The effect of the brain-based early childhood teacher training program on the teachers’ views on and their practice of early childhood education

The chances of success of the internship in early childhood education, which takes place in the third degree, are very high. However, there may be circumstances that may befall the teacher-training student, which in a way turn the formative experience into a pretext for personal and professional growth. In order to know and understand its practice, we use narrative methodology. It is the most suitable way we have found to share his voice, giving him epistemological authority and being a pretext to improve from his experience. Her words lead us to understand that she wants to be a teacher, and that she learns in any situation, even though her tutor is in a context and with a very particular reality. The conclusion is in continuous construction as the student has learned, disapproved and reappeared with the practice; from being a student of practice to becoming one in practice.

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Finnish Pre-Service Teachers’ Perceptions of Perceived Competence in Early Childhood Physical Education

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18126454 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (12) ◽

pp. 6454

Author(s):

Anne Soini ◽

Anthony Watt ◽

Arja Sääkslahti

Keyword(s):

Early Childhood ◽

Teacher Training ◽

Early Childhood Education ◽

Motor Skills ◽

Perceived Competence ◽

Early Years ◽

Self Report ◽

Linear Regression Models ◽

Teachers Perceptions ◽

Childhood Education

Early childhood education and care (ECEC) teachers have a central role in supporting young children’s physical activity (PA) and overall development in the early years. However, the value of early childhood education teacher training (ECETT) programmes is not widely understood. This study aimed to investigate pre-service teachers’ perceptions of perceived competence when (1) supporting a child’s PA, (2) teaching PE, and (3) observing and assessing a child’s motor skills and PA. These self-evaluations were compared with a range of individual, educational, and behavioural characteristics. Final-year Bachelor degree pre-service teachers (n = 274; 54%) from seven universities in Finland participated in the self-report questionnaire. The results of the linear regression models showed that the relevant PE studies and previous experiences of pre-service teachers predicted higher perceived competence of supporting a child’s PA, teaching PE, and observing and assessing a child’s motor skills and PA. Thus, the study findings demonstrated how teacher training could positively influence perceptions and attitudes to increase a person’s perceived competence when implementing PE in the early years. Overall, results reinforce the importance of PE in ECETT, and the time devoted to this syllabus area should be maintained or increased.

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Neuroscience: alloy for early childhood education

International Journal of Health Sciences ◽

10.29332/ijhs.v4n1.421 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 25-32

Author(s):

Juana Maricela Quintana Loor ◽

Jessica Lourdes Arteaga Mera ◽

Luz Adriana Corrales Moreno ◽

Josefa Katiuska Toala Palma ◽

Lubis Carmita Zambrano Montes

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Early Childhood ◽

Early Childhood Education ◽

Research Paper ◽

Childhood Education ◽

The Brain

It is intended to carry out a tour about the influence of neuroscience in early childhood education. It is important that all teachers, especially those working with infants, can know the fundamental principles of neuroscience and how the brain learns; thus have sufficient resources for decision making in school classrooms. This research paper attempts to make an introduction about the topic to be addressed and its focus on early childhood education.

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KONSEP DAN KEBIJAKAN PENDIDIKAN ANAK USIA DINI DI KABUPATEN BANDUNG

Jurnal Manajemen Pendidikan Islam Al-Idarah ◽

10.54892/jmpialidarah.v2i2.13 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 81-87

Author(s):

Asep Hidayat

Keyword(s):

Early Childhood ◽

Early Childhood Education ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Early Age ◽

Education Policies ◽

Childhood Education ◽

The Government ◽

Level Of Understanding ◽

The Brain

AbstractEducation obtained at an early age greatly affects the development of children both psychomotordevelopment of the brain, and child behavior and achievement when entering adulthood, especially thereach the future of the nation as the next generation must be equipped with education and cultivation ofhumanity values and personality and karaktek. Equity of early childhood education in various regions isnot evenly distributed there are only a few places for rural areas this is caused by the level of knowledgeand insight parents who do not understand and the environment that affect. While for urban areas,especially people, the importance of early education because the level of understanding and intellectual isso high, it is a motivation for the government to commit to early childhood education so important tomeet the needs of the community for education, policies that support this education has been issued basiclaw for the organizer, among others, the Decree of the Minister of Education, the Law on Education andthe regional level by the Decree of the Head of Region. Government dalah this course can facilitate bothbuilding facilities and play facilities for children's games in the room and outdoor games.AbstrakPendidikan yang diperoleh pada usia dini sangat mempengaruhi perkembangan anak baik psikomotorikperkembangan otak, dan perilaku anak serta prestasi anak ketika memasuki usia dewasa terutamajangkauan ke depan bangsa sebagai generasi penerus. Hal ini tentunya harus dibekali dengan pendidikandan penanaman nilai-nilai kemanusian serta kepribadian dan karaktek. Pemerataan pendidikan anak usiadini di berbagai daerah memang belum merata hanya ada beberapa tempat saja untuk daerah pedesaan halini diakibatkan oleh tingkat pengetahuan dan wawasan orangtua yang kurang paham dan lingkungan yangmempengaruhi. Sementara untuk daerah perkotaan khususnya masyarakat merasakan pentingnyapendidikan usia dini karena tingkat pemahaman dan intelektual sudah begitu tinggi. Hal ini merupakanmotivasi bagi pemerintah untuk berkomitmen terhadap pendidikan usia dini begitu penting untukmemenuhi kebutuhan masyarakat akan pendidikan, kebijakan yang mendukung terhadap pendidikan initelah dikeluarkan dasar hukum bagi penyelenggaraanya antara lain keputusan Menteri pendidikan,Undang-undang tentang pendidikan dan tingkat daerah dengan Surat Keputusan Kepala Daerah.Pemerintah dalam hal ini tentunya dapat memfasilitasi baik sarana bangunan maupun sarana bermain bagiana, alat permainan dalam ruangan maupun alat permainan diluar ruangan.Kata kunci: Kebijakan, pendidikan, anak usia dini

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Providing Early Childhood Education Teacher Candidates Diverse Clinical Understandings through Professional Development School Experiences

Teacher Education for Ethical Professional Practice in the 21st Century - Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-1668-2.ch007 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 143-164 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Lea Ann Christenson ◽

Janese Daniels ◽

Judith Cruzado-Guerrero ◽

Stephen T. Schroth ◽

Marisa Dudiak ◽

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Keyword(s):

Professional Development ◽

Early Childhood ◽

Early Childhood Education ◽

Teacher Candidates ◽

Teacher Educators ◽

Developmentally Appropriate ◽

Early Childhood Teacher ◽

Teacher Education Programs ◽

Education Teacher ◽

Childhood Education

Teacher education programs serving early childhood education teacher candidates have unique challenges and need to work to ensure that each future educator be exposed to a variety of settings and practices throughout their preparation in order to best prepare them to serve the needs of their future young students. A solid background in human development, a well-rounded complement of methods courses grounded in developmentally appropriate practice and experience in a diverse variety of Professional Development Schools (PDS) will go far in meeting this goal. In Pre-K through 3rd grade classrooms early childhood teacher educators can significantly shape these competencies through their choice of, support for, and use of PDSs.

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