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Screening diagnosis of speech helps single out children from the risk group of the appearance of the speech impediments and taking the speech-therapy early intervention towards them. The current speech-therapy care at the pre-schools is embracing only children with statements about the need of the special education, however recent research data is showing high level of speech defects in pre-school children and the majority from them isn’t provided with specialist therapy at the pre-school. The screening is contributing to the reduction in the number of children with the speech impediments thanks to more accurate further diagnostics and therapeutic action. Detecting the defect at a young age is precipitating therapy and is helping in building the correct speech system. The screening prevention of speech defects allows additionally to notice other developmental abnormalities which can become apparent in the course of conducted examinations. The aim of the article is to show the scale of the problem of undiagnosed speech defects and to emphasize the importance of early diagnose of said defects. The research results allowed to show the current scale of speech defects appearance in one of the pre-schools in Lodz Voivodeship.
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The purpose of this research is to examine pre-school children’s ideas about living and non-living things. Children were asked to determine whether particular objects in the pictures shown to them are living or non-living and asked to explain why they think so. The results of the research showed that majority of children can classify living and non-living things correctly and know that motion is a characteristic of a living thing. However, they held some alternative conceptions on the subject.
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The core curriculum of preschool education stipulates that the child that is prepared to study Mathematics in school can distinguish between basic geometric figures (circles, squares, triangles, rectangles). Nevertheless, a review of the records of student training in preschool revealed that there were no geometry-related subjects in any of them. Therefore, it was decided to further investigate whether it was the teachers who did not implement geometrical concepts or just the students, who had no opportunity to observe or conduct classes in the field. In addition, if the latter was the case, the analysis was to include the extent to which teachers implement geometric concepts.
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The paper studies the criteria, indicators and levels of value-conscious attitude to health as an integral indicator of developing healthy lifestyle of preschool and primary school children. It describes the current state of continuity in the healthy lifestyle education of senior pre-schoolers and primary school children.The author defined pedagogical conditions of continuity in the development of healthy lifestyle of senior pre-schoolers and primary school children, developed and implemented into practice methods to ensure continuity in the healthy lifestyle education in kindergartens and elementary schools, and experimentally tested their efficiency.
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Developing children's emotional skills is important because it helps forming and maintaining relationships with others, because it helps children to adapt to kindergarten and school, because it prevents the appearance of emotional and behavioral problems in childhood early and middle.
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Children's gender perceptions are actively formed in preschool age and are an integral component of person's gender identity. The formation of sexual identity of a child continues from 2 to 7 years, and the formation of his/her imagination occurs in the process of socialization through: identification, imitation, following, modeling, direction, self-determination, encouragement, self-acceptance, self-reflection, cognitive dissonance. Child masters the social norms, patterns of behavior and cultural values of his/her nation. The gender approach to the upbringing of the preschool children should be focused on the formation and establishment of equal, gender-independent opportunities for self-realization of the individual. However as practical experience shows, the gender component and its methodological data are insufficient in terms of the content of preschool education. In preschool institutions, gender education takes place spontaneously, educators use the traditional approach to forming child's self-esteem and his stereotypes of self-perception only on the basis of gender, so it is important today to pay more attention to gender education and socialization.Experimentally it has been investigated the peculiarities of gender and age identification of the preschoolers of the preschool institution of a combined type #9 of the city of Chernivtsi. According to the research, the greater part of children of 5-6 years old are aware of their belonging to the male or female sex, having the already formed gender identity. Gender perceptions of preschool children are gender-appropriate: girls’ - feminine, and boys’ – masculine. In addition, they are stereotypical: boys have instrumental role, girls-expressive.
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A notable theme in much recent primary education has been the concept of creativity. Nowadays it is highlighted the fact that creativity is directly responsible for the progress of the society. Creativity and creative potential are still seen as two abstracts concepts because literature in the field is updating day by day. The curriculum contributes the developing of trans and interdisciplinary activities. Throughout time, the most important innovations in different domains were possible only with the help of human who wanted to create something new, original and innovative. In this case, creativity plays a very important role. Developing the capacity of being creative, it is essential for surviving, as each of us is in great need of novelty and originality. The link between creativity and creative potential is very thin because it positively influences at the same time the educational process. In the article, the novelty is highlighted through the connections between creativity and creative potential in education and also, there are presented few theoretical interpretations of each concept. In order for an adult to become creative, fostering creativity and stimulating creative potential from an early age is required. The school system remains the main instrument, which society uses to cultivate and enhance creativity in young members, of school age. In this sense, the systemic modernization of education, in the light of pedagogy of creativity, is necessary. Although, the school play an essential role in training primary school children in order to be able to use their full creative potential in future productive activities. At the same time, creativity represents a condition of efficiency in both work and education. Creativity and creative potential in education stands for an important factor in developing primary school children in order to obtain an autonomous and creative personality.
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Early child development is related to early education, health, nutrition, and psychosocial development; therefore, the holistic concept of early approach combines elements from the area of stimulation of the child, health, nutrition, speech therapy, psychological counselling, physical development support, etc. The need for the development of integrated early education services and their extension to the area of 0-3 years are priorities of the European strategies assumed through a complex of educational policy measures, having as a priority the development of quality early education services for the benefit of all prerequisites for lowering the schooling rate (Strategy for early childhood education, Strategy for parental education, Strategy for reducing early school leaving in Romania, Study on the evaluation of public policies in the field of early childhood education - Saber Early Childhood). In this context of the development of early childhood education, numerous inequalities are identified in the implementation of European and national strategies and programs in the development of early childhood education services, supported by economic, political, social factors, etc. In order to make them compatible at European level, we consider it necessary to support training and development programs for staff providing educational services in early childhood education institutions. The purpose of this study is to acknowledge the opinion of the bodies with attributions in the pre-kindergarten and preschool education in Romania, as well as of the civil society and public opinion, as a prerequisite for identifying school policy measures and developing programs for training the teaching staff so as to be able to provide educational services in early childhood education (representatives responsible for early childhood education in school inspectorates and Houses of the Teaching Staff, teaching staff in preschool educational institutions, representatives of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, representatives of the Social Assistance Directorate, managers of nursery schools, representatives of NGOs and other categories of organizations with experience in the field, parents and interested representatives of the civil society and public opinion). The present study is a qualitative research based on the focus-group method, but also a quantitative research by using the questionnaire-based survey, being carried out on a representative sample of 100 persons (2 focus-group of 25 persons, respectively 50 persons involved in the survey-based questionnaire). The conclusions of this study highlight the need to restructure the system of early childhood education in Romania through interventions at the legislative level and ensure a unitary system of policy and intervention in early childhood education. Also, we believe it is imperative to reorganize the training system of the human resource, by developing complementary competences of the teaching staff, adapted to the training needs of the early childhood population, ensuring a valuable inclusive and integrated intervention.
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The changes in digitalized society are reflected in the family and school environment.Nowadays children are characterized as “Homo zappiens” (Veen & Vrakking, 2011) or “digi” generation (Gold, 2016) because they are growing up using modern technology (mobile phone, computer, iPod etc.) since early childhood. The use of new communication technologies by children induced major changes in play, learning and parenting. They learn and play in a global and digital culture. This could lead to huge discrepancies between generations, especially between parents and children, children and educators. This is because homo zappiens are digital, whereas parents are analogous sometimes. If we add to these characteristics of society the values that dominate postmodernism (hedonism, individualism etc.) we will have a clearer picture of the challenges of education today and especially, in parenting. We need to redefine the children-parents-educators relationship through a new set of criteria. Wellbeing is an important aspect of the family environment which determinates school integration and success.This article focuses on research in parents` perception regarding the parenting in digitalized society and children`s wellbeing.The research was embedded in a constructivist-interpretivist paradigm, which employed both quantitative and qualitative methods for data collection. This study included a number of 100 participants, children and their parents.Conclusion: The parents need to develop a new mind, set on children`s wellbeing and rethinking the parenting in digitalized society. A training program for parents must be a solution for develop children`s well-being at home as a condition for school.
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The body of the article goes on to discuss the creative models of a student’s personality’s development in the process of mastering the course «Theory and methods of musical education of the preschool children».In general, the teacher's profession accumulates a big number of opportunities for the creative improvement of a would-be teacher's personality. All types of activities used while working with children in the process of mastering the artistic competencies (like fine arts, modeling, designing, appliqué work or musical activities) require not only technical skills, but also sufficient creative imagination, lively idea, the ability to combine different tasks and achieve the goals. Achieving this task is possible if students are involved into the process of mastering the active types of musical activities – singing, musical-rhythmic and instrumental activity, development of aesthetic perception of musical works.While watching the group of students trying to master the musical activity, it is easy to notice that they are good at repeating simple vocal and music-rhythmic exercises. This is due to the young man's ability to imitate. Musical and instrumental activities require much more efforts and attention. It is focused on the types and methods of sound production by the children's musical instruments, the organization of melodic line on the rhythm, the coherence of actions in the collective music: ensemble or the highest form of performance – orchestra. Other effective forms of work include: the phrase-based study of rhythmic and melodic party, the ability to hear and keep the pause, to agree the playing with the musical accompaniment of the conductor, to feel your partner, to follow the instructions of the partiture. All the above-mentioned elements require systematic training and well selected music repertoire. Students find interesting the creative exercises in the course of music-performing activities which develop musical abilities, imagination and interpretive skills of aesthetic perception of music, the complex of improvisational creativity in vocal, musical-rhythmic and instrumental activity. The experiments in verbal coloring of a musical work are interesting too. Due to the fact that children perceive music figuratively, it is necessary for the teacher to learn to speak about music in a creative and vivid way. After all, music as well as poetry or painting, is a considerable emotional expression of feelings, moods, ideas and character. To crown it all, important aspects of the would-be teacher’s creative personality’s development include the opportunities for practical and classroom work at the university, where they can develop the musical abilities of students as well as the professional competence of the would-be specialist in music activity. The period of pedagogical practice is the best time for a student, as it is rich in possibilities and opportunities to form his or her creative personality. In this period in the process of the direct interaction with the preschool-aged children students form their consciousness; improve their methodical abilities and creative individuality in the types of artistic activity.
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The aim of the research was to determine the prevalence of the body mass index in preschool-aged children and give a perspective of its further development regarding the children’s age. The sample of examinees consisted of 71 preschool-aged children, more precisely 36 boys (43.6%) and 40 girls (56.3%) aged 4 to 7 and attending kindergartens in Croatia. Measurements of their body height, body mass and body mass index (BMI) were done. The results indicate that the body mass index will increase by an average 0.1 standard deviations for each new generation of children. Boys are averagely of a normal body weight with no significant deviations, while from their fifth year of age girls belong to the category of excess body mass. The perspectives of the body mass index increase for each new generation and the average excess body weight of girls from their fifth year of age indicates the possibility of serious health problems. This research has shown that the body mass index needs to be scientifically monitored by a longitudinal research, and respectively, a multi-year tracking of generations to provide a more accurate insight into the condition of children, especially when it comes to body mass index, since then it would be possible to evaluate prevention programs.
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In the modern world, we tend to make the teaching process as a synthesis of theory and practice, and we want that young people, after completing their education, become qualified for their future job in every respect. Unfortunately, it happens very often that even the best students do not find their way out properly, or their work is not as effective as expected according to the results they have achieved during their studies. There are many reasons for such situations which we should investigate and find adequate solutions for them.In this paper we raised the issue of future educators’ familiarity with program contents in the field of development of early mathematical concepts. We provided the answer to the question 60of whether future educators know what their future job is and what is expected of them. In the research, we used the survey technique. The research was transferable, and the results gave a clear picture of the current situation at the Department of Preschool Education when it comes to the development of early mathematical concepts.The survey sample consisted of students from the first to the fourth year of the first cycle andthe first year of the second cycle of the Department of Preschool Education at the Faculty of Educational Sciences of the University of Sarajevo. Thus, the sample consisted of 102 students in total, and among them 32 students of the first year, 20 students of the second year, 19 students of the third year, 18 students of the fourth year and 13 students of the first year of the second cycle. Out of this, there were 101 female students and 1 male student.
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Contemporary research show that musical activities and development of musical abilities simultaneously contribute to the development of a number of special abilities in preschool children such as: hearing, vision, verbal expression, reading ability, foreign language learning, mathematical and creative ability, social adaptability, etc. Development of musical abilities, and other children abilities are directly related to the quality of acquisition and 135possession of music-methodical competences of educators. The research included 103 educators from the Zenica-Doboj Canton with the aim of examining the level musicmethodical competencies development based on self-evaluation of educators and examining their attitudes towards professional development. For the purposes of the research, we designed a survey questionnaire and scalar for evaluation on a five-level scale of Likert type. The results indicate that educators moderately positively evaluate their music-methodicalcompetencies. Particularly weak-evaluated component is the skill of playing a harmonic instrument (M=2.50), which is used in practice not even closely enough (M=2.48). Particulary weak-evaluated component are their competences required for work in music education (M=3.79). There is also a statistically significant difference in evaluations of competences acquired at the faculty in favour of the natural-mathematical and linguistic area in comparison to the art and motor area. With reference to professional training, the educators see the need for organising professional seminars in this field, expressing their willingness to attend these seminars as well as commitment to lifelong learning. Equally so, 54.40 percent of the educators state that they did not attend either a seminar or some kind of professional training in music education during their work lifetime while 32.00 percent of the educators attended one of these. All this indicates the need for a more serious viewing of the problem oriented to music education of educators and systemic action on music-methodical competences.
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The activities oriented towards ananalytic approach, with special emphasis on rhythmand rhythmic patterns which have a strong influence on the whole some development of a child, can also be used successfully when working with children with various kinds of149difficulties. When working with children, this is primarily achieved throug hintegratedactivities, the effects of which can be seen in the development of self-expression, establishment of social contact, improvement of communicative skills and interpersonalrelationships, development of a psychologically optimal personality, improvement of personal autonomy and creativity, of rhythm of speech, voice perception and the alleviationof pathological behavioural patterns. Music has always been considered an integral part ofevery individual's life as well as a key link between various cultures. The results of recentresearch indicate great efficacy and beneficial effects of the music therapy on thedevelopment of children with developmental difficulties. Music therapy encourageschildren's development in many different aspects of life (physiological, intellectual, socialand emotional etc.). Based on these discoveries the purpose of this research is defined: to determine how listening to music affects the abilities of children with difficulties. Based on systematic observations that the educators of a small group of children with difficulties made, two hypotheses were tested. Results of the research indicate that children with developmentaldifficulties of ten react to music with motor activities, which confirms first hypothesis(„Listening to music encourages children to engagein motor activities“), whilst the secondhypothesis („Listening to music encourages children to achieve social contact (eye contact, touch etc.)“) is still not confirmed. These results are discussed bearing in mind the aim ofachieving the greatest possible well-being of the children with special needs, throught heeducational use of music, and guidelines are offered for future research in this field.
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Starting from the point of view to be successful preschool teachers is not enough just acquired competences but also questioning of their beliefs, a reflection of their own professional work and development, the aim of this paper is to give insight into recent findings on the application of biographical methods in qualitative research and qualitative analysis of 13 preschool teachers educational biography contribute better understanding of key events in their professional development. Better understanding and development of preschool teachers professionalism and professional identity, and thus ensuring the well-being of the child, may contribute insight in the course of professional development preschool teachers, their views on the responsibilities, roles, functions and values in work, insight into the motivational factors for the further development and vision of quality and competent preschool teacher. Using the results of research it is possible to conclude that the articulation and examination the values, beliefs and attitudes of preschool teachers using the educational biography and forming a reflexive groups of preschool teachers within the organization of the utmost importance to their professional development and improving the quality of the educational institution. Continuing professional education, work on yourself, thinking and questioning of practice time is leading to changes and creating a better environment for children.
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This paper presents the research conducted with parents of preschool children on quality of preschool education practice in Canton Sarajevo. In this paper, the focus is on understanding parent’s perspective on the kindergarten practice quality because we consider that understanding parent’s perspective is the first step in the process of allocating responsibility for preschool education and respecting the rights of parents to participate in all aspects of educating their children. These processes are fundamental for establishing and developing the quality of preschool education practice.
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