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Domingo-Segovia, Jesús; Bolívar-Ruano, Rosel; Rodríguez-Fernández, Sonia; Bolívar, Antonio – Learning Environments Research, 2020
The analysis of professional community is a good indicator of the degree of professional and institutional development of a school. The Professional Learning Community Assessment--Revised (PLCA-R) is one of the most internationally-recognised instruments for evaluating professional learning and collegiality in primary and secondary schools.…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Elementary Secondary Education, Test Construction, Translation
Andersson, Kristina; Gullberg, Annica; Danielsson, Anna T.; Scantlebury, Kathryn; Hussénius, Anita – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2020
This study examines preservice preschool teachers' university science education experience. The empirical data are from a research and intervention project conducted on teacher education programs at two Swedish universities. We analyzed one of the assignments completed by 111 students within a science course as well as their conversations about…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Teacher Education Programs, Science Education, Preservice Teachers
Bahlmann Bollinger, Chelsey M.; Myers, Joy K. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2020
Few studies connect teachers' intentionality with children's writing in play-based contexts. Thus, the goal of this study (n = 5) was to examine how the use of stations and intentional teaching encouraged writing in two preschool classrooms. Interviews with the preschool director and classroom teachers as well as observations of the children…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers
Robertson, Natalie; Yim, Bonnie; Paatsch, Louise – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
Dramatic play is a typical activity that provides many benefits for preschool children's learning and development. This paper presents the findings of a mixed-method study that examined the level of preschool children's involvement in dramatic play and the connection between this involvement and the quality of the classroom environment. The study…
Descriptors: Dramatic Play, Educational Quality, Teaching Methods, Student Participation
D'Agostino, Sophia; Douglas, Sarah N.; Horton, Elizabeth – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
This single-case investigation was designed to evaluate the effects of telehealth training on practitioner implementation of a naturalistic developmental behavioral intervention (NDBI). Six general education preschool practitioners engaged in an intervention with six children with varying disabilities in inclusive classroom settings. The…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Intervention
Nasiopoulou, Panagiota – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2020
This study aims to explore profiles of preschool teachers' intentions when they divide the children into subgroups. Interactionist perspectives, Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory, and a pedagogical perspective on preschool quality provide the foundation for the study's theoretical framework. By applying a person-centered analytical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Intention, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Burnett, Cathy; Merchant, Guy; Neumann, Michelle M. – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2020
This conceptual article examines how ready-made assumptions about literacy both frame and limit understandings of new communicative practices in educational contexts. Proposing a tripartite heuristic that interrogates the appearance of literacy in terms of emergence, semblance and performance, it uses stories from a study of touchscreen tablets in…
Descriptors: Literacy, Interpersonal Communication, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Timur, Serkan; Yalçinkaya-Önder, Eylem; Timur, Betül; Özes, Belemir – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of astronomy activities in science education with preschool children through semi-structured interviews. The interviews were conducted with the children before and after the implementation of the activities. Five activities about astronomy were conducted for five weeks in practice. A total…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Science Instruction, Science Activities, Preschool Education
Inchaustegui, Yeni Acosta; Alsina, Ángel – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2020
The mathematics curricula of countries such as the United States, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand have started to incorporate the teaching of algebra in early childhood education. From this perspective, our study has two objectives: (a) to design a learning trajectory and teaching itinerary introducing patterns for children between the ages…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Learning Processes, Algebra, Mathematics Instruction
Education Commission of the States, 2020
Following a high-quality early care and pre-K experience, the kindergarten-through-third-grade years set the foundation upon which future learning builds; and strengthening this continuum creates opportunities for later success. Key components of a quality experience in K-3 include school readiness and transitions, kindergarten requirements,…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Policy, Primary Education, Student Adjustment
McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership at National Louis University, 2020
Early educational interventions, such as Head Start, have been widely recognized as an effective way to mitigate the negative effects of poverty on early learning and development (Camilli, Vargas, Ryan, & Barnett, 2010). In the past decade, there has been a strong expansion of early childhood programming, including Head Start and state-funded…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Intervention, School Readiness
Pearson, P. David, Ed.; Palincsar, Annemarie Sullivan, Ed.; Biancarosa, Gina, Ed.; Berman, Amy I., Ed. – National Academy of Education, 2020
In 2009, the U.S. Institute of Education Sciences (IES) allocated $120 million to establish the Reading for Understanding (RfU) initiative. This initiative responded to concern that children's improvement in reading comprehension had leveled off over the previous few decades, coupled with the observation that research on reading comprehension had…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Comprehension, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Aponte Medina, Vanessa – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The family is the axis of the initial formation of the individual in the early stage of his life. The attachment and affective ties that are established through the interactions between its members and the experiences that are shared, promote meaningful learning. Through this research, the perception families have about exposing their children to…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Family Role, Family Attitudes, Reading
Collins, Jonathan; Robinson, Jamie; Smith, Jessica; Wiebke, Sara; Throndsen, Jennifer – Utah State Board of Education, 2020
During the 2019 General Session, the Legislature passed Senate Bill 166, "School Readiness Amendments," to improve the coordination and alignment of preschool programming. This report is provided to the Education Interim Committee as a summary of an evaluation of and the efficacy of both the highquality school readiness grant programs.…
Descriptors: Grants, Educational Finance, Educational Quality, School Readiness
Ekinci-Vural, Deniz; Dogan-Altun, Zübeyde – African Educational Research Journal, 2021
The purpose of this study was to understand Turkish early childhood teachers' views and practices of parent involvement (PI). Qualitative research design was utilized for this research by asking five open-ended research questions to one hundred female teachers who work in the public preschools. The results of the study indicated that teachers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Participation, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Teacher Attitudes