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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
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of dental caries in deciduous teeth and oral health related quality of life among preschool children aged 4–6 years in Kisarawe, Tanzania

BMC Oral Health, 2020
Background Preschool years are a critical period in the development of a healthy child. The consequences of poor oral health in preschool children reach beyond dental problems, with oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) being associated with ...
Ray M. Masumo, Tumaini S. Ndekero, Lorna C. Carneiro   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

Engineering habits of mind in preschool children at Scottish forest nurseries and Australian bush kinders

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Nature‐based learning environments for early childhood are expanding, as is research into their affordances and pedagogies. Engineering in these environments is not well studied. Previous work considered engineering experiences through the lens of ‘designerly play’, finding that natural materials, the space for larger creations and ...
Rebecca Donnelly, Chris Speldewinde, Helen Bridle   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Educational multi-touch applications, number sense, and the homogenizing role of the educator [PDF]

arXiv, 2016
As part of an educational project proposed in Italian preschools, an educator followed a tested protocol proposing two chosen iPad apps to children of ages 5 to 6. Though her interventions were supposedly aimed at strengthening the number sense of the children, the result was a homogenization of their schemes, in various cases seemingly inhibiting ...
arxiv  

Improving the Nutritional Quality of Instant Noodles Made From Wheat Flour Using Dry and Wet Fractionated Mungbean Protein Ingredients

Cereal Chemistry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Objectives The nutritional quality of instant noodles can be improved using dry and wet fractionated mungbean protein ingredients. Wheat flour was blended with mungbean protein concentrate and protein isolate to produce high‐protein instant noodles of around 15%, 20%, and 25% protein.
Daniel J. Skylas, Chris Whiteway, Theo Webster, Valeria Messina, Sonya Richard, Siem Doo Siah, Ken J. Quail   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating Mental Representations about Robots in Preschool Children [PDF]

arXiv, 2018
This paper refers to an observational research that investigates preschool children's mental representations of robots. Our hypotheses were that: a) three to six years-old children think about robots as human-like entities, concerning to both the physical and the conceptual nature of human beings, and b) they do not understand the concept of the ...
arxiv  

Unveiling the disparities between private and public preschools in the risk for pinworm infections in China: a multicentre cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health
Background In China, public preschools only admit children from local permanent resident families, differing from private preschools admitting children mostly from transient population families such as work migrants.
Fanzhen Mao, Xiangzhen Xu, Feng Tang, Bixian Ni, Qiang Zhang, Jiayao Zhang, Yaobao Liu, You Li, Jun Cao   +8 more
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Study on the current status of dental caries in preschool children in Chongming District， Shanghai

Shanghai yufang yixue
ObjectiveTo investigate the prevalence of dental caries among preschool children in Chongming District， Shanghai， and to analyze the related factors influencing dental caries in preschool children in Chongming District， in order to provide references and
QIN Hui, JIANG Lihua, YANG Chao
doaj   +1 more source

The present circumstances of pediatric practice by family physicians in Japan: Cross sectional research

Journal of General and Family Medicine, Volume 24, Issue 1, Page 16-23, January 2023., 2023
Present daily pediatric practice. Abstract Background In Japan, pediatric primary care has often been provided not by general practitioners, but by specialists. Although official pediatric training of general practitioners started in Japan in 2018 no studies to date show the extent to which Japanese general practitioners are committed to pediatric care.
Akiteru Takamura, Ako Machino, Yukari Sugiyama, Atsunori Sako, Kosuke Kohashi, Chizuru Yabe, Hidefumi Ichinose, Fuminao Kitanishi, Mitsuru Kubota, Kei Miyazaki, for the Japan Primary Care Association, Pediatric and Adolescent Health Committee   +11 more
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