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Yelland, Nicola; Waghorn, Elise – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2023
This paper considers the pedagogical collaborations between early childhood teachers in kindergarten (4 years) and the first year of school (5 years) in one Australian State. We report on a year-long project that brought these early childhood teachers together as we asked them to design STEM learning ecologies that would not only support new…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Teaching Methods, Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten
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Maria Blanton; Angela Murphy Gardiner; Ana Stephens; Rena Stroud; Eric Knuth; Despina Stylianou – Grantee Submission, 2023
We describe here lessons learned in designing an early algebra curriculum to measure early algebra's impact on children's algebra readiness for middle grades. The curriculum was developed to supplement regular mathematics instruction in Grades K-5. Lessons learned centered around the importance of several key factors, including using conceptual…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Mathematics Instruction, Kindergarten
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Henderson, Linda – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2017
This paper engages with the early childhood-school relationship. The relationship has a long-standing history of being defined by a series of divisions and separations. Research has identified the divisions and separations to be largely determined by differences around concepts of learning and pedagogy. Discursive analyses of these differences…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Discourse Analysis, Learning Processes, Teaching Methods
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Wilde, Melanie E.; Sage, Rosemary – Early Child Development and Care, 2007
Children's communicative competence is essential and predictive of their success in school. However, in England in recent years we have faced particular challenges inculcating this understanding into primary and early years teachers' practice. Furthermore, some studies have raised concerns about children's communicative competence on school entry.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communicative Competence (Languages), Narration, Young Children
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Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2018
The aim of the 2018 International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA) conference was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There have been advances in both cognitive…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Chen, Jie-Qi; McNamee, Gillian Dowley – Corwin Press, 2007
Effective teaching requires skill in implementing challenging and inviting curricular activities. It also involves evaluating children's learning in order to extend their development through the school year. Being able to implement and evaluate at the same time is at the heart of good teaching. Written for PreK-3 educators, this book blends…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Teaching Methods, Young Children, Visual Arts