a senior scholar in a field--seeks to offer scholarship that builds on these contributions. Harriet Cuffaro has touched and shaped more lives of teachers,…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Early Childhood Education, Teaching Methods, Decision Making
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Einarsdottir, Johanna – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2014
The article describes a collaborative action research in a preschool in Reykjavik. The participants were two preschool teachers who collaborated with researchers at the University of Iceland. The project was set up as a professional development course for the teachers. Emphasis was placed on continuity in children's education, integration of play…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Preschool Teachers, Faculty Development
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Petursdottir, Anna-Lind; Sigurdardottir, Zuilma Gabriela – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2006
Two staff members working in different preschools received training in the form of instructions, modeling, immediate feedback, and social reinforcement of good performance. Effects of training were assessed with a multiple baseline ABCDCDCD design. Correct use of basic behavioral teaching techniques increased from 16-31% to 92-95% and the rate of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Reinforcement, Feedback, Generalization