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Crystal Swinton Cooper – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The early childhood field is increasingly beginning to recognize the importance of integrating science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematical concepts into preschool classrooms. Despite this recognition, preschool teachers often face challenges integrating these subjects due to insufficient knowledge, training, and resources. This…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Role of Education, Teacher Attitudes, STEM Education
Raed Zedan – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2024
Exploring the perceptions and challenges faced by beginning teachers and kindergarten teachers in the realm of distance learning reveals critical insights into the evolving landscape of early education in a digital age. The present study explored the challenges and difficulties experienced by beginning teachers and kindergarteners in the context…
Descriptors: Distance Education, COVID-19, Pandemics, Kindergarten
Myriam Chrétien-Vincent; Marie Grandisson; Chantal Desmarais; Élise Milot – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2024
Strategies to support children's participation when their sensory needs are not met are misunderstood and not sufficiently supported by scientific evidence. However, early childhood educators who work with autistic children in an inclusive setting need support to understand these reactions and implement effective strategies to promote their…
Descriptors: Sensory Integration, Early Intervention, Capacity Building, Occupational Therapy
Shelley I. Gray; M. Jeanne Wilcox; Mark Reiser – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2024
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to test the efficacy of the Teaching Early Literacy and Language (TELL) curriculum package for improving the early literacy and oral language skills of preschoolers from low-income families. Method: In a randomized controlled trial (RCT), TELL was implemented in 30 TELL and 28 business-as-usual classrooms.…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Preschool Children, Low Income Students, Instructional Effectiveness
Pinar Bozca; Eylem Yalçinkaya Önder – Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2024
This research explores the perceptions of preservice teachers in Turkey in terms of their preparedness for various disasters, including epidemics, earthquakes, fires, and floods, all of which have profound social and economic impacts on education. Using a descriptive survey model, the study examined the responses of 512 preservice teachers at a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Readiness, Natural Disasters
Xiyao Liang; Supinda Lertlit – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2024
In the global context, male participation in early childhood education is notably low, with only 3% of the workforce in mainland China comprising male professionals. This study delves into the intrinsic motivation of male kindergarten teachers, employing the framework of self-determination theory. Qualitative research, comprising face-to-face…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Males
Rahime Çiçek – Online Submission, 2024
The current study was conducted to determine the attitudes of preservice preschool teachers toward artificial intelligence and to identify their views on AI and its application in education. This study was conducted using a sequential mixed methods design. Initially, the attitudes of 145 preservice preschool teachers toward artificial intelligence…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Student Attitudes
Alexa Ellis; Pamela E. Davis-Kean – Journal of Educational Research, 2024
The relation between mathematical achievement in early childhood and future academic success is well established. However, our knowledge about the effect of instruction on mathematical performance is often reliant upon self-report or videotaped instruction measures and standardized achievement assessments. The current study uses teacher audio…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Kindergarten, Young Children, Mathematics Instruction
Chelsea D. St. Julien – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In this study, the researcher used the quantitative descriptive methodology to explore and more clearly describe teachers' knowledge of dyslexia to improve dyslexia referral and evaluation practices for students on at-risk campuses. The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine what English-language arts teachers who teach kindergarten,…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Knowledge Level, Referral, Evaluation Methods
Carina Alvarez; Jason Downer – Early Education and Development, 2024
Research Findings: As the population of Hispanic children grows within U.S. preschools, it is increasingly important to understand how these classrooms facilitate school readiness, such as positive engagement with teachers, peers, and tasks, for Spanish-speaking Dual Language Learners (DLLs). A growing literature base indicates that DLL students'…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Language Usage, Spanish, Hispanic American Students
Ramazan Sak; Martin Skutil; Ikbal Tuba Sahin-Sak; Pavel Zikl; Esref Nas; Marie Herynková – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
This quantitative survey-based study examines 366 Czech and 532 Turkish preschool teachers' compassion levels and psychological well-being. The Adult Compassion Scale and Psychological Well-being Scale were used as the data-collection tools, and Mann-Whitney U testing and Kruskal Wallis-H testing were used for data analysis. Although Turkish…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Empathy, Well Being
Lindsay E. Beatty – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Existing research has suggested that multilingualism is an asset in many regards (e.g., cognitively, socially, culturally), yet many U.S. schools have created linguistically exclusive environments for multilingual learners (MLLs) by prioritizing/centering English language instruction and perpetuating deficit views of multilingualism for students…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Multilingualism, Early Childhood Teachers, Bilingual Students
Georgina Normile – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2024
Where 'wellbeing' is referred to in relation to children from Armed Forces (service) backgrounds, it is often done so in absence of an exploration of this conceptually vague term. This is problematic, as there are multiple interpretations and discourses of wellbeing which, in turn, influence how it is both understood and operationalised by…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Military Service, Well Being, Armed Forces
María Elena González-Alfaya; Rosario Mérida-Serrano; Mª de los Ángeles Olivares-García; Julia Rodríguez-Carrillo – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2024
This article deals with one of the multiple and complex aspects that shapes quality in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), such as teachers' professional development. It presents the successful case of the RIECU Network in Spain in which for almost two decades the following institutions have been cooperating: (1) the university, responsible…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Faculty Development, Child Care Centers
Yajie Zhang; Beijia Tan; Yaping Yue; Mengzhu Cui – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
Critical thinking is essential for young children and can be enhanced through appropriate and supportive curricula. With the rich affordance of digitalization, this study evaluated the effects of a hybrid STEM curriculum on critical thinking skills in 74 kindergarteners (42 boys and 32 girls) aged 5.83-7.25 years (Mean = 6.44, SD = 0.31) from a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Young Children, Blended Learning