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The Contribution of Preschool Meals to the Diet of Finnish Preschoolers [PDF]
Nutrients, 2019 Preschool meals may influence the formation of children’s dietary habits and health. We assessed the contribution of preschool meals to the diet of Finnish children. We used food record data from the cross-sectional DAGIS survey and selected recording days which included all three meals (breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack) at preschool.
Korkalo, Liisa +10 more
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Preschoolers and the Endowment Effect [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 We show that preschoolers exhibit the endowment effect as evidenced by experiments where children generally chose to keep their own toys rather than trading them for similar ones. Furthermore, we relate the emergence of this effect to children's innate psychobiological traits--emotional state, gender, handedness, and digit ratio.
Da Silva, Sergio +2 more
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The beliefs of preschool teachers on self-regulated learning in the preschool [PDF]
Research in Pedagogy, 2021 This paper presents a qualitative research which implements the Delphi method on a sample size of 25 preschool teachers and their assistants in Slovenian preschools regarding their beliefs on self-regulated learning in the preschool. The goal was to determine how preschool teachers and their assistants define their own self-regulated learning, which ...
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Utbildning & Demokrati – tidskrift för didaktik och utbildningspolitk, 2018 The aim of this article is to scrutinize education for sustainability (EfS) in Swedish preschools, and especially how preschool teachers have articulated their work with economic sustainability objectives in practice. In this study we used an action-research methodology, and six preschool teachers from three preschools participated in the study.
Eva Ärlemalm-Hagsér +2 more
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PLOS ONE, 2019 Abstract Background The preschool environment presents an ideal opportunity to promote early development of healthy physical activity (PA) and sedentary time (ST) habits in young children. However, less is known about how environmental and structural characteristics of preschools are associated with preschool children’s objectively assessed ...
Chu Chen +4 more
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Reforming Preschools and Schools [PDF]
Academic Pediatrics, 2016 Compared with their higher-income counterparts, children growing up in low-income families in the United States typically complete less schooling, report worse health, and work and earn less in adulthood. Moreover, changes in the American economy over the last 40 years have raised the level of skills and qualifications that children need to obtain a ...
Duncan, Greg J +2 more
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Investing in Preschool Programs [PDF]
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2013 We summarize the available evidence on the extent to which expenditures on early childhood education programs constitute worthy social investments in the human capital of children. We provide an overview of existing early childhood education programs, and then summarize results from a substantial body of methodologically sound evaluations of the ...
Greg J. Duncan, Katherine Magnuson
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The Role of Preschools and Preschool Teachers: Icelandic preschool educators' discourses
Early Years, 2003 The purpose of the study was to investigate how preschool teachers in Iceland view early childhood education and the professional preschool teacher. Focus groups consisting of early childhood educators in Iceland were interviewed. Each of four focus groups comprised educators who held similar positions.
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Wheezing in preschool children
Early Human Development, 2013 Wheezing is a common condition in pediatric practice, it can be defined as a musical sound, high-pitched and continuous, emitting from the chest during breath exhalation. Although almost 50% of children experiences wheeze in the first 6 years of life, only 40% of them will report continued wheezing symptoms after childhood. The classification of wheeze
TENERO, Laura +3 more
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Preschool Teachers’ Understandings of the National Preschool Curriculum in Greece [PDF]
Early Childhood Education Journal, 2009 In 2003, a new curriculum was enacted in Greek preschool education, replacing the previous one of 1989 and following the development of new curricula for the other rungs of compulsory education. Within this context, the new curriculum development policy aimed at an equal integration of preschool education into the unified design of primary and ...
SOFOU, EFSTRATIA, Tsafos, Vassilios
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