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Stephanie R. Couch; Melinda Z. Kalainoff – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2024
This system-level ethnographic study of a strength-based approach to transforming a national invention education program makes visible how program leadership drew on research and their own expertise to shift who and how they served. With data analysis grounded in program reports, documentation, and internal and published research, the program's…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Program Administration, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education
Jordan Berne; Katia Córdoba García; Brian A. Jacob; Tareena Musaddiq; Samuel Owusu; Anna Shapiro; Christina Weiland – Educational Researcher, 2025
In recent years, several states have expanded a new publicly funded learning option: Transitional Kindergarten (TK). TK bridges prekindergarten and kindergarten in its eligibility, requirements, and design. Using Michigan as a case study, we examine TK's fit in the early learning landscape. Broadly, we find TK in Michigan reduces some…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, School Readiness, Preschool Education, Kindergarten
Leigh Kale D'Amico; Xumei Fan; Sommer Garrett; Xiaofang Zhang; Janice Kilburn; Alexis Jones; Chelsea Richard – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2024
Effective transitions to kindergarten engage families and ease children into new environments. Countdown to Kindergarten (CTK), a program in a southeastern U.S. state that serves more than 1,000 children each year and is grounded in Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory, partners kindergarten teachers and families to facilitate effective…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Kindergarten, Young Children, Family School Relationship
Erzsébet Stephens-Sarlós; Patrick Stephens; Attila Szabo – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2025
Background: Around 800 million young children worldwide have cognitive-developmental limitations due to issues related to biological, environmental, and psychosocial factors. These problems lead to educational challenges, limited skill development, and higher unemployment rates. Therefore, timely interventions addressing the underlying problems in…
Descriptors: Sensory Training, Sensory Integration, Psychomotor Skills, Intervention
Fatma Betül Senol; Nezahat Hamiden Karaca – Education 3-13, 2025
This study aimed to determine the motor creativity of preschoolers, to develop a music education programme suitable for the interests and needs of children, and to investigate whether music education is effective in motor creativity. A quasi-experimental design was used to test the effect of music education programme on children's motor…
Descriptors: Music Education, Creativity, Preschool Education, Preschool Children
Jordan Berne; Katia Córdoba García; Brian Jacob; Tareena Musaddiq; Samuel Owusu; Anna Shapiro; Christina Weiland – Grantee Submission, 2024
In recent years, several states have expanded a new publicly funded learning option: Transitional Kindergarten (TK). TK bridges prekindergarten and kindergarten in its eligibility, requirements, and design. Using Michigan as a case study, we examine TK's fit in the early learning landscape. Broadly, we find TK in Michigan reduces some…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, School Readiness, Preschool Education, Kindergarten
Colby Hall; Katlynn Dahl-Leonard; Garrett J. Roberts; Philip Capin; Delanie Peacott; Lauren Thayer; Kristin Conradi Smith – Grantee Submission, 2025
Although phonics knowledge and decoding skill are important for academic and life success, there is little research that examines the effects of home-based, family-implemented instruction on the development of these early literacy skills. The purpose of this multiple baseline across participants single case experimental design study was to…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Parents, Parents as Teachers, Parent Background
Shannon C. Mulhearn; Pamela Hodges Kulinna; Hans van der Mars; Jaimie McMullen; Michalis Stylianou – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2024
Physical educators are often asked to promote whole-school physical activity programming beyond their scheduled class times. Previous research has supported that training in expanded roles would be beneficial during university-based physical education teacher education (PETE) training. In this qualitative study, 13 graduates from a single PETE…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Socialization, Physical Activities
Eva Mikuska; Judit Raffai; Éva Vukov Raffai – Global Studies of Childhood, 2024
In 2018 a new, more inclusive concept, of preschool education was adopted in Serbia with plans to implement the change from September 2019 to 2022. This paper examines how the national reform in Early Childhood Education (ECE) was perceived by Hungarian kindergarten pedagogues, who are the largest ethnic minority group in Vojvodina, Serbia. To…
Descriptors: Intersectionality, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Kindergarten
Magaly Lavadenz; Elvira G. Armas – Multilingual Matters, 2024
This book presents a validated observation instrument to support and further develop the pedagogic expertise of teachers of English Learners in US schools. Based on sociocultural and second language teaching and learning theories, the Observation Protocol for Academic Literacies (OPAL) has a variety of uses across teacher preparation programs,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Paulina Yourupi-Sandy; Joyminda George – Region 18 Comprehensive Center, 2024
The Federated States of Micronesia National Department of Education (FSM NDOE) requested support from the Region 18 Comprehensive Center (R18CC) to build National and State-level knowledge of effective practices in bilingual and multilingual education. This scan offers an overview of evidence-based practices for implementing and evaluating the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Multilingualism, Evidence Based Practice, Teacher Effectiveness