ERIC Number: EJ1471243
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-1350-293X
EISSN: EISSN-1752-1807
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Using Teach ECE to Observe the Quality of Online Teaching during the Pandemic: An Exploratory Study in a Pre-School in Chile
Carolina Melo1; Bernardita Tornero1; Beatriz Aguayo2; Andrea Rolla3
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, v33 n3 p403-420 2025
During COVID-19, many schools worldwide were closed. In this unprecedented context, some students accessed distance or remote education. Assessing the quality of in-person early childhood education has a long-dated challenge and doing the same within a preschool online setting is unprecedented. This study aimed to utilize the Teach ECE observation instrument developed by the World Bank in 2021 to explore the quality of synchronous online lessons across 8 preschool classrooms in a private school in Chile. The tool is designed to observe 28 quality teaching behaviors organized into four areas. The dataset encompassed 640 min of video recordings capturing synchronous online classes over a 5-month period. Findings revealed that 7 out of the 8 preschool teachers exhibited low or medium-low quality practices across all three areas examined in this study. Average scores per area indicate that Classroom Culture obtained the highest score, followed by guided learning, and finally by socio-emotional Skills.
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Quality, Early Childhood Education, Private Schools, Teaching Methods, Preschool Teachers, Classroom Environment, Social Emotional Learning, Educational Practices, Online Courses, Teacher Evaluation, Classroom Observation Techniques, Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Video Technology, Teacher Behavior
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Chile
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Author Affiliations: 1School of Education, Universidad de los Andes, Santiago, Chile; 2Instituto Hebreo Dr. Chaim Weizmann, Santiago, Chile; 3Education Global Practice, World Bank, Washington, DC, USA