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Innovative Approaches to Training Future Specialists in Preschool Education in Crisis Situations
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Maryna Yepikhina; Svitlana Bader; Svitlana Makarenko; Hanna Zazharska; Liudmyla Varianytsia – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2025
In the context of crisis situations, making use of the most recent opportunities for future educators' training is a pertinent issue. The purpose of the suggested article is to evaluate how cutting-edge technologies might help train future preschool education specialists and assess how well they work in emergency scenarios. In order to accomplish…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Specialists, Crisis Management
Science Learning Opportunities and the Project Approach in Preschool Classrooms
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Clucas, Melissa E. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Effective early science learning opportunities are critical for young children to build a solid foundation for subsequent development of concepts, as well as positive attitudes towards science (Eshach & Fried, 2005). However, these opportunities are often lacking in typical preschool classrooms (Connor, Morrison, & Slominski, 2006; Early…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Young Children, Teaching Methods, Preschool Education
Parental Choice and Perceived Benefits of Reggio Emilia Inspired Programs
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Harris, Heidi Alene – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Despite credible research to support a constructivist-based approach in early childhood programs, policymakers continued to push for a more academic-based philosophy in an effort to reach standardized testing goals. Reggio Emilia, a constructivist-based early childhood philosophy that originated in Northern Italy, has been shown to be an excellent…
Descriptors: Reggio Emilia Approach, Preschool Education, Parent Attitudes, School Choice
Implementation of a Project-Based Concept Mapping Developmental Programme to Facilitate Children's Experiential Reasoning and Comprehension of Relations
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Habok, Anita – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2015
School readiness evaluations are becoming increasingly popular, and their implementation has become compulsory in an increasing number of kindergartens and schools in Hungary. In recent years, Diagnostic System for Evaluating Development (DIFER), developed by Nagy et al. has been used extensively for the diagnostic study of four- to eight-year-old…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Active Learning, Student Projects, Concept Mapping
How the Project Approach Challenges Young Children
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Burns, Marcia V.; Lewis, Alisha L. – Gifted Child Today, 2016
In this article, educators at University Primary School in Champaign, Illinois, share examples and understandings of the ways The Project Approach challenges young children to think critically about topics of importance in their world. Project investigations that provoke academic and social challenges for individuals and classroom communities of…
Descriptors: Young Children, Teaching Methods, Critical Thinking, Investigations
Implementation and Outcomes of the Appalachian Renaissance Initiative in Eastern Kentucky Schools
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Phillips, Andrea; Kaufman, Julia H.; Pane, John F.; Lee, Emma; Bogart, Andy – RAND Corporation, 2019
This report presents findings from RAND's evaluation of the Appalachian Renaissance Initiative (ARI) in 17 districts totaling 99 kindergarten-12th grade schools within the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (KVEC). The initiative took place from the 2014-2015 through 2017-2018 academic years. The evaluation examined various aspects of ARI…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, Academic Achievement