Experiencing (from) the inside – Mediated perspectives in kindergartens

This paper presents a case study of preservice kindergarten teachers’ use of new form of digital imagery. The paper introduces spherical cameras and digital microscopes and discusses their affordances when introduced in practical use in in teacher education and in kindergartens. The use in kindergartens was introduced through a class of 34 teacher students in kindergarten education. The students were special­izing in Arts and design at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. The use of images from spherical cameras and digital microscopes is discussed and analysed, based on data from student responses through two questionnaires, group presentations and discussions in class, and an analysis of various media material produced by students.

A Study on Teacher-Child Interaction from the Perspective of Children

Children’s perspective is based on their own cognitive level in understanding objective things. The study of children’s perspective is a bottom-up research process under the premise of having a full respect for a child’s view. With the change of views about children in recent years, “children’s perspective” has become a new research direction. At the same time, teacher-child interaction, as an important means of evaluating the quality of kindergarten education, requires a bottom-up perspective from children. This study hopes to understand children’s emotional experience in the process of teacher-child interaction as well as their understanding and evaluation of their own experience by exploring their perspectives on the interaction, so as to better improve the quality of teacher-child interaction in kindergarten.

Employing ICTs in Kindergartens in Remote Areas of Jordan: Teacher’s Perspectives on the Use, Importance and Challenges

<p>With Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) impacting the way we learn; information and communication technologies (ICTs) play an ever-increasing role in young children learning making it crucial to understand the importance and challenges of using ICT in kindergartens from teacher’s perspectives. The present study, therefore explored the perspectives of teachers in remote areas of Jordan regarding the degree of ICT use, its importance in kindergartens, and potential challenges. To achieve the objective of the study, a quantitative questionnaire was developed and distributed to 263 kindergarten female teachers in remote areas of Jordan. Results indicated that the degree of use and importance of ICTs from teachers’ perspective was average. Further, the study identified several challenges that appeared to hinder teachers’ use of ICTs in kindergartens. Teachers who held a bachelor degree were significantly more likely to employ ICTs in their teaching than those who did not. Yet, there were no significant differences according to the number of training courses in ICT and experience teachers had. Recommendations and implications for facilitating the use of ICTs in kindergarten education concluded this paper.</p>

Kindergartens education influence on primary school students' educational success in the parent's assessments

The article examines the influence of kindergarten education on primary school students' success in the students' parents' assessments. The research relevance is explained by the need to comprehend the family factor in the educational process at the early stages of personality development. The following issues are discussed: family ideas about primary school student educational success, the relationship between school choice and kindergarten attendance, parental involvement in kindergarten, and primary school education of children. In the study's empirical part, 40 informal interviews were conducted with informants whose children studied in public and private kindergartens. The author presents a parental assessments comparative analysis of kindergarten education effectiveness. When studying the interviews, Russian computer programs for processing unstructured texts were used. It was found that the majority of parents believe that kindergarten education has a positive impact on the child's school success in primary grades. Parents who have sent their children to a private kindergarten rate the education benefits they receive most highly. The main criteria for the primary school student's success in the family are the child's academic performance. Among other indicators of success, the interviewed parents named friendship with classmates, respect for the first teacher, work in study clubs, participation in an intellectual academic competition, and a child's good mood for attending classes. No connection was found between school choice and the preschool education type. The school choice is influenced by the parental involvement style in the child's education in the early educational socialization stages: mentoring or liberal. It turned out that families whose children attended a public kindergarten tended to be mentoring behavior, as opposed to a more liberal attitude towards the children education of parents who chose a private kindergarten. The prospect of the study is to expand the empirical base of the project and include in the sample informants who choose to homeschool their children.

Pengembangan Media Berbasis Hologram 3D Dalam Pembelajaran Tanaman Kelapa

In recent years, the application and development of 3D hologram technology expanded in many areas, including to develop learning media. This research aimed at knowing the development, feasibility, effectiveness, practicability of usefulness and easiness of 3D hologram-based learning media on coconut plant theme lesson. The research has been carried out at kindergarten education with a sample of 24 students from TK Islam Al Madina Semarang. The method used is R&D with ADDIE development model, there are Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. The result reported that: the media 3D hologram for learning coconut plant has been developed by obtaining input from validator media and validator material, the developed media was considered feasible based on the media validator's assessment with score of 87% and the validator's material with a score of 80%, the developed media was effective, evidenced by mean score of post-test student's answers was 99,3, which is increase 24% compared to the pre-test 75; and the developed media was considered useful and easy to use by teacher and parents with their respective scores 82% and 92%. The overall result shows that the developed media hologram is feasible, effective, useful, and easy as a learning media.

The Principal’s Leadership in Implementing the Full-Day Kindergarten: A Literature Review

The importance of the principal’s leadership in implementing the full-day kindergarten education program attracted authors to research and this article discusses the results of the literature review conducted by the authors. There are a number of articles about the principal’s leadership review and full-day kindergarten implementation especially in the context of the world that can be found. The purpose of this review is to find out the principal’s leadership in implementing full-day kindergarten in a world context. Based on the results of literature reviews from various countries in the world, the authors found the scope of the articles reviewed is still very limited and it is very difficult to get literature that combines the two variables, therefore, the authors would be positively explain the findings for each variable. The results of the review literature on school principal’s leadership show that the principal’s leadership in carrying out his role as a leader has an impact on teacher performance and student achievement. The results of the review literature on the implementation of a full day kindergarten show that children who attend kindergarten (FDK) a full day experience academic and development benefits compared to children who attend a half-day program. Thus, the authors are interested in following up related to the principal’s leadership in implementing full-day kindergarten.