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Insulander, Eva; Ehrlin, Anna; Sandberg, Anette – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
The website of the Swedish National Agency for Education states that preschools are to promote entrepreneurial learning. Many Swedish preschools, therefore, have started to work consciously with entrepreneurial learning as a way of fostering pupils' creativity and ability to make their own decisions. This article investigates whether and how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Active Learning, Student Participation
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Garvis, Susanne; Lemon, Narelle – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
Research has shown that the care and education of infants and toddlers is an under-represented area in early childhood teacher education. This is also the case in Australia, meaning that pre-service teachers have few opportunities for learning about infants and toddlers and thus tend to have limited theoretical and practical knowledge about…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Teacher Education Curriculum, Young Children
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Dennis, Lindsay; Horn, Eva – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
Early literacy skill development at the preschool level is critical for later success in learning to read and other reading-related activities. Professional development (PD), specifically coaching via performance feedback delivered through email, may provide a viable alternative to other types of trainings (e.g. workshops) that are often…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Faculty Development, Teacher Behavior, Story Reading