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Cologon, Kathy; Cologon, Timothy; Mevawalla, Zinnia; Niland, Amanda – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2019
While the importance of inclusive approaches to research has been identified, much childhood research is still done 'to' not 'with' young children, with research focusing on the experiences of children who experience disability commonly involving data from parents/families/practitioners, rather than from children themselves. In this article, we…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Social Isolation, Disabilities, Participatory Research
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Lawrence, Penny – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2019
This article addresses findings about knowing rather than assuming dialogical interactions between children. Understanding the nature of relation indicates the form of children's interaction within participatory pedagogy. During a Dialogical Approach to Observation two-year-old children, their parents and key person practitioners also enact…
Descriptors: Interaction, Dialogs (Language), Interpersonal Communication, Childrens Attitudes
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Goyal, Namrata; Wice, Matthew; Aladro, Alyson; Kallberg-Shroff, Malin; Miller, Joan G. – Developmental Psychology, 2019
The present three-study investigation examined cultural influences on the internalization of social expectations. Testing the claim of self-determination theory that lesser internalization of social expectations is linked to socialization practices that portray social expectations as in conflict with autonomy, in Study 1 we undertook a content…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cultural Influences, Self Determination, Personal Autonomy
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Vehabovic, Nermin – Journal of Literacy Research, 2021
This multiple case study is part of a larger investigation of literacy practices in "Our Home," an after-school program that provides learning support to children from refugee backgrounds. I asked, "What happens when translingual children from refugee backgrounds respond to multicultural, transnational, and translingual…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Critical Literacy, Social Justice, Social Problems
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Finney, Rebecca; Atkinson, Cathy; Barclay, Mike; Tawil, Ben – Educational & Child Psychology, 2020
Aim: This study gathered views of 10 to 12-years-old pupils about their play experiences before and after transition to secondary school, comparing access to their right to play. Method: A multiple-case study design was used to gather views of six Year 6 primary pupils and six Year 7 secondary pupils living in the same community in the United…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Play, Family Environment, Permissive Environment
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Choi, Naya; Kim, Taeyeon; Kiaer, Jieun; Morgan-Brown, Jessica – SAGE Open, 2020
This article analyzes the relationship between Korean mothers' beliefs about early childhood English education and preschoolers' attitudes toward English learning. English experiences in the home were also projected to be significantly related to the aforementioned factors. Participants consisted of 159 mother-child pairs in South Korea. This…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Attitudes, Educational Attainment, Parent Background
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Kinskey, Melanie – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2020
There has been a focus on improving teachers' views of nature of science for decades. The method in which researchers improve views of nature of science, however, varies greatly. This study aimed to improve elementary preservice teachers' views of nature of science and nature of science instruction through a course assignment that required the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Speech Skills, Listening Skills, Writing Skills
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Greenberg, Zeev; Shenaar-Golan, Vered – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2020
Single mothers living in poverty face numerous challenges raising their children. Their environs, limited free time, and difficulties negotiating daily life are obstacles that programmes attempt to circumvent by helping their children break free from the cycle of poverty. These issues are discussed in literature on the importance of increasing…
Descriptors: One Parent Family, Mothers, Role Models, Poverty
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Högman, Johan; Augustsson, Christian; Hedström, Pernilla – Sport, Education and Society, 2020
In a scientific effort to understand the reasons for low physical-activity levels among children, there is a need to consider how children perceive and interact with their complex environments holistically. This study outlines an image of the perceived landscape within which children in two lower-socioeconomic contexts engage in daily physical…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Childrens Attitudes, Children, Rural Areas
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Kaplun, Catherine – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2019
Children's views have often been supplementary to those of adults in research on children's lives. With growing awareness of the Rights of the Child, children are being engaged as experts in their own lives, that is, young people who have valid perspectives on the things that matter and are important to them. In this study, a draw-write-tell…
Descriptors: Freehand Drawing, Childrens Rights, Sociocultural Patterns, School Readiness
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Jones, Charlotte; Aubrey, Carol – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2019
This case study attempts to capture the way gender is constructed and experienced in the social world of the nursery school. It presents findings from a staff survey, structured and unstructured observations of one male's and one female's professional practice and one-to-one interviews with children aged three to four years. Despite practitioners'…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Gender Differences, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers
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Blumenthal, Howard – Childhood Education, 2019
Kids on Earth is a free online collection of interviews with children and teenagers, 8 years old to 15 years old, living around the world and sharing details about their lives, hopes, dreams, and interests. It is a unique tool for learning about the world and the young people who live in it.
Descriptors: Interviews, Children, Adolescents, Childrens Attitudes
Sidney, Pooja G.; Thompson, Clarissa A.; Fitzsimmons, Charles; Taber, Jennifer M. – Grantee Submission, 2019
People's attitudes toward mathematics are multifaceted. Across four studies, we found that children and adults have different attitudes about mathematics when asked specifically about whole numbers, as opposed to fractions. The vast majority of children and adults reported negative attitudes toward fractions despite having positive attitudes…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Childrens Attitudes, Adults
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Gebretsadik, Daniel – Global Studies of Childhood, 2017
Based mainly on an in-depth and multifaceted qualitative study of 24 purposely selected street working children in Dilla town, Southern Ethiopia, this study attempts to shed light on children's use of streets as places of work, survival, socialization, play, learning and growth. Children see street work as a source of livelihood, evidence of…
Descriptors: Childrens Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Child Labor, Child Welfare
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Adam, Helen; Barratt-Pugh, Caroline – Australian Educational Researcher, 2020
The importance of recognising, valuing and respecting a child's family, culture, language and values is increasingly articulated in educational policy. Diversity and inclusion are central themes of the guiding principles of early childhood education and care in Australia. Children's literature can be a powerful tool for extending children's…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Early Childhood Education, Child Care Centers, Kindergarten
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