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Giving children a better start: preschool attendance and school-age profiles [PDF]

We study the effect of pre-primary education on children's subsequent school outcomes by exploiting a unique feature of the Uruguayan household survey (ECH) that collects retrospective information on preschool attendance.
Marco Manacorda, Samuel Berlinski, Sebastian Galiani   +2 more
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The impact of appearance anxiety on loneliness among college students: an integrative model

BMC Psychology
Background The widespread use of social media has made appearance anxiety increasingly prevalent among college students and has been linked with mental health concerns.
Jianbao Chang, Dehua Guo, Shiqin Dai
doaj   +1 more source

Can preschool protect young children’s cognitive and social development? Variation by center quality and duration of attendance [PDF]

, 2012
This paper illustrates how high-quality preschool has the potential to serve as an intervention within normal populations. Although it is well known that targeted Early Interventions can protect the development of young children from developmental risks,
Sammons, Pamela, Sammons, P, Siraj-Blatchford, Iram, Hall, James, Taggart, Brenda, Hall, J.E., Taggart, B., Sylva, K, Sylva, K., Sylva, Kathy, Melhuish, E, Sammons, Pam, Siraj-Blatchford, I., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I, Hall, J, Melhuish, Edward C., Melhuish, Edward, Taggart, B   +18 more
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The Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Workforce in Early Childhood Education: Findings From a National Survey of Australian Centre‐Based Services

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Culturally responsive early childhood education (ECE) environments can increase child and family participation, enhance service quality, and improve developmental outcomes for children. Educators from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds contribute to inclusive ECE and are crucial for addressing workforce shortages.
Sene Gide, Linda Harrison, Sandie Wong, Frances Press, Belinda Davis   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Perceptions of Professional Competence of Preschool Teachers on Their Professional Burnout During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Social Sciences
The aim of the research was to examine the effect of preschool teachers’ perception of professional competence on their professional burnout in Türkiye. A total of 157 teachers composed the study group.
Yağmur Kunduracı, Asude Balaban Dağal, Oya Ramazan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Enlightenment of Japan’s preschool education to China’s preschool children’s social education

Learning & Education, 2021
Japan’s pre-school education is at the leading level in the world. The success of Japan’s pre-school education has a great relationship with Japan’s economic development level and Japan’s emphasis on education. There are many ideas and methods of pre-school education in Japan that we can learn from.
Guoliang Li, Weiwei Cao, Wanting Yi
openaire   +2 more sources

The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Group Intervention (Navigator ACT) for Parents of Children With Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT High levels of parental stress and psychological inflexibility are common among caregivers raising children with neurodevelopmental disabilities. Navigator ACT is a group‐based treatment developed to increase psychological flexibility and reduce the impact of stress among parents of children with various disabilities (e.g., autism spectrum ...
T. Holmberg Bergman, P. Lappalainen, A. Ghaderi, T. Hirvikoski   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gamification in Science Education. A Systematic Review of the Literature

Education Sciences, 2021
The implementation of gamification in education has attracted many researchers to increase engagement and achieve learning more effectively. Implementing technology in science curricula has seen a massive influx over the past years to stop the decline in
Michail Kalogiannakis, Stamatios Papadakis, Alkinoos-Ioannis Zourmpakis   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perceived organizational support on compassion fatigue among kindergarten teachers: a chain mediation model analysis of professional identity and emotional intelligence

BMC Psychology
Background Kindergarten teachers are vulnerable to compassion fatigue, which threatens their physical and mental health. Drawing upon the compassion fatigue model, this study aims to explore the impact of perceived organizational support (POS) on ...
Ge Cai, Liqiang Guo, Xiaoning Li
doaj   +1 more source

Early oral language precursors of different types of reading difficulties in a consistent orthography

Frontiers in Education, 2022
The present longitudinal study examined whether early oral language skills of Greek-speaking children assessed in grade 1 can predict the type of reading difficulties (RD) in grade 2. Sixty-six typically developing (TD) children and eighty-seven children
Ioannis Grigorakis, Apostolos Kargiotidis, Angeliki Mouzaki, George Manolitsis   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source