Gender-Role Attitudes of Professional Female Educators toward Men in Early Childhood Education

1986 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 723-730 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patsy Skeen ◽  
Bryan E. Robinson ◽  
Mick Coleman
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Gender Role Attitudes ◽  
Classroom Teachers ◽  
Stereotyped Attitudes ◽  
College Professors ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Changing Attitudes ◽  
Direct Child

A national random sample of women working in early childhood education was drawn from the membership of the National Association for the Education of Young Children to assess their attitudes toward the suitability, professional practice, and administrative capabilities of men in early childhood education. Past work experience with a male preschool teacher was a consistent indicator of a lack of stereotyped attitudes toward men in the early childhood field. Also, college professors and researchers were less stereotyped in their attitudes concerning the suitability of male preschool teachers than were either classroom teachers, other persons with direct child contact, or administrators. Implications for changing attitudes toward males in early childhood education are discussed in relation to these findings.

What's Going On…

1974 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. 599-600
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Early Learning ◽  
Concept Development ◽  
Classroom Teachers ◽  
Early Childhood Mathematics ◽  
Affective Development ◽  
Childhood Education

Classroom teachers, curriculum spectal ists, administrators, and others interested in early childhood mathematics education are Invited to attend the NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON MATHEMATICS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD to be held 23–25 January 1975 in Reston, Virginia. The conference, planned by the Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) and the NCTM, will explore ways to he lp teachers (1) mathematize the young child's environment; (2) understand the child's cognitive, language, and affective development with respect to mathemat ical learning; (3) assess the child's level of concept development in order to plan appropriate mathemat ical learning experiences for him; (4) understand the importance of continuity in early learning expe riences; and (5) review and analyze recent research relevant to mathemat ics in early childhood education. For further information, write to the NCTM Headquarters Office, 1906 Association Drive, Reston, VA 22091.

scholarly journals How do Specific Conditions Shape Values of Undergraduate Early Childhood Education Students in Slovenia?

2021 ◽  
Vol XIX (3) ◽  
pp. 525-540
Author(s):  
Marta Licardo
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Study Programme ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Time Part

The purpose of the study is to examine the early childhood education students’ values and what are the differences in the students’ values in specific conditions related to social environment. The values of undergraduate students who study early childhood education are very important for professional development and practice. The purpose of this study is to determine, if their values change during their study programme; which values are more important to the students; and what are the differences in the students’ values in terms of the type of study (full time/part time), years of study, age, work experience and work status. Results indicate that employed students have higher scores on other-centred values than unemployed students, older students express more others-centred values than younger students, while in self-centred values there are no age differences. Students who have more work experience express more others-centred values and students who study longer express more others-centred values than fresh students, while in self-centred values differences by years of study do not occur. These results reveal important changes in the hierarchy of values related to measured variables and interplay between various conditions.

A scale for measuring teacher leadership in early childhood education in China: Development and validation

2020 ◽  
pp. 174114322094954
Author(s):  
Mo Wang ◽  
Jing Xia
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Teacher Leadership ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Classroom Teachers ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Education In China ◽  
Middle Leaders

This article describes the development of a teacher leadership scale (TLS) that can be utilized in early childhood education in China. A mixed methods research design was developed to meet the research aim, and both qualitative and quantitative data on the perceptions of teacher leadership from both middle leaders (i.e. vice-principal, key stage coordinator, subject leader) and classroom teachers were collected. In the qualitative study, semi-structured interviews with seven middle leaders and seven classroom teachers were conducted. The qualitative findings were then used for item pool generation in a quantitative study to create the TLS in four stages of development. The TLS questionnaire was distributed to 175 respondents and then to a further 419 respondents for exploratory factor analysis. The scale was further validated by confirmatory factor analysis with another 597 respondents. Its concurrent validity was also examined: teacher leadership was found to be positively associated with job satisfaction and the principal’s authority openness. The article demonstrates that a four-factor model of teacher leadership as follows is psychometrically sound: (a) leading teaching and professional development; (b) characteristics of teacher leaders; (c) participating in school-wide decision-making; and (d) diversity and continuous improvement.

scholarly journals The Role of Qualitative Methods in Early Childhood Education: A Review of J. Amos Hatch’s Early Childhood Qualitative Research

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maribel Del Rio-Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Classroom Teachers ◽  
Research Practices ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Current Practices

Early Childhood Qualitative Research is an edited book that captures the importance of conducting educational research and the significance of such research being scholarly and rigorous. In addition, this book does a phenomenal job of stressing the importance of giving participants in educational research a voice to describe their experiences is stressed, including the experiences of classroom teachers. The aim to provide professionals in the early childhood arena an opportunity to see different perspectives than they make typically be exposed to and to provide them with opportunities to critique current practices, in order to enhance qualitative research practices in the field of early childhood education.

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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