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Direct linkI-Hsiung Chang; Pi-Chun Hsu; Ru-Si Chen – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2025
Preschool teachers in Taiwan face pedagogical and emotional challenges that shape their job satisfaction, commitment, and social identity. Understanding their views on professional development and organizational commitment in early childhood education is critical. This study aims to examine the relationship between caring climate and career…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Work Environment, Caring
Yifat Harari Paltiel – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2025
This study examined how early childhood leaders working simultaneously as kindergarten teachers perceive the professional learning communities they lead -- explicitly identifying the factors that promote or hinder the communities' development from the leader's point of view. A qualitative-phenomenological approach was applied using semi-structured…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Leadership Responsibility
Michael Osei Aboagye; Collins Opoku Antwi; Kotor Asare; Ntim Seth; Ficus Gyasi; Frimpong Kwasi – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2024
This study examines how asymmetric job conditions deplete the psychological resources of the ECE workforce in a lower-middle-income country (LMIC). Specifically, this preliminary study, using data from preschool teaching staff, examined the influence of (a) job demands (emotional demand, workload, role conflict and work-family conflict) on…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Work Environment, Teaching Conditions, Teacher Burnout
Scacchi, Valeria – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
This article is based on doctoral research which contributed to my understanding of early years professional development and learning grounded in Froebelian principles. Through two freestanding but related case studies in London and San Miniato, the article explores the current professional learning and development for educators working with…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Educational Philosophy, Faculty Development
Yodogawa, Yumi; Nozawa, Sachiko; Akita, Kiyomi – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2022
The Early Childhood Education Quality (ECEQ) initiative is a pioneering approach toward supporting ongoing, self-organized professional development in the private kindergarten sector in Japan. The purpose of this study is to examine how kindergarten teachers and ECEQ coordinators experience this approach and view the ECEQ process. Online…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Private Schools, Faculty Development
Powell, Sacha; Goouch, Kathy – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2012
This article explores the practice narratives of a group of 25 caregivers who work with babies in daycare settings in England and seeks to illustrate awareness of, resistance to and compliance with powerful discourses. It is argued that multiple voices exert an influence over baby room practice, disempowering the caregivers and reducing their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Caregivers, Preschool Children, Child Care Centers
