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Hui, Man-yee Mary, and 許文愉. "Educating "moral" children: observations froma preschool." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B35416919.
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Hui, Man-yee Mary. "Educating "moral" children observations from a preschool /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B35416919.
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Phisalaphong, Rathdow. "Teacher Practice, Curriculum, and Children's Moral Development in Buddhist Temple Preschools in Thailand." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2001. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3001/.
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This study investigated what constitutes a moral development program in Buddhist temple preschools in Thailand. The researcher employed three qualitative methods: structured, in-depth interviews, observations of teachers' instruction, and document analysis of curriculum guides. Four Buddhist temple preschools were selected as the sites. Participants for interview included three abbots and one head nun, four principals, and twelve teachers. Participants for observations included four teachers of third year classes in each preschool. The study concentrated on four research questions: (a) what are the elements of the character education curriculum? (b) How do teachers teach moral development concepts and skills? (c) What are the teachers' perceptions of the moral development of third year preschoolers? (d) How do teachers assess their pupils' moral development? Key findings for the research questions were: character education was not a subject in the National Preschool Curriculum which was implemented in the Buddhist temple preschools. Core morality was integrated into every topic. The moral behaviors emphasized in the curriculum and the lesson plans included discipline, mindfulness, kindness, helpfulness, patience, honesty, respect, thriftiness, and politeness. The Buddhist concept of the process of moral development includes character education and meditation. The preschoolers were trained to pay respect to teachers and parents as an obedience approach to character education. Preparation of teachers included screening for their values and pre-service training. The instruction of meditation was approached gradually and aroused the children's interest. After three years of schooling, the third year preschoolers were well-behaved, helpful, and kind; no aggressive behaviors were reported. The assessment of moral development of preschoolers was based on observation of the teachers throughout the school year. Implications for practice are discussed, including procedures for gathering information on beliefs, attitudes, and culture of the parents before implementation of different models of moral development. Finally, future research directions are proposed.
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Vu, Jennifer Anh-Thu. "Representations of relationships children have with mothers, teachers, and friends, and their relation to social competence." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1872211291&sid=2&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Maness, Brandie D. "Preschool Teachers' Perceptions of Children Prenatally Exposed to Drugs." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3384.
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With the incidence of prenatal drug exposure increasing, it is important that preschool teachers are prepared and confident in serving the needs of children affected by this exposure. Teachers need more training and education to prepare them for working with children with prenatal drug exposure.
The purpose of this sequential mixed-methods study was to explore the perceptions, training, and shared experiences of preschool teachers when working with 4- and 5-year-old preschool children who have experienced prenatal drug exposure. The researcher invited 77 preschool teachers in northeast Tennessee working in either Head Start or Tennessee Voluntary Pre-K Initiative programs to complete an initial quantitative survey – of which 53 participated. Of the survey participants, 34 reported they might have worked with a child with prenatal drug exposure. Six of those teachers who said they had experience with children with prenatal drug exposure participated in a follow up semi-structured interview with the researcher.
The findings revealed that preschool teachers were favorable toward children with prenatal drug exposure regarding the children’s ability to learn. Preschool teachers were already using many effective interventions (e.g., working one-on-one with the child, offering flexible seating options, repetition of information) that they may have used with other children with special needs, but they were eager for more information about the best way to work with these children. School leaders and those in teacher preparation programs would be excellent advocates in spreading knowledge and translating medical knowledge into resources more applicable to the teaching and childcare profession. It is important that the information become more accessible to all teachers and stakeholders in education.
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Sareh, Narges. "Gender differences in preschool teachers' math talk with children." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/asrf/2018/schedule/82.
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Various studies have found differences in males’ and females’ mathematical achievement, with boys’ achievement scores higher than girls’. However, the difference in mathematical achievement does not appear to exist yet when children are younger (e.g., in preschool or kindergarten), but rather we begin to observe this gender achievement gap in middle school and high school. These findings raise the question about what is happening in pre- and elementary school that may cause this achievement gap to appear. Research suggests that there is a relationship between the amount of teachers’ math talk and preschool children’s conventional mathematical knowledge. Studies suggest that teachers’ math talk is significantly related to the growth of mathematical knowledge. The amount of input boys and girls receive from preschool teachers’ can be one of the causes of the gap in their math achievement in later years. Various studies measured the amount of teachers’ math talk in the classroom however there are very few research that investigated the influence of gender on the amount of preschool teachers’ math talk. The current study investigated the effects of children’s gender on preschool teachers’ math talk. The purpose of the study was to investigate the amount of preschool teachers’ math talk with children as well as the effect of children’s gender on the amount and type of preschool teachers’ math talk. The data was collected as part of another study which aimed to create a database of quality early childhood practices. The participants of the current study were 2 teachers (1 teacher and 1 assistant teacher) in a preschool classroom and the 16 (7 girls. 9 boys) children in their classroom. Permissions were obtained from teachers and children’s families. The teachers were videotaped during the free play time and the videos were coded for the amount and type of math talk using Observational Coding Matrix which is a checklist of 8 different math categories. The results showed a statistically significant difference for the amount of total math talk that boys received comparing to girls, in favor of the boys. Although, boys received more math talk in most of the math categories, the operation was the type in which the gender difference was statistically significant. Although the sample size was small the gender difference was statistically significant, which shows the importance of studies that investigate the gender differences in teachers’ math talk.
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Oladunjoye, Olayemi Kemi. "iPad and computer devices in preschool : A tool for literacy development among teachers and children in preschool." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Barn- och ungdomsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-92600.
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The title of this thesis is "iPad and Computer devices in Preschool: A tool for literacy development among teachers and children in preschool." The study was an exploration of how teachers and their pupils put iPad and other computer devices into use in early childhood education. This study was a qualitative research study, based on the observation of the pupils and the interviews of the teachers. In this study, observation of the children and interviewing of the teachers over a period of five weeks produced significant results. The children participants in the observation were approximately 60 and they were between the ages of 3 to 6,5 years. Four preschool teachers and one preschool teaching assistant were interviewed in an attempt to substantiate the use of ICT in early childhood education. The overall result of the study was that the teachers’ positive attitude towards iPad helped to enhance and facilitate the development of literacy skills in the children. This study provided evidence of how children created their own learning environment by actively practising their reading, writing, and comprehension skills. It also showed how ICT enhanced social interaction and developed intra-action activities among the children, to a situation that eventually led to the development in their learning.
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Li, Linlin. "Parents and teachers' beliefs about preschool inclusion in P.R. China." Greensboro, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2007. http://libres.uncg.edu/edocs/etd/1487LinlinLi/umi-uncg-1487.pdf.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2007.Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Mar. 3, 2008). Directed by Linda L. Hestenes; submitted to the School of Human Environmental Sciences. Includes bibliographical references (p. 114-123).
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Lange, Alissa A., and Kimberly Brenneman. "Effects of a STEM Preschool Professional Development Model on Teachers, Coaches, and Children." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4194.
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Preschool STEM is important for later learning for all children, including dual language learners (DLLs). However the preschool workforce is generally not well prepared to teach STEM or to work with DLLs. The objectives of the SciMath-DLL professional development (PD) model are to increase preschool teacher knowledge and improve classroom instruction around science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), improve educators’ attitudes toward teaching STEM, enhance classroom supports for dual language learners (DLLs), and improve coaching. This paper reports on the effects of participation in SciMath-DLL workshops, individualized reflective coaching cycles (RCCs), and professional learning communities (PLCs) on educators and children in a qualitative design and development study. Future work will test effects experimentally.
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Sterling, Stephanie A. "Preschool teaching experience and special education support systems a survey of western Pennsylvania /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 1999. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=715.
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Thesis (M.A.)--West Virginia University, 1999.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains iii, 30 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 29-30).
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Smith, David Michael. "Filial Therapy with Teachers of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Preschool Children." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2002. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3115/.
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The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Filial Therapy training in increasing teachers of deaf and hard of hearing preschool students': 1) empathic responsiveness with their students; 2) communication of acceptance to their students; 3) allowance of self-direction by their students. A second purpose was to determine the effectiveness of Filial Therapy training in reducing experimental group students': 1) overall behavior problems; 2) internalizing behaviors; and 3) externalizing behavior problems. Filial Therapy is a didactic/dynamic modality used by play therapists to train parents and teachers to be therapeutic agents with their children and students. Teachers are taught primary child-centered play therapy skills for use with their own students in weekly play sessions with their students. Teachers learn to create a special environment that enhances and strengthens the teacher-student emotional bond by means of which both teacher and child are assisted in personal growth and change. The experimental group (N=24) consisted of 12 teachers, who participated in 11 weekly Filial Therapy training sessions (22 total instructional hours) during the fall semester at the preschool of a center for communications disorders, and 12 students chosen by the teachers as their student of focus. Teachers and students met once a week during the training for 30 minute teacher student play sessions in a room specified for this purpose. The non-treatment comparison group received no training during the 11 weeks. Teacher participants completed two written instruments: the Child Behavior Checklist/Caregiver-Teacher Report Form and the Meadow-Kendall Social-Emotional Assessment Inventory for Deaf and Hearing Impaired Students. Teachers who received Filial Therapy training were videotaped during student teacher play sessions. The videotaped sessions were used for pretest and posttest evaluation for the Measurement of Empathy in Adult-Child Interaction. Analysis of covariance revealed the children in the experimental group significantly decreased overall behavior problems. Teachers in the experimental group increased communication of empathy with their students of focus, significantly increased their attitude of acceptance with their students, and significantly increased in their ability to allow the students appropriate self-direction. This study supports Filial Therapy as an effective method of training teachers of deaf and hard of hearing preschool children to be therapeutic agents of change with their students.
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Mohamad, Hanapi. "Promoting creativity in early childhood education in Brunei." University of Western Australia. Graduate School of Education, 2006. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2006.0130.
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[Truncated abstract] The overall aim of this study was to examine Bruneian preschool teachers’ conceptions about creativity (including factors related to creativity), their beliefs on how to promote children’s creativity in the classroom, how their beliefs may influence their actual practice and whether their practices are consistent with the requirements of the Brunei National Curriculum. It will also try to identify any factors that constrain or influence teachers’ practice. The research employed a grounded theory approach involving semi-structured interviews and classroom observations of preschool teachers. The findings of this study indicate that the teachers primarily conceptualise creativity as something mainly but not exclusively to do with art work . . . Teachers’ actual practice mainly consists of teacher control, enforcement of obedience, rote learning, teacher directed and teacher chosen activities and heavy emphasis on whole-class teaching. Other mediating constraints on their promotion of creativity included: pressure from Primary 1 teachers, parents and the officials in Ministry of Educations to complete and adhere to the National Curriculum; teachers’ own pedagogical limitations; large class size; lack of adult help and the presence of special children in the classroom; lack of resources and pressure from other non-teaching commitments. The implication of the findings are that further research needs to be conducted into Brunei’s preschool teacher training programmes, to identify contradictory messages about the value of creativity and to find a more culturally appropriate way of promoting children’s creativity through the curriculum.
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El-Moslimany, Hebbah, and Alissa A. Lange. "Expanding a Math and Science Library-Based Program to Reach Preschool Teachers and Children." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4193.
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Math and Science Story Time (MASST) program is a library-based informal education program that aims to increase access to high-quality early science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) books, activities, and content for young children. We developed and piloted resources to expand MASST beyond a family engagement program by inviting preschools to participate in the program. The purpose was to connect the local library with preschool classrooms, provide resources for educators, and bridge the gap between formal and informal learning environments. The present study examines the effects of participation in MASST on preschool educators and children.
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Mickey, Deborah S. "Vocabulary Growth in Preschool Children Whose Teachers Use Instructional Conversation Strategies Based on Storybooks." Wittenberg University / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=witt1203601206.
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Kim, Yeon Ha. "Korean ece teachers' strategies for addressing challenging behavior." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5932.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on December 26, 2007) Includes bibliographical references.
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Kingsmill, Bryan Matthew. "Students' and Teachers' Socialization Beliefs about Shy/Withdrawn Students: Preschool-Grade 2." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1276652174.
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Pereira, Charmaine. "Teachers in day nurseries : observations of children's behaviour and the nature of talk by teachers and nursery nurses to children." Thesis, n.p, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/.
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Ting, Chia-Wei. "Taiwanese Preschool Teachers' Awareness of Cultural Diversity of New Immigrant Children: Implications for Practice." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2009. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9915/.
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This study investigated Taiwanese preschool teachers' awareness of cultural diversity of new immigrant children and how this awareness influences their educational practices. In particular, this study focused on the cultural awareness of preschool teachers who work with young Taiwanese children whose mothers are immigrants from Southeast Asia. This study used quantitative and qualitative methods. One hundred seventy-two Taiwanese preschool teachers from the different geographic areas of Taiwan participated in the study. Data were collected through the use of the Cultural Diversity Awareness Inventory (CDAI) survey and participant interviews. Research results of the study revealed: (a) most Taiwanese preschool teachers had an awareness of cultural diversity, but their perceptions of how to create a multicultural environment need to be improved; (b) Taiwanese preschool teachers' personal experiences with children from different cultures were more associated with their cultural awareness than their ages and educational levels; (c) Geographic location was the factor affecting preschool teachers' awareness of cultural diversity and educational practices. This study is informative to the understanding of Taiwanese preschool teachers' awareness of cultural diversity and the implications of this awareness for classroom practice. In addition, multicultural perspectives of the Taiwan society toward immigrant families and children can benefit from the findings of this study. Future research should include the cultural needs of new immigrant children and the implementation of practices for educating new immigrant children.
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Ting, Chia-Wei Morrison George S. "Taiwanese preschool teachers' awareness of cultural diversity of new immigrant children implications for practice /." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2009. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-9915.
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Karteri, Chrysiis. "Preschool teachers’ perceptions of inclusion and their setting’s inclusiveness in Greece." Thesis, Jönköping University, HLK, CHILD, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-54181.
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The perceptions of inclusive education play a significant role in the successful implementation of inclusion practices. The purpose of this study was to identify and investigate preschool teachers’ perceptions of inclusive education in mainstream education in Greece, as well as the extent of their settings’ inclusiveness. Their beliefs, actions, personal and professional factors that influence these attitudes were in the center of this study. The data were collected from a sample composed of 33 preschool teachers working in mainstream preschool settings located in urban and rural areas of Greece. This investigation utilized a mixed-method approach collecting data from interviews and questionnaires. The results indicated the preschool teachers’ positive but skeptical perspective. The interviews indicated issues on the practical implementation of inclusive education, due to the lack of expertise and support and the questionnaires confirmed these findings, highlighting the tremendous effort from the teachers’ behalf to work under adverse conditions. These results pointed out a need for continuous training on special and inclusive education and for the collaboration of all structures related to education. Only so, will the positive perceptions among mainstream preschool teachers be able to reach the successful implementation of inclusion at the educational process.
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Oliveira, Amber K. "The Effects of an Intervention That Includes In-Class Coaching on Preschool Teachers and Children." UNF Digital Commons, 2013. http://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/439.
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The impact of high quality early learning experiences on a child's development is profound. Teacher quality has been deemed an important predictor of classroom quality, but currently teachers in Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) in the state of Florida are required to meet minimal training requirements. The purpose of this study was to examine an intervention including in-class coaching as a means of professional development to better prepare preschool teachers. The present study included and examination of the changes in environmental quality, child outcomes, and teacher perceptions after the intervention. Scores obtained were compared before and after the intervention. A two-tailed t-test revealed that the post-test was significantly higher than the pre-test. In particular, two sub-scales were statistically significant, including Space and Furnishings and Activities. The other sub-scales, including a measure of teacher-child interactions and language-reasoning were not significantly changed. An ANOVA indicated no significant differences in kindergarten school readiness scores between centers that received coaching for varying amounts of time. Teachers were interviewed to discover their perception of in-class coaching. After examining in-class coaching from the varying angles, conclusions were drawn: In-class coaching may significantly affect the quality of classrooms, as related to environmental aspects of quality but may not be improving child outcomes. In-class coaching may increase teachers’ validation, inspiration and may contribute to the teachers’ understanding of developmental appropriateness. Conclusions suggest that teachers with a native language other than English may receive additional benefits from an in-class coaching and that effective coaches must have many skills in order to create change in the classrooms in which they work. The final conclusion was that despite its merits, coaching may not be a long-term solution to classroom and teacher quality in the context of low educational requirements, minimal pay, high turnover, and low job satisfaction. Recommendations for future practice and research are suggested.
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Wong, Shu-sing Paul. "A case study on the problems encountered by kindergarten teachers in the teaching of early childhood physical education in Macau : implications for INSET /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1993. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13836596.
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Witthohn, Anna-Lena. "Outdoor Learning as a Chance for Preschool Children to become a ´We´ and an ´I´ : Preschool Teachers´ Perception towards Outdoor Learning in Swedish Preschools." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärande, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-177847.
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The study investigates preschool teachers’ individual perceptions towards outdoor learning in Swedish preschools. The aim is to understand how preschool teachers describe outdoor learning and which effects on children´s behavior are recognized. Furthermore, the study aims to highlight children particularly benefiting from learning outdoors. Therefore, semi-structured interviews following a qualitative research approach are hold in order to outline and evaluate the perceptions of seven preschool teachers working in southern Sweden. A literature review should allow a contextual location focusing on outdoor education and outdoor learning, the Swedish preschool curriculum, nature´s influence on human’s health and well-being and children with special needs. The interviews show that preschool teachers mainly recognize positive effects of learning outdoors regarding children´s social, emotional, cognitive and physical development. Outdoor learning offers children possibilities to play in bigger groups and seems to cause less conflicts. Little attention is put on negative effects only regarding outdoor surroundings. Preschool teachers identify two main character traits of children certainly benefiting from learning outdoors, referring to children needing increased movement and children indoors appearing shy and introverted. As possible explanations for positive effects of outdoor learning on children the preschool teachers mainly relate to larger space and increased feelings of freedom. Nature seems to provide possibilities for a lower distraction of the senses, allowing a clearer perception. Children´s ability to concentrate seems to increase through nature. Additionally, outdoors the opportunity of taking a timeout increases in order to allow children spending time alone.
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Paris, Elizabeth. "Examining the moral development of young children and their naturalistic displays of empathy through service-learning experiences in preschool." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2011. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/492.
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Moral development in preschool is a component of social and emotional development, which also includes self-regulation, interpersonal skills, and school readiness. While service-learning has demonstrated significant benefits to the social-emotional development of older students, very little research has examined the effects of service-learning with young children. The purpose of this study was to create an academic curriculum that would provide preschool children (3 to 5 years old) with a developmentally-appropriate approach to service-learning, and determine if such a curriculum had a measurable effect on naturalistic empathy. Children in two classrooms received a preliminary empathy score based on number of empathetic behaviors relative to time observed. Children in the experimental classroom engaged in a series of lesson plans designed to guide their self-selected service-learning project. Participants in the experimental classroom created an intergenerational project that directly served the residents of a nursing home across the street from their school. A subsequent assessment of empathy measured moral development as a result of the service-learning in comparison to the normal growth and development observed in the control classroom. Results indicate if participation in service-learning increases the number of observed empathetic behaviors. Implications and recommendations for further research are also discussed.B.S.
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Rattanamasmongkol, Pongsuda. "Factors Influencing Preschool Teachers? Perceptions of Behavior Support Strategies for Addressing Young Children?s Emotional and Behavioral Problems." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10002288.
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Factors Influencing Preschool Teachers’ Perceptions of Behavior Support Strategies for Addressing Young Children’s Emotional and Behavioral Problems Preschool teachers play an important role in the process of early identification and intervention for young children who are at-risk for or have emotional and behavioral problems. However, various factors may impede or promote preschool teachers in initiating the process of early identification and intervention for emotional and behavioral problems. This study focused on positive behavior support (PBS) as a system approach to preschool teachers’ identification and intervention for emotional and behavioral problems in young children.
This study used quantitative methods to investigate early childhood education factors that influence preschool teachers’ perceptions of the importance and feasibility of behavior support strategies for addressing young children’s emotional and behavioral problems. Participants were 141 early childhood general and special education teachers who taught 3-5 year-old classrooms in a large, middle Atlantic state during the 2014-2015 school years. The teachers completed a paper-based comprehensive survey that consisted of demographic sections and several validated measures including the Behavior Support Questionnaire. Data were analyzed to examine relative relations among program, teacher, and child factors and the teachers’ perceptions of behavior support strategies, to identify which potential factors (program setting, teaching beliefs, and severity of problem behaviors) best predict the teachers’ perceptions of behavior support strategies, and to determine whether there were significant differences in the perceptions of general education teachers and those of special education teachers regarding behavior support strategies.
Statistically significant findings revealed that preschool teachers across early childhood education settings perceived behavior support strategies as important more than feasible, and that special education teachers perceived behavior support strategies as more important than general education teachers. The findings also showed that professional development, teacher age, and years of teaching experience seemed to influence teachers’ perceptions of the feasibility of behavior support strategies. Program setting appeared to influence teachers’ perceptions of the importance of behavior support strategies. Furthermore, the findings suggested that teaching beliefs tended to influence the teachers’ perceptions of both the importance and feasibility of behavior support strategies, and that the teaching beliefs by far were the strongest predictors of the teachers’ perceptions of the importance and feasibility of behavior support strategies.
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Keir, Charlene (Ying-Ling). "Practices of early childhood development (ECD) practitioners for children from three to five years: a case of three early childhood development centres in the Buffalo City Municipality." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1016269.
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This study investigates practices of early childhood development (ECD) practitioners for children from three to five years in three ECD centres situated within the municipal boundaries of Buffalo City, East London. It does so by posing the following questions: What are the practices of ECD practitioners for children from three to five years in developing learners’ oral language and physical intelligence. This study, using a qualitative approach and Qualitative methods for data collection were used, that is semi-structured interviews and classroom observations. The findings reveal that for oral language development, storytelling and children sharing news seemed to be the most used practices. However, the practitioners in this study seemed to severely lack understanding of their selected practices. Practices for developing children’s physical intelligence included free play, which was unsupervised. Practitioners seemed not to have an understanding of constructive play which is very important for the development of learners’ physical intelligence. One of the factors reported to be the cause of the poor quality of their practices was the critical shortage of funding for practitioners’ professional training. Moreover, shortage of funds also contributed to poor and inappropriate infrastructure and a lack of resources and teaching aids. This study, therefore, recommends that the quality of ECD programmes could be one of the prime contributors to the quality and effectiveness of ECD provisioning.
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Wohlford, Gina Joe. "The Effects of an Observation and Interpretation Intervention (COI/PALS) on Teachers’ Productive and Nonproductive Conversations with Preschool Children." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3352.
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This multiple baseline single-case design study explored the influence that training in observation and interpretation had on teachers’ meaningful conversations with children. Three preschool teachers (1 from public school and 2 from Head Start) were trained using the Cycle of Inquiry System (Broderick & Hong, 2011) that informs of ways to observe and interpret children’s thinking to facilitate developmentally appropriate conversations.
Teachers documented and interpreted observations of children engaged in small group play. Teachers were surveyed pre-training and post-training about observation, interpretation, curriculum, the teacher’s role, and the purpose of teacher interactions with children. Teachers were interviewed to clarify researcher questions and videotaped before the training to establish a baseline on their use of productive conversations with children. Videotaped observations after the training showed the effect of training on teachers’ conversations. Field notes from mentoring and videos were collected to provide insight into the influence of the training. A social validity questionnaire was used to determine if participants found value in the process learned.
Data were evaluated for the 3 participants using graphs to show evidence for the rate of change. The Cycle of Inquiry Intervention increased teachers’ productive conversations with children. Pre-surveys and post-surveys indicated that teacher’s perceptions were positively affected. Teachers perceived productive conversation as important to documenting and interpreting children’s thinking. Their beliefs about children’s theory development and awareness about the role of conversation in the process changed after the intervention. They value observations and documentation to learn about children’s thinking as a way to engage in conversations.
Social validity was used to determine if the goals of training were acceptable, if the training was valued, and if it would influence participants’ teaching. Participants indicated that the Documentation Record (DR) and recording observations was worthwhile and that they would use what was learned during training to increase productive conversations. Two of the 3 participants were concerned about consistency regarding the DR form, indicated it was worthwhile to complete the Interpretation of Children’s Knowledge and Thinking (ICKT) form, but were not sure of their consistency. Curriculum constraints and lack of support could influence their consistency concerns.
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Lau, Vi-vian. "The impact of training in inclusive education on the attitudes of Singapore preschool teachers towards children with disabilities /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2005. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe19109.pdf.
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Silver, Rebecca Berkovitz. "An ecological approach to understanding heterogeneity in early antisocial trajectories : the role of parents, peers, and teachers /." view abstract or download file of text, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1188882941&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=11238&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2006.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Results of a study of 241 children participating in the Wisconsin Study of Families and Work (WSFW), an ongoing longitudinal study of familes and child development. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 99-112). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Carlsson, Malin. "Miljö och hållbar utveckling i förskolan." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för pedagogiska studier, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-43717.
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As a future preschool teacher I see myself as a part of creating the future of society. I think the environment and sustainable development is a part that feels important that children have with them in life. The purpose of the study was to examine whether and how preschool teachers work with environmental and sustainable development activities in various preschools and how children are involved in this work. The methodology for the study has been semi-structured interviews with active preschool teachers in three different preschools. The results of the survey show that preschools are working more or less actively with the environment and sustainable development in the business and that the children are involved in most of the work. However, it appears that other areas usually are given priority instead of working with environment and sustainable development, and that the work needs to be made more tangible for the children. All teachers in the study stated that the work with environment and sustainable development can be further expanded and must be clearly linked to the preschool curriculum for maintaining quest objectives.Som blivande förskollärare ser jag mig själv som en del i att skapa framtidens samhällsmedborgare, då anser jag att miljö och hållbar utveckling är en del som känns viktig att barnen har med sig i livet. Syftet med studien var att undersöka om och i så fall på vilket sätt pedagoger arbetar med miljö och hållbar utveckling i verksamheten på olika förskolor samt hur delaktiga barnen är i arbetet. Metodvalet för undersökningen har varit semistrukturerade intervjuer med verksamma förskollärare på tre olika förskolor. Resultatet av undersökningen visar att förskolor arbetar mer eller mindre aktivt med miljö och hållbar utveckling i verksamheten samt att barnen är delaktiga i det mesta utav arbetet. Dock framkommer det att andra områden oftast prioriteras framför arbetet med miljö och hållbar utveckling samt att arbetet behöver göras mer konkret för barnen. Samtliga pedagoger i studien uppgav att arbetet med miljö och hållbar utveckling kan utökas ytterligare och måste utgöra en tydligare koppling till förskolans läroplan för att upprätthålla strävansmålen.
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Sowah, Obed Adjei. "The practice of Early Childhood Education and Care in a selected preschool in Accra, Ghana : Perspectives of children, teachers and parents." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Norsk senter for barneforskning, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-17571.
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Over the past decades, early childhood education and care have been hidden from public awareness but has now become a current issue on the international agenda, in Africa, as well as in Ghana. However, knowledge about and analysis of children everyday life experience and their perception about the practices in their early childhood institution have received less attention especially in Ghana. Considering the cultural settings of Ghana, children are hardly consulted to provide their own account of matters that concern them rather their significant adults are used as their proxy raters. It is against this background that the study aims to ‘listen to the children’s voices’ and to place their views alongside the perceptions of their significant adults. The study draws inspiration from the Social Studies of Children and Childhood and the Liberationist thesis under children’s rights and position children as right-holders and social actors who are active participants in their own lives and in the society in which they live. Therefore, this study involved children as the principal informants alongside their significant adults. As a qualitative study which is ethnographic inspired, data were collected using multiple participatory methods such as participant observations, focus groups discussion, drawings and semi-structured interviews. The fieldwork was conducted in a selected preschool in Accra with ten children as the main informants as well as six teachers in the same institution. In addition, six parents of the children in the institution were interviewed as part of the adult informants. The study revealed that the reasons for attending early childhood institution are; children were seen as the future insurance for their parents; economic as well as promoting school readiness. The features that determine parents and teachers understanding about "high quality" ECEC is the component of the curriculum, the nature of the school environment and the attribute of the teachers. The study also reveals that in their everyday lives in the school, the children integrate responsibilities, academic work and play. It also came to light that the parents and teachers emphasize academic work as the main form that preschool should take as against play but the children suggested otherwise. As an institution, it is confronted with different challenges and these were identified by the informants and they suggested various solutions to help curb some of these challenges.
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Knudsen, Rebecca, and Josefine Olsson. ""Alla får ju inte rätt till utbildning" : En fokusgruppp studie om hur förskollärare uttrycker sig om idén att alla barn har rätt till utbildning inom den svenska förskolan." Thesis, Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, Högskolan i Jönköping, Förskolepedagogisk-didaktisk forskning, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-44398.
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Syftet med vår studie är att undersöka hur förskollärare uttrycker sig om idén att alla barn har rätt till utbildning och deras tankar om det. Forskningsfrågorna är följande: Hur beskriver förskollärare barns rätt till utbildning? Vilka aspekter anser förskollärare finns som påverkar barns rätt till utbildning? Studien är genomförd med två fokusgrupper med 2 respektive 3 legitimerade förskollärare i varje grupp. Dessa förskollärare är verksamma inom samma kommun. Urvalet av deltagare gjordes utifrån ett kriteriebaserat bekvämlighetsurval. Studien har utgått från ett postmodernt perspektiv. Resultatet visar att förskollärare anser att utbildning sker under hela dagen i förskolans verksamhet samt att förskolan endast ska fungera som ett komplement till hemmet. Förskollärarna visar även på en osäkerhet kring barnkonventionen som träder i kraft som svensk lag och hur detta kommer påverka förskolans verksamhet. Förskollärarna beskrev barns rätt till utbildning som att det kan ske genom förskollärarledda aktiviteter eller utifrån barnens initiativ. Förskollärarna beskrev lek, omsorg och trygghet som de viktigaste aspekterna som påverkar barns rätt till utbildning.
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Vardanyan, Kristine. "The Significance of National Association for the Education of Young Children Accreditation in Elevating Quality of Early Childhood Education: Administrators’, Teachers’, and Parents’ Beliefs about Accreditation and its Process." Digital Commons at Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School, 2013. https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/etd/215.
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The following is a doctoral dissertation that studied administrators’, teachers’, and parents’ perceptions and attitudes related to an early childhood center/preschool accreditation experience. A qualitative case study of one preschool center focused on the influence that the decision to pursue accreditation and implement the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) self-study process had on administrators, teachers, and parents. Interviews with administrators, teachers, and parents explored (a) issues that motivated the pursuit of NAEYC accreditation; (b) the NAEYC guidelines and their experience of the self-study and quality-improvement process; and (c) their perception of outcomes following accreditation. Current NAEYC guidelines are based on key child development theories and research, and require programs to integrate Developmentally Appropriate Practices (DAP) in school curricula and staff training. It was necessary to explore how these NAEYC recommendations regarding DAP were interpreted during the quality-improvement and accreditation process. Key themes and issues around the accreditation experience were revealed through analyses of qualitative data. This case study of NAEYC accreditation illuminated factors in the decision to pursue accreditation and implement quality improvements leading to NAEYC accreditation. This case may serve as a model of a successful accreditation process to encourage early childhood centers to undertake quality improvements and pursue national NAEYC accreditation.
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Ho, Pui-man Queenie, and 何佩雯. "A case study on the implementation of the project approach in two kindergartens in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B35415940.
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Morrison, Mary. "An Early Mental Health Intervention for Disadvantaged Preschool Children with Behavior Problems: The Effectiveness of Training Head Start Teachers in Child Teacher Relationship Training (CTRT)." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2006. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5311/.
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This study examined the effectiveness of training Head Start teachers and aides in child teacher relationship training (CTRT). CTRT is based on child parent relationship therapy (CPRT) (Landreth & Bratton, 2006), a filial therapy model based on the principles of child-centered play therapy, and was adapted for the classroom. In this quasi-experimental design, 12 teacher/aide pairs (n = 24) were assigned to the experimental (n = 12) or active control group (n = 12). Children who scored in the Borderline or Clinical range on at least one scale of the Child Behavior Checklist-Caregiver/Teacher Report Form (C-TRF) at pretest qualified for the study (n = 54). Nine hypotheses were analyzed using a two factor repeated measures multivariate analysis to determine if the CTRT group and the active control group performed differently across time according to pre-, mid-, and posttest results of the C-TRF. Additionally, effect sizes were calculated to determine practical significance. Five hypotheses were retained at the .05 level of significance. Post hoc analysis was conducted to analyze the effects of the two phases of treatment. Results indicated that children in the experimental group made statistically significant improvements in externalizing problems (p = .003). Children of focus made statistically significant improvements in externalizing (p = .003) and total behavior (p = .01) problems. Results are particularly significant for the non-children of focus, who only received the in-classroom intervention. The non-children of focus made statistically significant improvements in externalizing behavior problems (p = .04) and practical significance was large. Results indicate that a school based intervention such as CTRT is a viable treatment option for many children with externalizing behavior problems.
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Mensah-Bonsu, Patience, Narges Sareh, and Jane Tingle Broderick. "Examining the effects of a teacher training system on preschool teachers’ productive and non-productive conversation with children during the free play time: using a multiple baseline experimental design." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/asrf/2018/schedule/149.
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Research shows that interaction and conversation (gestures, words, expressions, and etc.) with children on a daily basis are crucial for their development. Teachers spend a lot of time with children daily, it is important that teachers plan their interactions intentionally to help children make connections and extend their learning. Observing children and interpreting their thinking processes is a significant factor in intentionally planning curriculum that emerges from children’s thinking. There is a lack of high quality training for preschool teachers in the area of observing and interpreting children’s thinking. The present study investigates the effects of a training (Cycle of Inquiry System) on observation and interpretation of children’s thinking, on teachers’ productive conversation in the Head Start Classroom. The research question guiding this study is: “Does the Cycle of Inquiry Intervention (training teachers to observe, document and interpret their observations of children at play time) increase teachers’ conversations with children?” We hypothesized that the teachers’ productive conversations with children will increase after the training. Using a multiple baseline experimental design two simultaneous studies were conducted. The participants were 6 preschool teachers which included 3 new teachers, and 3 experienced teachers. The permissions were obtained from teachers and the parents of children in their classroom, the children whose parents did not consent were not videotaped during the data collection process. The teachers were videotaped twice a week in their classrooms working with children during the free play time. Each video was 30 minutes. The videos were coded for productive and non-productive conversation, based on the checklist that was used previously in a similar study. All the videos were coded by a research assistant and 30% of videos for each teacher were coded by another research assistant. The interrater reliability was obtained before and during the study. When the first participant reached a baseline (the amount of his/her productive and non-productive conversation approximately remained the same), she went through the Cycle of Inquiry System Training (COI) by the Principle Investigator (PI). The intervention is a one-day training on observing children during the play and interpreting their thinking. The first participant was videotaped twice a week after training and her videos were coded for productive and non-productive conversation, in addition, as a part of the training the teacher received mentoring form the PI bi-weekly during the intervention phase. Meanwhile all the other teachers were being videotaped until they reach a stable baseline and the process of training was the same for every one of them. The research is still ongoing but it is expected that the data will show an increase in teachers’ productive conversation with children after the training. We are in the early phases of the intervention for two participants. Positive results from this intervention, impacting the amount of productive conversation between teachers and children, will indicate that this might be a helpful training for preschool teachers.
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Johnston, Elisabeth. "Preschool Mathematics: An Examination of One Program's Alignment with Recommendations from NAEYC and NCTM." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2010. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc33174/.
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The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which a preschool program followed the recommendations outlined by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) in their joint position statement "Early Childhood Mathematics: Promoting Good Beginnings." Six teachers were randomly selected from three of the preschool program's six locations that are situated in an urban city in North Texas. Two parts of this program's approach to mathematics were investigated: the teachers' instructional practices and the program's curricular materials. Data came from observations using the Classroom Observation of Early Mathematics-Environment and Teaching (COEMET) protocol and field notes. Each teacher participated in three interviews over the course of this research. Analyses of these sources provided insights into teachers' instructional practices for mathematics. Reviews of curricular documents and lesson plans for mathematics instruction provided information pertaining to the math curriculum used at this preschool program. All of these data sources were analyzed using the framework presented in NAEYC and NCTM's position statement. Analysis of the data indicated that, although teachers did not have any knowledge of these guidelines, teachers followed some of these recommendations; such as presenting children with daily developmentally appropriate mathematics activities and connecting mathematics to classroom routines. Other practices did not align with NAEYC and NCTM's suggestions, such as offering children few opportunities to engage in problem-solving situations and providing an inconsistent integration of mathematics into meaningful activities related to other content areas. Several possible factors may have influenced teachers' use of these recommendations. Teachers' prior educational opportunities, the program's curriculum materials, and the teachers' prior experiences with mathematics all may have contributed to the teachers' understandings of high quality mathematics instructional practices. Results from this research help to provide the foundation for future investigations of how teachers of young children follow NAEYC and NCTM's recommendations.
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Wong, Shu-sing Paul, and 黃樹誠. "A case study on the problems encountered by kindergarten teachers in the teaching of early childhood physical education in Macau: implications for INSET." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1993. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31956932.
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Larsson, Anna, and Carina Pettersson. "Barns inflytande i förskolan : En studie om och hur pedagoger arbetar när det gäller barns inflytande under skogsutflykter." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för kommunikation och information, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-4738.
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According to pre-school curriculum, the children´s needs and interests from the basis for the design and planning of the educational activities. The curriculum also highlights that all children should have the opportunity to satisfy their increasing ability to influence the content and approach. The purpose of this study is to examine whether and how teachers work in involving children's influence and interest in forest excursions. The essay is based on a qualitative approach in which we have chosen to carry out unstructured observations by a team of three educationalists. The study includes children of 3-5 years of age. The results show that the educationalists take advantage of children's interests and needs foremost in conversations. The children are given the possibility of influence that of which concerns only themselves and nobody else. In other words, the children are not given the possibility to influence that the educational activities that the curriculum advocates with regard to the content and approach. The results revealed a variety of reasons that prevent educators to give the children influence on the educational activities. The main reasons were related to lack of time, security context, rules and procedures.Enligt läroplanen för förskolan skall barnens behov och intressen ligga till grund för utformning och planering av den pedagogiska verksamheten. Läroplanen beskriver även att alla barn ska få möjlighet att efter ökande förmåga påverka verksamhetens innehåll och arbetssätt. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka om och hur pedagoger arbetar när det gäller att involvera barnens inflytande och intresse under skogsutflykter. Uppsatsen bygger på en kvalitativ ansats där vi valt att utföra ostrukturerade observationer av ett arbetslag med tre pedagoger. I studien ingår barn i åldrarna 3-5 år. Resultatet visar att pedagogerna tar tillvara på barnens intressen och behov främst i samtal. Barnen ges inflytande över det som rör dem själva och ingen annan. Alltså ges inte alltid det inflytande som läroplanen förespråkar barn skall ha när det gäller verksamhetens innehåll och arbetssätt. I resultatet framkom olika orsaker som hindrar pedagogerna till att ge barnen inflytande vilket var tidsbrist, säkerhetsperspektiv samt regler och rutiner.
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McConachie, Lisa Joann. "An Examination of School Readiness: How Is the Construct Defined for Children Who Are Blind?" PDXScholar, 2016. http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2948.
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An increased focus on school readiness exists as students enter public school for the first time. Given unique challenges for students who are blind and use braille, school readiness in the transition to and preparation for kindergarten is even more critical to their future academic success. If children who are blind and use braille as their primary learning medium have the necessary school readiness skills entering kindergarten, they will be better prepared to participate in the academic classroom. There is a need for additional research to illuminate the skills needed for school readiness for children who are blind and use braille so programs can tailor their resources to provide appropriate instruction and intervention. The purpose of this research is to describe and explain how Teachers of the Visually Impaired (TVI) and primary caregivers construct the idea of school readiness for children who are blind and use braille as their primary learning medium. This research will examine current practice in relation to the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework and the Expanded Core Curriculum. Grounded in the Ecological and Dynamic Model of Transition the research will situate the whole child within natural contexts to identify supports for successful transition to public school. Qualitative research design will use permanent product review, including Individual Family Service Plans and Individual Education Plans to identify themes of current practice. Identified themes will be verified through semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders to better understand school readiness for children who are blind.
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Cevallos, Tatiana Margarita. "Understanding Biliteracy: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Bilingual Reading Specialists." PDXScholar, 2014. http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1790.
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Over the past 20 years, the United States has seen a rapid increase in school age students entering PK-12 schools for whom English is not their primary home language. These students are known as English learners (ELs). In Oregon, 77% of ELs speak Spanish and constitute the largest minority group, 21% of the total K-12 student enrollment in 2011-2012. With such potential for bilingualism in schools, bilingual teachers should be prepared to teach biliteracy effectively, especially in the early school years when students learn to read. There is an increasing demand for bilingual teachers in Oregon each year to teach in bilingual programs, particularly at the primary grade levels. However, for the most part, the emphasis of instruction and teacher preparation is on developing student English skills rather than supporting bilingualism (Flores, Sheets, & Clark, 2011; Macedo, Dendrinos, & Gounari, 2003; Wink, 2005).
There is a need in Oregon to effectively prepare bilingual teachers who can help Spanish-speaking students develop biliteracy skills in the early grades. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore in depth the lived experiences among Oregon bilingual reading specialists in relation to biliteracy. The research question was "How do bilingual reading specialists understand the phenomena of teaching biliteracy to bilingual students?" Three themes emerged from the interviews conducted: collaboration, language and caring. The insights gained from the lived experiences of bilingual reading specialists can allow teacher educators, school district personnel, and state policy makers to better understand the phenomenon of developing biliteracy and change the way we prepare bilingual teachers in Oregon regarding biliteracy pedagogy. Recommendations are offered for stakeholders, such as the need to include courses in biliteracy as part of the initial teaching license, deliver courses in Spanish, and provide practicum experiences that prepare bilingual teachers and reading specialists to collaborate with colleagues and families. Also, it is important that some of the strategies identified at the state level as part of the English Learner Strategic Plan specifically focus on biliteracy and dual language programs.
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Bertram, Anthony Douglas. "Effective early childhood educators : developing a methodology for improvement." Thesis, Coventry University, 1996. http://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open/items/ae2a0bef-f3bf-1f7e-e50e-35a49ca6bccf/1.
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This research was embedded in the Effective Early Learning (EEL) Project (Pascal et al., 1995), a national evaluatory and development programme looking at the quality of learning experiences for 3 and 4 year olds in the varied range of settings which typify United Kingdom provision. It was, however, a separate and discrete study focused on the effectiveness of the adult, whatever her level of training, as an educator. It was a 'real world', inclusionary, interpretive, research enquiry using qualitative and quantitative paradigms. The purpose of this study was to develop and implement a methodology to assess and improve the quality of educators working in a range of settings. A conceptual framework for assessing quality was developed. Also an observation schedule, 'the Adult Engagement Scale', focusing on three aspects of educative interaction: 'Sensitivity', 'Stimulation' and 'Autonomy' was created. Evidence was gathered using this scale and triangulated with other data, including participant interview, professional biography questionnaire and focused observation. The cohort consisted of 169 practitioners in 115 settings who worked with the researcher to collect the data. The practitioners had varied roles and backgrounds and were trained by the researcher in the methdology. They mainly worked in settings broadly representational of the four most frequent types of UK centre based provision; Reception Classes in Primary Schools, Nursery Schools, Nursery Classes and Pre-school Learning Alliance Playgroups. The data generated by this strategy was analysed to consider the characteristics of an effective early childhood educator. The 'Adult Engagement Scale' was shown to be an effective means of assessment, development and improvement. The data revealed that an adult's ability to be an effective 'engager' was linked to her 'educative disposition', which included her 'professional self image and emotional well being'. The analysis showed that the educative categories of 'Sensitivity', 'Stimulation' and 'Autonomy' were hierarchical and progressively less well addressed. All settings scored relatively highly on Sensitivity. Those settings which were better at Stimulation generally had more qualified staff. Autonomy was least well addressed by all settings, yet appears to be the category most closely linked to adult effectiveness. Most early childhood educaors are emotionally committed to their work yet feel undervalued. Universally practitioners in this study displayed a poor profesisonal self image, and this was clearly linked to their ability to be effective as an 'engaging' educator of young children.
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Meacham, Colleen. "Can a Three-Day Training Focusing on the Nature of Science and Science Practices as They Relate to Mind in the Making Make a Difference in Preschool Teachers' Self-Efficacy Engaging in Science Education?" PDXScholar, 2017. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4076.
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As technology and our world understanding develop, we will need citizens who are able to ask and answer questions that have not been thought of yet. Currently, high school and college graduates entering the workforce demonstrate a gap in their ability to develop unique solutions and fill the current technology-driven jobs. To address this gap, science needs to be prioritized early in children's lives. The focus of this research was to analyze a science training program that would help pre-school teachers better understand Mind in the Making life skills, the nature of science, science practices, and improve their self-efficacy integrating science education into their classrooms and curriculum. Seventy-one teachers enrolled in two three-day, professional development trainings that were conducted over three, five-hour sessions approximately one month apart.
During that training the teachers learned hands-on activities for young children that introduced life and physical science content. They were also given the task of developing and implementing a science-based lesson for their students and then analyzing it with other participants.
The information from the lesson plans was collected for analysis. After the last training the teachers were given a pre/post retrospective survey to measure effective outcomes. The results from the lesson plans and surveys indicate that the trainings helped improve the teachers' understanding of Mind in the Making, the nature of science, and science practices. The results also show that the teachers felt more comfortable integrating science education into their classrooms and curriculum.
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Anderson, Susan R. (Susan Rogers). "The Developmental Appropriateness of the English Language Arts Essential Elements for Kindergarten." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1988. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500973/.
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The developmental appropriateness of the English language arts essential elements for kindergarten children in the State of Texas was evaluated by surveying the opinions of thirty-six kindergarten teachers in one school district. A questionnaire was developed using the essential elements so that respondents could record a yes or no opinion and supply additional comments on each essential element. Ninety-seven percent of the teachers responded. The results indicated rates of agreement for developmental appropriateness by the teachers surveyed to be 100% for language, 95% for listening, 94% for speaking and reading and 81% for writing.
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Worley, Jacqueline L. Breland. "Hispanic students' beliefs regarding emergent literacy a case study /." Diss., Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2004. http://library.msstate.edu/etd/show.asp?etd=etd-11112004-164500.
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Carvalho, Fátima do Socorro da Silva. "Definindo o trabalho do “professor de bebês e crianças pequenas” em centros de educação infantil do município de São Paulo no período entre 2004 a 2016: entre conceitualizações, normatizações e relatos." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2018. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/21743.
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This work aims to investigate the function of the Early Childhood Education teacher based on the study of several researchers and theorists of the theme, through the characterization of laws and regulations about the theme in the city of São Paulo and in Brazil, and to search for perspectives about the work of teachers of babies and small children expressed in semi-structured interviews with 04 expert professionals in the area who act in early childhood education in the city of São Paulo (01 principal and 3 teachers). The theoretical support is based in authors such as FúlviaRosemberg – that has established the bases for a high quality early childhood education and the specificities of the professional who work in this stage; Tizuko M. Kishimoto – concerning how to practically operate the education by means of the activity of playing; EmmiPikler and Zabalza – who have brought the conception of early childhood education itself. Data obtained were presented in summary tables, pictures and charts of information, whose results have suggested that: (a) it is possible to identify and establish relations among the theorists and the regulations concerning the characterization of the identity of the teacher of babies and small children, based on the conceptions of childhood and the childhood pedagogy; (b) the manifestations of the interviewed professionals, besides their experience, have revealed certain ignorance of the regulations, lack of clarity with regard to the functions of taking care and educating, though agreeing on the importance of always focusing the child; (c) such agreement approaches the professionals to the theorists, who recognize the childhood as an important stage and a vital moment in the human beings’ lives, that must be lived with quality by the children and with a specific perspective facing the childhood, by the professionals; and (d) theoretical concepts, legal regulations and depositions of the interviewed professionals recognize the importance of considering the child as historical and law subject and the playing as their main form of expression, as well as the need of mediating knowledge, providing meaningful experiences through the most varied languages. Therefore, considering those three investigated perspectives – the academic production (research and theories), the guiding legal documents and the perspectives expressed by the acting professionals – to bea teacher of babies and small children innurseries and Early Childhood Education Centers (known as CEIs) is defined as: the one who cares/educates in an indissociable way, plans and organizes the experiences of knowing, mediates the relationships of the child with the world, is the attentive observer, who registers the child’s development
Esta Pesquisa investiga a função de professor de educação infantil com base no estudo de diversos teóricos e pesquisadores do tema, na caracterização das leis e normatizações sobre o tema na cidade de São Paulo e no Brasil, e na busca das visões sobre o trabalho do professor de bebês e crianças pequenas expressas em entrevistas semi-estruturadas realizadas com 04 profissionais experientes na área e que atuam na educação infantil no município de São Paulo (01 diretora e 3 professoras). A pesquisa tem como apoios teóricos, autores como: Fúlvia Rosemberg – que estabelece as bases para uma educação infantil de qualidade e as especificidades do profissional que atua nesta etapa; Tizuko M. Kishimoto – em relação a como operar na prática a educação por meio da atividade de brincar; Emmi Pikler e Zabalza – que trazem para a pesquisa a concepção de educação infantil propriamente dita. Os dados obtidos são apresentados em quadros síntese de informações, figuras e tabelas, cujos resultados sugerem que: a) é possível identificar e estabelecer relações entre os teóricos e as o normatizações acerca da caracterização da identidade do professor de bebês e crianças pequenas, com base em concepções de infância e de pedagogia da infância; b) as manifestações das profissionais entrevistadas, apesar de sua experiência, revelam certo desconhecimento das normatizações, falta de clareza quanto às funções de cuidar e educar, embora concordem no que se refere à importância de se ter um olhar sempre para a criança; c) tal concordância aproxima as profissionais dos teóricos, que reconhecem a infância como uma fase importante e um momento vital na vida dos seres humanos, que deve ser vivido com qualidade pelas crianças e com um olhar especificamente voltado para a infância, pelos profissionais; e d) conceitos teóricos, normas legais e depoimentos das profissionais entrevistadas reconhecem a importância de se considerar a criança como sujeito histórico e de direito e a brincadeira como sua principal forma de expressão, assim como a necessidade de se mediar os saberes, proporcionando experiências significativas nas mais diversas linguagens. Assim, nos três âmbitos investigados – a produção acadêmica (pesquisas e teorias), os documentos legais norteadores e as visões expressas pelas profissionais em exercício – ser professor de bebês e crianças pequenas em creches e CEIs se define como: aquele que cuida/educa d forma indissociável, planeja e organiza as experiências de saber, faz a mediação das relações da criança com o mundo, é o observador atento, que registra o desenvolvimento infantil
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Lawton, Mary Beth. "Physical contact between teachers and preschool-age children in early childhood programs." 1998. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9823748.
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Considerable evidence indicates that touch is vital to the healthy psychological development of children. However, teacher-child physical contact has rarely been investigated. This study was therefore designed to obtain descriptive data on teacher-child touch in preschool classrooms, the teacher, child and center variables which affect such contact and the messages teachers give to children regarding human closeness. The central question addressed was: do all children receive physical affection from caregivers? The frequency and duration of seven categories of touch were measured in eight preschool classrooms in four day care centers: Affectionate, Caretaking-Helpful, Comfort, Play, Attentional-Control Neutral, Attentional-Control Negative-Punishing and Attentional-Control Affectionate. Data was collected through observation of teachers and 148 children, and interviews with twenty teachers and four directors. The results indicated that while teachers do provide physical affection for children, they are more likely to use touch for caretaking-helpful purposes or to control-punish children than to comfort, express affection or touch in the context of play. However, great variance was found among individual teachers and centers in both the frequency and nature of touch. Education and positive attitudes toward physical contact were found to be related to higher rates of positive teacher touch. Center variables influencing higher rates of positive touch and lower rates of controlling touch were director attitudes and leadership styles, implicit center policies and director expression of physical affection to teachers. A small percentage of children received the majority of all types of physical contact; some children received little or no affection. The most important child variable influencing the frequency of positive teacher touch was whether the child expressed affection to caregivers. Children named as challenging by teachers received far more negative-punishing touch than those named as easy. Children identified as having a painful touch history (physical or sexual abuse; deprivation of affection) similarly received a greater frequency of negative-punishing touch than children in general. The findings were discussed in terms of the need for teacher-parent education on the developmental significance of touch and for an increase in positive touch in early childhood programs.
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Jia-zhen, Liang, and 梁佳蓁. "A study of preschool teachers’ education problems and needs for Southeast Asia new immigration children." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/08607167832197991652.
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碩士國立臺中教育大學
幼兒教育學系碩士班
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The purpose of this study is to explore preschool teachers’problems and needs of condition in education and the interrelated for Southeast Asia new immigration children in central Taiwan. The object of study are publicand private preschool teachers who has experienced in teaching new Southeast Asia new immigration children in Taichung, Changhua and Nantou.Through the questionnaire pretest and literature research develop out the self-study tool questionnaire.The scale divided into preschool teachers for teacher personal data,Southeast Asia new immigration children of education "problems", "needs" and "open questionnaire" four parts. Used the 791 valid questionnaires(82.39％) to analyze by Descriptive Statistics, T-test and One-way ANOVA. The conclusions of the study are listed as follows： 1. Preschool teachers of problems by teacher to Southeast Asia new immigration children belong to low close to medium level. In part of needs is medium level. 2. The five major causes of problem are：made educational subject of ability, finding multicultural implements and subject, face to unmanageable problem for foreigner spouses of children education and their parents attitude of nurture. 3. The five major causes of need are：to establish education resource and training center, immediately information, more opportunities to study and training, offer professional consultation and assist. 4. There are no different between foreigner spouse’s children and local, except for cognition learning and language ability. 5. There have difference of showing to problem, for Southeast Asia new immigration children of education, in garden area, classification, educational background and amount of taught foreigner spouse’s children. 6. There have difference of showing to level of needs, for Southeast Asia new immigration children of education, in garden classification, seniority, professional and educational background, amount of taught foreigner spouse’s children, and have ever Participate in or undertake the studying activity, or take any correlated curriculum of multiculturalism education. 7. In all,There is positive correlation in problem and needs about preschool teachers teach to Southeast Asia spouse’s children. Base on the conclusions of the study would offer the advices to relevant organization and person for carry out foreigner spouse’s children of education.
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WU, HSIAO-TING, and 吳曉婷. "The Action Research of Cooperative Teaching between Preschool Teachers and Special Education Teachers to Promote Children Friendship Relations." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/kpyt5a.
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碩士國立臺北教育大學
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This is an action research. The main purpose is to explore Preschool Teachers and Special Education Teachers Using collaborating teaching to promote children friendship relations. Through preschool teachers and special education teachers' collaborating teaching to understand how they performed cooperative teaching under inclusive setting in centralized special education classes; The time frame of this study is 14 weeks. The author is Teaching trategies mainly ncluded picture book reading, discussion, situation imulation, and extended activity. We extended the concept of friendship to the daily routine. The findings of the study were as follows: 1.The cooperation between preschool teachers and special education teachers can enhance teacher professional growth. Teachers continue to try in the process of cooperative teaching ,and think about possible causes, correction process, we saw the progress of children with special needs. Teachers view children's perspective more than before. 2.Cooperative teaching between preschool teachers and special education teachers help to promote the friendship between children and children with special needs. We use the guide and sharing of the story of the picture book., and increase the time of inclusive education, young children and special children learn and experience how to interact with others to build friendship. 3.The cooperation between preschool teachers and special education teachers can promoting the friendship between children and children with special needs.Pre-school teachers and special education teachers solve the difficulties of friendship between children through cooperative teaching, so that they can have a better friendship with each other. Based on the findings, the suggestions for special education teachers, regular class teachers and future researchers were also made in the study.
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Kumm, Dawn. "The role of the teacher in the education of the learning disabled child in the preprimary school." Diss., 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17151.
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This dissertation was initiated to investigate the preprimary teacher's role in
identifying and assisting learning disabled preprimars. The literature section
consists of a study of the normal process of child development and the
phenomenon of learning disability and its manifestation in preprimars. The
philosophy of inclusion and a number of existing programmes for learners with
learning disabilities were examined.
The empirical research assessed the responses of preprimary teachers from the
Eastern Cape to a questionnaire, their experiences in dealing with preprimars
with learning disabilities in a typical preprimary group were analyzed and a
summary of the findings was made. Recommendations have been given to
teachers regarding the identification of learning disabilities in preprimars, the
assistance and support needed to enable the teacher to assist the learning
disabled preprimar and the need for additional training to equip her to do so.Educational Studies
M. Ed. (Orthopedagogics)