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Showing 1 to 20 of 106 for “"Early Learning"”.
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Educational intervention programmes for very young children : an overview, with specific reference to the home early learning programme of the Athlone Early Learning Centre
… are described as background to the Home Early Learning Programme and the Creche Programme of the Athlone Early Learning Centre. Using a newly developed instrument, viz. the Grover Developmental Charts for Very Young Children, 36 children participating in the Home Early Learning Programme …
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Efficacy of a Direct Instruction Approach to Promote Early Learning
… form of increased pre-academic, language, and early literacy competencies for high-risk preschool children. Sixty-one preschool children were randomly assigned to either a DI-Add-On group or DAP-Only group. The children were administered the Kaufman Survey of Early Academic and Language Skills …
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Improving the Practice and Culture of Early Learning in Ohio
… as “lived” experiences including both early learning educators and traditional school age leaders were reflected upon. The following research questions guided the study: What are the key operational components of the Ohio Improvement Process? How can schools benefit from merging the …
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Virginia's Foundation Blocks for Early Learning: Interpretation and Implementation by Practitioners
… assessment of Virginia's Foundation Blocks for Early Learning: Comprehensive Standards for Four-Year-Olds as they relate to theories of Piaget, Vygotsky, and Rogoff. This assessment included play, scaffolded instruction, emergent literacy, and spatial reasoning. The Foundation Blocks were …
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The Benziger Early Learning Assessment Test: A Study of Predictive Validity
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An Exploration of Teachers’ Early Childhood Guidance Beliefs and Practice within Early Learning Classrooms
… beliefs of their own guidance practices in early childhood guidance as measured by the Early Childhood Guidance Belief Survey (ECGBS-B) and the Early Childhood Guidance Belief Survey- Actual Practice (ECGBS-AP) as well as the quality of teacher-child interactions as measured by the Classroom …
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Whare Kōhungahunga Māori, teitei ka eke: “High quality” early learning for tamariki-mokopuna Māori
… Māori understandings of “high-quality” early learning for tamariki-mokopuna Māori. High-quality early learning for tamariki-mokopuna Māori is a term used regularly in education policy throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. This is problematic as quality is subject to numerous understandings – …
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An Investigation of the Features and Effectiveness of the Full-Day Early Learning Kindergarten Program in Ontario
… the main components of a high fidelity Full-Day Early Learning Kindergarten (FDELK) classroom, specifically play-based learning and teacher-ECE collaboration. Study 2 is a quantitative analysis that investigates how effectively the FDELK program promotes school readiness skills, namely …
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Supporting Multimodal Literacies in Early Learning Settings: A Case Study of Two Child Care Centres in Alberta
In early learning settings, multiple modes of communication are used to help young children convey meaning. These modes, or multimodal literacies, include signs, images, gestures, sounds, speech, movements, and actions. In this doctoral research, I explored how early learning and childcare …
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Network Rhetoric: A Network Ethnography of the Knowledge Work of System Builders in Child Care and Early Learning
An interdisciplinary project situated at the intersection of workplace writing, network theory, rhetorical theory and the study of public discourses, this dissertation argues for how these areas of inquiry intersect productively so that we can better understand the effects of workplace writing on …
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Lived Experiences and Attributes of Custodial Grandparents that Influence Their Grandchild's Early Learning and Development: A Phenomenological Study
… on grandfamilies and informs professional learning and continuous improvement within child and family serving systems.
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Stressors in early learning environments and their impact on the mental health and well-being of early childhood educators
Early childhood educators (ECEs) are experts in early learning for young children. This study aimed to identify the stressors ECEs experience in the early learning sector and their impact on the mental health and well-being of ECEs. Using a mixed-methods approach, an online questionnaire was …
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Early Learning Experiences of Post-Secondary Bangladeshi Students with a Study Permit Participating in an Online Indigenous Learning Event
This project explores the early learning experiences of Bangladeshi students on a study permit in Alberta, Canada after their participation in an online, asynchronous Indigenous-created learning event comprised of a video that explores issues of colonially imposed ideas around Indigenous identity …
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Unpacking the Role of Early Learning in Student Learning Outcomes: Evidence from National Reform of Pre-primary Education in Ethiopia
This dissertation examines the role early childhood education (ECE) plays in shaping children’s educational trajectories by focusing on one country that is experiencing the most rapid and massive expansion of preschool access in sub-Saharan Africa: Ethiopia. This thesis consists of three …
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AN EXPLORATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE THAMES VALLEY NEIGHBOURHOOD EARLY LEARNING PROGRAM, READY FOR SCHOOL, IN IMPROVING ATRISK STUDENTS’ SCHOOL READINESS
… The program, the Thames Valley Neighbourhood Early Learning Program (TVNELP), is offered at selected uat risk1 schools throughout the Thames Valley District School Board (TVDSB). Students who attended and did not attend TVNELP were followed to Senior-Kindergarten (SK) and Grade 1. These two …
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School, family, and community partnerships as pathways to support Vietnamese immigrant children's early learning in Saskatchewan: A case study within the Saskatoon Vietnamese community
… partnerships that support their children’s early learning and development in a Canadian context. The study was guided by three research questions: In what ways do Vietnamese immigrant parents conceptualize school, family, and community partnerships related to their children’s early learning …
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A quantitative study of early intervention and the impact on social emotional learning
The purpose of this study was to determine how an Early Learning Program supported social emotional learning and skill development for students preparing to enter kindergarten. Further, the study examined if teacher-led activities focused on early learning skills aligned to the Kansas Early …
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Investigating early childhood education through a systemic lens: What impact does early childhood education have on district level leadership
… An often-overlooked area of investment is early childhood education. As defined by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), this is the period of development between birth through age 8 for any child. If a district were allowed to self-assess their own early …
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The Politics of Play: A Sociocultural Analysis of Play in the Context of State Preschool Standards
… has seen an explosion of brain research and early childhood policies resulting in academics as a priority at state-funded preschools. Although strongly supported through a century of research, play often is pushed out by a more formalized, academic curriculum. Under the direction of the No …
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