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Young children's perspectives of time: New directions for co‐constructing understandings of quality in ECEC

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Children's relationship with time in preschools is an under‐researched area. Young children rarely know how to measure time using a clock, but their experiences of time may contribute to understanding children's well‐being and debates about quality in preschools.
Kristín Dýrfjörð, Anna Magnea Hreinsdóttir, Adrijana Visnjic‐Jevtic, Alison Clark   +3 more
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Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright, Irene Rizzini, Malibongwe Gwele, Lynn McNair, Cristina Laclette Porto, Marsha Orgill, E. Kay M. Tisdall, Malcolm Bush, Linda Biersteker   +8 more
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U.S. parents' attitudes toward playful learning

Frontiers in Developmental Psychology, 2023
IntroductionThere has been a surge of research on the power of play to facilitate learning in recent years. Guided play, specifically, has emerged as an optimal learning approach over free play and direct instruction. However, whether parents' attitudes toward play align with the emerging research remains largely unexplored.
Wright, Charlotte Anne, Pasek, Josh, Lee, Ji Young, Masters, Ally S., Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick, Thomsen, Bo Stjerne, Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy   +6 more
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4580 Development of a play-based coaching intervention to improve quality of life and wellbeing for mothers with cancer and their young children

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2020
OBJECTIVES/GOALS: Mothers with cancer who have young children experience life disruptions when treatment procedures limit mother-child interactions. This study proposes the development of an intervention combining the Coaching approach with the Model of ...
Rosa Roman-Oyola, Anita Bundy, Eida Castro, Osiris Castrillo   +3 more
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“Women are Stronger Than Men”: Breaking Norms Through Hip Hop in Vietnam

Music and Arts in Action, 2022
This paper examines women’s motivations for engaging in men-dominated hip hop dance in urban Vietnam, arguing that it is the kinesthesia that draws the young women into hip hop.
Sandra Kurfürst
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Validation of the Parental Playfulness Questionnaire in a Russian sample: development of a unidimensional 8-item short form (PPQ-8) and its association with parental stress

Frontiers in Psychology
IntroductionParental playfulness is increasingly recognized as a positive relational resource supporting child development and buffering parental stress.
Vera L. Sukhikh, Vera L. Sukhikh, Margarita N. Gavrilova, Margarita N. Gavrilova   +3 more
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Young children's right to be heard on the quality of their education: Addressing potential misunderstandings in the context of early childhood education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In early childhood education many researchers and professionals across the world have embraced the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child's requirement to include young children in decision‐making. In the context of ongoing discussion about young children's capacity to share their views and opinions about matters affecting them ...
Laura Lundy, Colette Murray, Kylie Smith, Carmel Ward   +3 more
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String Figuring young children's perspectives of quality in English early childhood education and care

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a contested concept and has generally been conceptualised by inter‐related indicators such as staff qualifications, educational environment, policy or child‐to‐staff ratios. There has been a more limited emphasis on how young children might perceive and experience quality.
Nikki Fairchild, Éva Mikuska
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The relationship of adults’ memories of their childhood play with their children’s life satisfaction and attitude to the game of their children

Современное дошкольное образование
Background. The value of the children’s game lies in its developing potential, which determines the need to support it by adults, especially parents. Research indicates that such support contributes to better developmental outcomes in children. Moreover,
Irina A. Ryabkova, Victoria M. Chernaya, Irina A. Kan   +2 more
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Listening to Hong Kong children's perspectives through pretend play

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) has become an increasing concern in recent years. The issue has been regularly discussed by different stakeholders. However, the rising concern regarding quality in ECEC has not seriously taken into account children's perspectives.
Suzannie K. Y. Leung
wiley   +1 more source