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How Do Preschool Teachers Perceive Students' Development in Difficult Times? A Photovoice Study
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Indra Y. Kiling; Daniela L. A. Boeky; Putri A. Rihi Tugu; Beatriks N. Bunga; Elga Andriana – Research in Education, 2024
Young children's development is a crucial period determining their adult outcomes. Through adversities caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, preschool teachers play an essential role in nurturing children's development. This study has the objective to explore preschool teachers' perceptions of their students' development throughout the COVID-19…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Preschool Teachers
Teachers' Work with Taxonomy of Educational Objectives as One of the Forms of the Gifted Preschoolers' Development
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Machu, Eva; Lukeš, Petr – Acta Educationis Generalis, 2019
Introduction: The article presents the results of a research project the aim of which was to describe the level of kindergarten teachers' work with educational objectives in connection with the application of a differentiated curriculum for the development of gifted children. Methods: The research tool was a questionnaire in which the teachers…
Descriptors: Taxonomy, Educational Objectives, Academically Gifted, Gifted Education
Why School Climate Matters and What Can Be Done to Improve It
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Darling-Hammond, Linda; DePaoli, Jennifer – State Education Standard, 2020
For much of the last two decades, the narrowed focus on raising test scores under No Child Left Behind left important aspects of education untended. Since 2016, when the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) enabled a more comprehensive look at accountability, state leaders have heard growing demands for a whole-child approach that emphasizes…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation
Profiling Parental Orientation to Early Childhood Curriculum
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Saçkes, Mesut; Trundle, Kathy Cabe; Shaheen, Maria – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2019
The purpose of the present study was to identify the curricular preferences of parents for their youngsters. The study sample included 1490 parents with children enrolled in private preschool and prekindergarten classrooms. Data for the present study were collected via online surveys. Parents prioritized eleven academic and developmental areas in…
Descriptors: Preferences, Preschool Curriculum, Parent Attitudes, Preschool Education
Teacher-and Child-Managed Academic Activities in Preschool and Kindergarten and Their Influence on Children's Gains in Emergent Academic Skills
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de Haan, Annika K. E.; Elbers, Ed; Leseman, Paul P. M. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2014
The aim of this study was to assess whether children's development benefited from teacher-and child-managed academic activities in the preschool and kindergarten classroom. Extensive systematic observations during four half-days in preschool ("n"?=?8) and kindergarten ("n"?=?8) classrooms revealed that classrooms differed in…
Descriptors: Student Development, Preschool Children, Kindergarten, Observation
A Positive and Pro-Active Response to Young Boys in the Classroom
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Froschl, Merle; Sprung, Barbara – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2008
Raising and educating healthy young boys is an area of increasing concern among early childhood educators, child development experts, and parents. A growing body of research has raised questions about young boys' vulnerability on a number of fronts: social/emotional development, expulsion from preschool, referral to special education, and academic…
Descriptors: Student Development, Males, Child Development, Classroom Environment