scholarly journals Latin American immigrant parents and their children's teachers in U.S. early childhood education programmes

2015 ◽  
Vol 50 (6) ◽  
pp. 431-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Crosnoe ◽  
Arya Ansari
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandra Jauregui ◽  
Deborah Salvo ◽  
Nicolas Aguilar-Farias ◽  
Anthony Okely

Abstract Movement behaviors (physical activity, sedentary behavior (including screen time), and sleep) have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to report changes in and factors influencing movement behaviors during COVID-19 among Latin American/Latino children aged 1 to 5 years in Chile, Mexico, and the USA. We conducted a cross-sectional study between April and August 2020. Caregivers reported changes in movement behaviors and provided information about family and household characteristics. In total, 4,136 children (mean age [SD], 3.1 [1.4] years; 51% boys). The proportion of children who met the WHO Guidelines decreased significantly in all countries, with large declines in meeting the physical activity and screen time guidelines. Factors associated with changes were being an older child, unable to attend an early childhood education and care service, higher parental education levels, not having the opportunity to play with someone, and not having access to spaces to play. During COVID-19, Latino parents reported changes in physical activity, screen time, and sleep quality among their toddlers and preschoolers. The findings highlight the need to minimize disparities faced by families by providing access to early childhood education and care and safe places for children to play.


1980 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 481-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Halpern

Robert Halpern examines the role played by early childhood education programs in the development efforts of several Latin American countries. He presents a brief historical overview of these programs, and then describes and assesses the impact of several types of programs currently in operation. Outlining some of the political and policy issues that underlie early childhood education, he offers recommendations for improving its effectiveness as a vehicle for development.


2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 217-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana María Mendioroz Lacambra ◽  
Pilar Rivero Gracia

Para mejorar la calidad educativa, es fundamental investigar y visibilizar buenas prácticas docentes. Desde hace varios años y en esta línea, las autoras intervienen en proyectos de innovación e investigación centrados en la Educación Infantil, lo que les ha permitido conocer y analizar la realidad educativa de esta etapa. Este artículo se centra en los resultados de un proyecto concreto de investigación, en el que participan universidades de ámbito europeo y latinoamericano con el objetivo de reconocer, analizar, normalizar, representar y hacer visibles 100 buenas prácticas en Educación Infantil, en un marco plural de características y condiciones. Se emplea una metodología cualitativa que permite vincular creencias implícitas con las prácticas docentes, y se recopilan los datos mediante entrevistas, observaciones en el aula y registros. En esta ocasión se presentan los criterios registrados por el grupo de investigación para reconocer buenas prácticas en el tramo 0-3 años, donde se evidencian, mediante las narrativas de las docentes, apoyadas por las observaciones y registros realizados en el aula, los componentes conceptuales y operacionales que caracterizan una buena praxis en Educación Infantil, en la línea de estudios precedentes. To improve the educational quality, it is fundamental to investigate and make visible good teaching practices. For several years and in this line, the authors have intervened in innovation and research projects focused on early childhood education, which has allowed them to know and analyze the educational reality of this stage. Specifically this work that is now presented, is the result of a subsequent research project, in which European universities and Latin American universities participate, with the aim of detecting, analyzing, systematizing and representing 100 good practices in Early Childhood Education, in a framework of plural characteristics and conditions. A qualitative methodology is used to link assumed beliefs with teaching practices, and data are collected through interviews, observations in the classroom and records. This article presents some of the criteria proposed by the research group to identify good practices, in the 0-3year period, where they are evidenced, through the narratives of the teachers, supported by the observations and records made in the classroom, the conceptual and operative components that characterize a good praxis in Infantile Education.


2019 ◽  
Vol 227 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liliana Angelica Ponguta ◽  
Carolina Maldonado-Carreño ◽  
Sharon Lynn Kagan ◽  
Hirokazu Yoshikawa ◽  
Ana María Nieto ◽  
...  

Abstract. In Colombia, the national law De Cero a Siempre (DCAS) provides a framework for holistic and integrated early childhood development and education for all children. Against the backdrop of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and the DCAS policy objectives, Colombia set out to apply a comprehensive measure to track the quality of early childhood education programs that would inform pedagogical, programmatic, and policy strategies. Our study describes the process whereby key stakeholders selected, adapted, validated, and applied the Measuring Early Learning Quality and Outcomes (MELQO) framework to characterize the quality of early childhood education at scale in the country. We describe the phases that led to the application of the different instrument modules, and the key enablers and challenges to the process. The paper includes implications for policy, practice, and research in Colombia and discusses lessons learned with relevance to the Latin American and global contexts.


2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Lunneblad

This article displays how a multicultural way of working in early childhood education is articulated during planning and evaluation. The results shows that it is articulated as an objective or goal for the Other. The objectives for a multicultural way of working fall outside of the regular activities. In these discussions, the immigrant parents are articulated in ambivalent positions, linked to a specific interests and responsibilities. At the same time as the pedagogues are making clear that parents must not feel that this is a demand or a coercion. It is possible to draw parallels with how integration policies are realized in practice, where multiculturalism has become associated with non-integrated pupils and their parents, and where the responsibility for lack of integration is often placed within these groups.


1979 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-92
Author(s):  
Susan Freedman Gilbert

This paper describes the referral, diagnostic, interventive, and evaluative procedures used in a self-contained, behaviorally oriented, noncategorical program for pre-school children with speech and language impairments and other developmental delays.


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