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Puskás, Tünde; Jeppsson, Fredrik; Andersson, Anita – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2023
This study is part of a larger project with the general aim of developing the ability of preschool teachers to reflect critically on questions, topics and theories related to different understandings of death(s). The article is based on three focus-group interviews with a focus on how preschool teachers reflect on what, how, why and when they…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Reflection, Death
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Adriana Wiegerová; Anna Tirpáková; Barbora Petru Puhrová; Beáta Deutscherová – Teacher Development, 2025
This study explores the resilience of preschool and elementary school teachers (ISCED Level 1) in the Czech Republic. The data were gathered from a sample of 476 preschool teachers and 193 elementary school teachers using The Sense of Coherence Scale, a 29-item measure developed by Antonovsky. This scale consists of three dimensions, specifically…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Resilience (Psychology), Preschool Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
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Jurka Lepicnik Vodopivec; Aleksandra Šindic – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2025
Early Childhood Environmental Education (EECE) and Early Childhood Education for Sustainability (ECEfS) are becoming increasingly integrated into preschool curricula, highlighting their key role in shaping environmentally conscious and sustainably oriented generations from an early age. The mentioned concepts represent the theoretical starting…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Sustainability, Environmental Education, Preschool Education
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Alecia Marie Magnifico; Jayne C. Lammers; Francesca Kennedy; Bethany Silva – Reading Teacher, 2025
Fans often express their love of authors or books by creating and sharing "fanfiction," a genre wherein fans write new narratives that add to beloved works or take place in existing story worlds. In this article, we describe a kindergarten teacher's efforts to enhance students' foundational literacy skills by combining author studies…
Descriptors: Fiction, Literary Genres, Preschool Teachers, Literacy
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Kayla Murphy; Keri Giordano; Tanaysha Deloach – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused a mandatory shift from in-person instruction to online learning for many young children. Teachers needed to adjust to virtual teaching, children were isolated from their peers, and parents played a bigger role in learning during the pandemic. In 2021, the shift back to in-person learning occurred. Research has…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Teacher Attitudes, Preschool Teachers
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Amélie Desmeules; Christine Hamel; Anabelle Viau-Guay; Caroline Bouchard – Teacher Development, 2024
Make-believe play (MBP) provides kindergarteners with an authentic form of engagement that is particularly favourable to the development of oral and written language. As part of an action research study, an activity-oriented professional development (PD) program incorporating video was established to provide kindergarten teachers with guidance on…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Faculty Development, Play
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Yumin Zhang; Miao Chen; Xiaoyan Li – Sport, Education and Society, 2024
Men are traditionally portrayed as being successful in sports, and male teachers in physical activities are portrayed as successful teachers. How do female teachers perceive the gender role of kindergarten teachers in early childhood physical activities? Using hegemonic masculinity theory as an analytical tool, semi-structured interviews with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Davoud Masoumi; Maryam Bourbour – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Developing children's abilities to act safely, respectfully, and responsibly in digital environments has been an essential component of educational systems for all ages. This study aims to explore what adequate digital competence is in early childhood education and how preschool teachers characterise young children's adequate digital competence.…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, Technology Uses in Education
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Maria Mavrides Calderon – School Community Journal, 2024
Uncertified teachers are the foundation of early childhood systems across the nation. As states and districts move into professionalizing early childhood education, experienced but uncertified teachers are facing the need to enroll in teacher preparation programs to receive certification and retain their jobs. This article investigates the effects…
Descriptors: Teacher Qualifications, Teacher Certification, Preschool Teachers, Educational Policy
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Kristín Dýrfjörð – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2024
This article critically analyses the dynamic role of the Preschool Teachers' Union in Iceland, tracing its strategic moves within the educational and political spheres from inception to the present. The union's formative years were marked by a fight to become a fully fledged union and active participation in foundational negotiations that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Preschool Teachers
Donita Sinone Kirkland – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive case study was to focus on teachers' perceptions regarding professional development training for early childhood education. The problem addressed in this study was the inadequate amount of professional development training available for early childhood teachers to address children with challenging…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Preschool Teachers, Faculty Development
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Ryan E. Fink; Katarina Suwak; Gwendolyn M. Lawson; Abigail Gray; A. Brooks Bowden – Grantee Submission, 2024
Teachers play a critical role in deciding what curricula are used in their classrooms. We examine the factors that teachers describe influencing their sustainment or discontinuation of a literacy curriculum, "Zoology One," following their participation in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) examining the curriculum's efficacy. This study…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Primary Education, Preschool Teachers
Jennifer Chan Jimenez – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This phenomenological qualitative study explores how public school pre-kindergarten teachers in Florida perceive their principals' understanding of early learning standards and developmentally appropriate practices. The problem addressed is that prekindergarten teachers are evaluated by their principals using state-approved evaluation rubrics…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Principals, Teacher Evaluation
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Nijole Bražiene; Skaiste Koviene – Journal of Pedagogy, 2024
In Lithuania, citizenship education for preschool children was not regulated until 2022, and consequently the related issues have not yet received much attention from Lithuanian researchers. However, based on the insights of scientists from other countries it can be argued that in order for children to be active citizens when they grow up, it is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers
Courtney E. O'Grady – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study was to explore how teachers perceived challenging behavior in contrast to behaviors that exemplify social-emotional competence, while attending to how descriptions of behavior varied based on child demographics such as gender, race/ethnicity, and disability status. Using a DisCrit lens, this study was conducted under the…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Behavior Problems, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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