Debunking the Myth of the Efficacy of “Push-down Academics”: How Rigid, Teacher-Centered, Academic Early Learning Environments Dis-Empower Young Children [PDF]
, 2018 The increased emphasis on higher academic standards in Early Childhood Education has changed the instructional landscape and developed myths of quality learning.
Harmon, Flora, Viruru, Radhika
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Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Broaching is a cognitive willingness or directedness to initiate a conversation on a topic that may be difficult or uneasy to discuss with all parties involved. Within the counseling context, broaching refers to the school counselor's or helping professional's effort to initiate or respond to issues related to race, ethnicity, and culture in ...
Erik M. Hines +4 more
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Strengthening responsive and reciprocal relationships in a whānau tangata centre: A summary [PDF]
, 2009 Although the kindergarten teaching team members were excited at being a part of the parent support and development initiative, they were also aware that they would face challenges that would affect their practice.
Carr, Margaret +1 more
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Digital Competence in the Kindergarten Sector
Nordic Journal of Digital Literacy, 2012 The kindergarten project at the The Norwegian Centre for ICT in Education will help to promote the development of digital competence in Early Childhood Education and Care and in pre-school teacher-training in a secure and professionally-oriented way. The
Barbro Hardersen
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Hubungan Kompetensi Profesional dengan Kinerja Guru Taman Kanak-kanak di Kecamatan Pontianak Tenggara Kota Pontianak [PDF]
, 2016 This research aims to know the relationship of professional competence with performance of teacher kindergarten in the South East Pontianak District Pontianak City. The method used this research is descriptive method. The sample used are 31 teachers. The
Afriana, A. (Afriana) +2 more
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Back to the Mission. Revisiting Slack in Nonprofits and Introducing Tappable Slack
Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article contributes to and develops the previous literature on excess resources (“slack”) in nonprofit organizations through a conceptual analysis of the implications that the organizational distinctiveness of nonprofits carries for our understanding of slack in these organizations.
Marta Reuter +2 more
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Representations of social behaviors of children's with different patterns of attachment to the kindergarten teacher in their drawings [PDF]
Psihološka Obzorja, 2003 In the theoretical part of the paper the author gives answers to the questions, whether a real attachment relationship can exist between a child and a nonmaternal caretaker.
Zlatka Cugmas
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School Budgets and Student Achievement in California: The Principal's Perspective [PDF]
, 2004 Presents the results of workshops conducted with 45 elementary, middle, and high school principals from California public schools. Documents the variety of resource allocation strategies used by principals to maximize student academic ...
Heather Rose +2 more
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Policy Capacity Under Decentralization: Kindergarten Education Reforms in the Philippines
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The paper examines the relationship between policy capacity and policy effectiveness in decentralized governance setups. It challenges the conventional view that policy functions should only be decentralized when requisite capacities already exist at lower levels of government. Instead, the paper proposes that capacity can follow function ‐ as
Kidjie Ian Saguin, M. Ramesh
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Education in the Post-Lake View Era: What Is Arkansas Doing to Close the Achievement Gap? [PDF]
, 2008 Assesses whether the state's reforms can close the achievement gap among racial and socioeconomic groups. Proposes additional steps such as school health programs, extended learning programs, targeted small classes, and more parental ...
Jay Barth, Keith A. Nitta
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