scholarly journals Online learning in kindergarten during Covid-19: Teachers’ experience and perception in Italy

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabrina Panesi ◽  
Chiara Fante ◽  
Lucia Ferlino
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Kindergarten Teachers ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
Special Educational Needs

Before pandemic, online learning was not widespread in the Italian educational context with preschoolers. This study investigates how a sample of 143 Italian kindergarten teachers describe their experiences and perception in conducting online learning during Covid-19 lockdown. Findings revealed that collaboration among teachers seems to be one of the most important elements to guarantee quality online learning, as well as the emotional and relational dimensions that involve kindergarten teachers and children with their families as “mediator”, especially with children with Special Educational Needs (SEN). Although this study was conducted in an emergency period, these findings may have important implications in online learning with preschoolers also during the post pandemic period.

scholarly journals Preocupações e expectativas dos pais de crianças com Necessidades Educativas Especiais (NEE) em Portugal

2019 ◽  
pp. 119-132
Author(s):  
Carla Barbosa ◽  
Ivone Neves
Keyword(s):  
Private School ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Educational Support ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Professional Integration ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
Qualitative Nature

Resumo Esse estudo expõe as preocupações, expectativas e prioridades dos pais de crianças/ jovens com Necessidades Educativas Especiais (NEE), quando seus filhos frequentam o contexto educativo. Na pesquisa empírica de natureza qualitativa, entrevistaram-se pais de crianças com NEE que frequentavam o pré-escolar, 1º, 2º 3º ciclos e ensino secundário de uma instituição escolar privada do Porto, Portugal. Nos dados coletados, concluímos que fatores de natureza pessoal, educativa e social influenciam as prioridades, preocupações e expectativas dos pais na integração de seus filhos com NEE, no contexto educativo. Destacam-se práticas educativas inclusivas, ensino com capacidade de resposta estrutural, organizativa e humana às NEE, onde as competências de todas as crianças e jovens são válidas; escola e docente que trabalhem em colaboração com as famílias na continuidade dos apoios educativos. Expectativas de felicidade e bem-estar são esperadas também, assim como a valorização e integração profissional na sociedade. Palavras-chave: Inclusão Escolar. Necessidades Educativas Especiais. Família. Abstract This study exposes the concerns, expectations and priorities of the parents of children/youth with Special Educational Needs (SEN), when their children attend the educational context. In the empirical research of qualitative nature, it was interviewed parents of children/youngsters with SEN who attended the preschool, 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycles and secondary education of a private school in Porto, Portugal. In the collected data, we concluded that factors of a personal, educational and social nature influence the priorities, concerns and expectations of the parents in the integration of their children with SEN in the educational context. It is emphasized inclusive educational practices, teaching with capacity of structural, organizational and human answer to the SEN, where the competences of all children and young people are valued; school and teacher that work in collaboration with families in the continuity of educational support. Expectations of happiness and well-being are also expected, as well as the valorization and professional integration in society. Keywords: School inclusion. Special educational needs. Family.

scholarly journals Psychological and pedagogical characteristics of a future first grader: kindergarten and school continuity problems

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetlana Shabas ◽  
Nina Vasilyeva
Keyword(s):  
School Readiness ◽  
First Graders ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Kindergarten Teachers ◽  
Educational Organizations ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Sharing Responsibility ◽  
High Level ◽  
School Maladjustment

The article examines the psychological and pedagogical characteristics of a first grader as a continuity problem indicator between preschool and primary school education levels. The increase in the number of children with special educational needs, inclusion, and modernization of education put children, teachers, and parents in new socio-psychological conditions in which kindergarten graduates may have difficulties in passing the educational route. In preschool and school educational organizations, there are differences in the assessment of the child's psychophysical development specifics, there is a mismatch in the leading education and training lines. The authors show that the continuity problem is currently very relevant and contains problems of an organizational and methodological nature, sharing responsibility problems between a child, family, society, and educational organizations, as well as cooperation problems of all participants in the children transition from one education stage to another. According to the research data, more than a third of future first-graders may fall into the risk group for possible school maladjustment. More than half of children have impaired hand-to-eye coordination and a high level of anxiety. The revealed relative disadvantage indicators of the children's psychophysical development indicate the need for meaningful cooperation between kindergarten teachers, educational institutions, and parents to create conditions for success in the continuity of various stages for adequate readiness for school for each child. The main areas of interaction can be the kindergarten teachers-psychologists training in early prevention of school maladjustment, psychological and pedagogical education of parents of future first-graders on school readiness, and increasing the kindergarten teachers competence in working with children with special educational needs.

scholarly journals Inclusion of Intellectually Disabled Children in Early Childhood Education in Hungary in the Light of the Law

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Krisztina Kovács
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Kindergarten Teachers ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Intellectually Disabled ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
The Disabled

The study commences with the introduction of the major Hungarian and international tendencies and the legal background of the inclusive education of children with special educational needs in Hungary, then it presents the strategies and tasks of kindergarten teachers in terms of the inclusive kindergarten education of intellectually disabled children, based on the results of our own empirical study. The actuality of the topic is demonstrated by the fact that, according to the statistical data, there is a large number of children with special educational needs in the mainstream kindergartens, which has an impact on the expectations in connection with the professional competence of the kindergarten teachers. According to the 2011 census data, 10% of the Hungarian population is intellectually disabled. The Central Statistics Bureau’s data published in 2018 shows that in 2016, 4.3% of the population belonged to the disabled population. From 2011 to 2016, the number of people with intellectual disabilities increased by 25% and it had exceeded 50,000 people.

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