Early childhood spirituality in education: Towards an understanding of the distinctive features of young children's spirituality

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 760-774 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Adams ◽  
Rebecca Bull ◽  
Mary-Louise Maynes
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Children's Spirituality ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Spirituality In Education

scholarly journals Embracing Make Believe Play and Theories of Early Childhood: Understanding Children's Spirituality and the Spiritual Essence of a Young Child

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 12-21
Author(s):  
Kathleen I Harris
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Young Child ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Children's Spirituality ◽  
Potential Source ◽  
The World ◽  
Secure Environment ◽  
Teachers And Parents ◽  
New Discovery

Young children are born with a unique development that captures the spiritual essence of wonder and signature style of their own capabilities, strengths, interests, personality, temperament, and learning styles. Spiritual moments experienced by young children are often direct, personal, and have the effect, if only for a moment, of uplifting us by capturing the essence of spirituality through playful moments.  Children’s spirituality involves questioning, exploring, and belonging by building close relationships in comfortable environments and from caring caregivers who provide a secure environment and routine in which to grow and nurture in. Spirituality, together with the efficacy of make-believe play invites young children to be awakened with an awareness of community and purpose with the world around them.  Each new discovery made by a young child is a potential source of wonder and delight.  Through a child’s imagination and make believe play, teachers and parents may be given opportunities to be aware of this aspect and witness their spirituality. In this paper, children’s spirituality is defined and the characteristics of spirituality are discussed connecting to the dynamics of play for young children and the contributions of major early childhood theorists to the growth and understanding of children’s spirituality are featured.

scholarly journals Inculcation Religiosity in Preschoolers Local content curriculum

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-216
Author(s):  
Muhammad Munadi ◽  
Watik Rahayu
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Moral Education ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Spiritual Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Children's Spirituality ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Spiritual Well Being ◽  
Santa Maria

Millennial era life is a big challenge, humans need a strong footing to face all the problems. Religion is God's guidance that becomes the handle of life and it is important to instill religious beliefs early on. The purpose of this study was to find the cultivation of religiosity in preschool children in Kindergarten Aisyiyah Branch and Kindergarten Santa Maria in Kartasura Regency. This study uses qualitative methods with data collection tools, namely interviews, direct observation, and document analysis. Data validated using triangulation of methods and sources. The results showed that the religiosity of planting in the TK Aisyiyah Kartasura branch had more burdens than in the Santa Maria Kindergarten. While its nature is more balanced between vertical ritual content and horizontal content in TK Aisyiyah Kartasura branches compared to TK Santa Maria. The cultivation of moral education is carried out through a step-by-step process starting with teaching to say and answer greetings (Islam), saying good morning and evening to non-Muslims and inviting children to always pray in every activity. Vertical ritual planting in TK Aisyiyah Kartasura branch has more burden through the practice of prayer, memorizing prayers and memorizing short letters from the Qur'an all in Arabic compared to TK Santa Maria only emphasizes the memorization of prayer in Indonesian. Keywords: Inculcation religiosity, Pre-schoolers, Local content curriculum References: Adams, K., Bull, R., & Maynes, M. L. (2016). Early childhood spirituality in education: Towards an understanding of the distinctive features of young children’s spirituality. 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L. (2016). How Children and Adults Represent God’s Mind. Cognitive Science, 40(1), 121–144. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.12232 Henderson, A. K. (2016). The Long Arm of Religion: Childhood Adversity, Religion, and Self-perception Among Black Americans. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 55(2), 324–348. https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12262 Holloway, S. D. (1999). The Role of Religious Beliefs in Early Childhood Education: Christian and Buddhist Preschools in Japan. ERCP Early Chilhood Research and Practice, 1(2). Retrieved from http://ecrp.illinois.edu/v1n2/holloway.html Kienstra, N., van Dijk-Groeneboer, M., & Boelens, O. (2018). Religious-Thinking-Through Using Bibliodrama: An Empirical Study of Student Learning in Classroom Teaching. Religious Education, 113(2), 203–215. https://doi.org/10.1080/00344087.2017.1403788 King, U. (2013). The spiritual potential of childhood: Awakening to the fullness of life. International Journal of Children’s Spirituality, 18(1), 4–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/1364436X.2013.776266 Rissanen, I., Kuusisto, E., Hanhimäki, E., & Tirri, K. (2018). The implications of teachers’ implicit theories for moral education: A case study from Finland. Journal of Moral Education, 47(1), 63–77. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057240.2017.1374244 Scott, K. (2014). Inviting young adults to come out religiously, institutionally and traditionally. Religious Education, 109(4), 471–484. https://doi.org/10.1080/00344087.2014.924790 Suyadi, Destiyanti, A. Z., & Sulaikha, N. A. (2019). Perkembangan Nilai Agama-Moral Tidak Tercapai pada Anak Development of Religious-Moral Values Not Reached in Basic Age Children : A Case Study in Class SD Muhammadiyah. 6(1), 1–12.

scholarly journals Ichthyosis Prematurity Syndrome: A Rare Form but Easily Recognizable Ichthyosis

2021 ◽  
pp. 470-473
Author(s):  
Sultan Al-Khenaizan ◽  
Asma AlSwailem ◽  
Mohammed Ali AlBalwi
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Premature Birth ◽  
Autosomal Recessive ◽  
Initiation Codon ◽  
Codon Site ◽  
Rare Form ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Neonatal Asphyxia ◽  
Homozygous Variant ◽  
Clinical Triad

Ichthyosis prematurity syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive genodermatosis that is associated with mutations in the <i>SLC27A4</i> gene. Its onset occurs in early childhood and presents with the clinical triad of premature birth, thick caseous desquamating epidermis, and neonatal asphyxia. Here, we describe a prematurely born baby patient (33 weeks of gestation) with a homozygous variant at the initiation codon site (<i>c</i>.<i>1</i> A&#x3e; <i>G</i>, <i>p</i>.<i>Met1Val</i>) in the <i>SLC27A4</i> gene to raise awareness of this rare syndrome despite its distinctive features as we believe it is still underdiagnosed.

Young children’s spirituality: A focus on engaging with nature

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 339-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
Qualitative Investigation ◽  
Children's Spirituality ◽  
The World ◽  
Research Interview

The mandated early childhood framework in Australia requires educators working in early childhood services to attend to children’s spirituality. Also, one of the five outcomes in this framework tasks educators with promoting children’s connectedness with and contribution to the world, including natural environments. In this paper I present findings from a qualitative investigation to determine educators’ understandings and practices around promoting young children’s spirituality in the context of religious childcare centres in Western Australia aligned with a focus on nature engagement. A social constructivist theoretical perspective with a phenomenological and interpretivist paradigm framed the research. Interview and observational data were collected and analysed through interpretative phenomenological analysis revealing that educators were able to articulate the connection between spirituality and engagement with nature in childhood. However, in practice, educators rarely offered opportunities for children to experience nature. Recommendations include the provision of professional development in the area of children’s spirituality and its connection with nature along with the creation of guidelines on pedagogical practices that afford children opportunities to engage with their spirituality through nature.

Opportunities electroretinography in stadying of physiological stages of maturation human retina at different ages

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Aleksandrovna Konikova ◽  
Vladimir Vsevolodovich Brzheskiy
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Human Retina ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Formation Curve ◽  
Cone Function ◽  
Different Ages ◽  
Rod Function ◽  
Typical Configuration ◽  
Low Amplitude

The results of evaluation of the functional state of the retina in 55 healthy children of different ages (110 eyes). Distinctive features of the formation curve electroretinogram in early childhood. So in children under 6 months a-wave electroretinogram was not recorded, b-wave had a very low amplitude and increased latency. Typical configuration electroretinogramm was after 1 year of life. Noted that the maturation of cone function finishes later than the rod-function. Electroretinography objectively confirm phasing formation of functional activity of the visual system in children.

Structural Organization and Distribution of Fiber Types in Extraocular Muscles of Cats

1972 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 34-35
Author(s):  
Asish C. Nag ◽  
Lee D. Peachey
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Type ◽  
Light And Electron Microscopy ◽  
Small Diameter ◽  
Extraocular Muscles ◽  
Fiber Types ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Superior Rectus ◽  
Adult Cats ◽  
Different Diameters ◽  
Orbital Region

Cat extraocular muscles consist of two regions: orbital, and global. The orbital region contains predominantly small diameter fibers, while the global region contains a variety of fibers of different diameters. The differences in ultrastructural features among these muscle fibers indicate that the extraocular muscles of cats contain at least five structurally distinguishable types of fibers.Superior rectus muscles were studied by light and electron microscopy, mapping the distribution of each fiber type with its distinctive features. A mixture of 4% paraformaldehyde and 4% glutaraldehyde was perfused through the carotid arteries of anesthetized adult cats and applied locally to exposed superior rectus muscles during the perfusion.

Early-Childhood Education for the Developmentally Delayed: Diagnosis, Intervention, and Evaluation

1979 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-92
Author(s):  
Susan Freedman Gilbert
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
School Children ◽  
Developmental Delays ◽  
Delayed Diagnosis ◽  
Language Impairments ◽  
Developmentally Delayed ◽  
Speech And Language ◽  
Childhood Education

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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