scholarly journals Did we do what we said we would do?: a multiple stakeholder evaluation of an early childhood education training programme

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Agnes McClelland
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Multiple Stakeholder ◽  
Stakeholder Evaluation ◽  
Education Training

scholarly journals Pedagogical Proposal of Tele-Exercise Based on “Square Stepping Exercise” in Preschoolers: Study Protocol

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (16) ◽  
pp. 8649
Author(s):  
Alberto Domínguez-Muñoz ◽  
Jorge Carlos-Vivas ◽  
Sabina Barrios-Fernandez ◽  
José Carmelo Adsuar ◽  
Jesús Morenas-Martín ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
General Education ◽  
Lower Limb ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Lower Limb Strength ◽  
And Control ◽  
Stepping Exercise

Early childhood education aims to achieve the motor, cognitive, emotional, and social development of preschoolers by providing them with a variety of learning opportunities. The square-stepping exercise (SSE) is a balance and lower limb strength training programme used to prevent falls and stimulate cognitive function in older adults. This project aims to propose an SSE tele-exercise (Tele-SSE) protocol to evaluate its effects on the motor and cognitive development of children aged between 3 and 6 years. A randomized controlled trial with experimental (Tele-SSE) and control (general education) groups will be carried out. The application of Tele-SSE will be performed for 9 months (three times per week) and one additional follow-up after the intervention at the beginning of the next academic year. One-hundred and two preschoolers will be recruited and randomly distributed into the two groups: experimental (n = 51) and control (n = 51). Although the main outcome will be balance due to the nature of the SSE, outcomes will include physical and motor (body mass index, waist circumference, handgrip and lower-limb strength, speed-agility, and cardiorespiratory fitness) and cognitive (executive functions and attention, episodic memory, and language assessment, using the Fitness Assessment in the Preschool Battery (PREFIT) and The National Institutes of Health Toolbox—Early Childhood Cognition Battery. This project aims to improve cognitive and motor skills in preschoolers aged between 3 and 6 years old, based on a 9-month Tele-SSE intervention. If this intervention proves to be effective, it could be implemented in those centres, entities and associations specializing in early childhood education.

scholarly journals Pre-Service Early Childhood Educator Experience in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4231
Author(s):  
Thomas Beery ◽  
Ola Magntorn
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Education Training ◽  
Environmental Concepts

There has been significant interest in the values and benefits of early childhood nature experiences on children’s well-being and development. One aspect of studying the exposure of children to nature that requires more focus is the role played by early childhood educators. In particular, there is a need for early childhood environmental education training for pre-service educators. This study will explore the use of a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve as an outdoor classroom for early childhood environmental education pre-service professionals. Exploratory quantitative and qualitative descriptive data from a series of three short surveys (pre/post/delayed post) provide a basic overview of pre-service teacher perspectives, experiences, and outcomes of an environmental education intervention. The results indicate that the participating pre-service educators had little to no familiarity with the environmental concepts or the biosphere reserve site before participation in the intervention. The post-intervention and delayed post-intervention results show that pre-service educators perceived that their understanding of the concept had improved. The results also show a perception of the positive role that biosphere reserve sites can play in early childhood education. Three critical implications emerged from the overall quantitative and qualitative results: (1) specific support should be given for early childhood environmental education training; (2) biosphere reserve functions provide support for efforts to improve connections to nature; (3) early childhood education has the potential to support the broadening of the biosphere reserve audience.

Early-Childhood Education for the Developmentally Delayed: Diagnosis, Intervention, and Evaluation

1979 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-92
Author(s):  
Susan Freedman Gilbert
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
School Children ◽  
Developmental Delays ◽  
Delayed Diagnosis ◽  
Language Impairments ◽  
Developmentally Delayed ◽  
Speech And Language ◽  
Childhood Education

This paper describes the referral, diagnostic, interventive, and evaluative procedures used in a self-contained, behaviorally oriented, noncategorical program for pre-school children with speech and language impairments and other developmental delays.

Research in Early Childhood Education

1983 ◽  
Vol 28 (11) ◽  
pp. 874-875
Author(s):  
Joseph T. Lawton
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Childhood Education
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