Building minds with blocks: The impact of a play-based professional development on preschool teachers' competencies and children's learning

IF 3.9 1区教育学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Teaching and Teacher Education Pub Date : 2025-07-01 DOI:10.1016/j.tate.2025.105144

Lukas Lazzara , Anke Weber , Miriam Leuchter

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Abstract

The study examined the impact of Professional Development (PD) on preschool teachers' content knowledge (CK), pedagogical content knowledge (PCK), and scaffolding practice. In a pre-post-follow-up design, 77 teachers were assigned to three groups (EG1: block play curriculum materials + PD, EG2: block-play curriculum materials, CG: no materials). Results showed improvements in teachers' scaffolding after the PD, but no changes in CK or PCK. The use of block-play curriculum materials and scaffolding was associated with an improvement in children's math knowledge, but not with their stability knowledge. The study highlights the need for practice-oriented PD aligned with preschool teachers' everyday practice.

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积木思维：以游戏为基础的专业发展对幼儿教师能力和儿童学习的影响

本研究考察了专业发展对幼儿教师内容知识（CK）、教学内容知识（PCK）和脚手架实践的影响。在随访前和随访后的设计中，77名教师被分为三组（EG1：积木游戏课程材料+ PD， EG2：积木游戏课程材料，CG：无材料）。结果显示，PD后教师的脚手架有所改善，但CK和PCK没有变化。积木游戏课程材料和脚手架的使用与儿童数学知识的提高有关，但与他们的稳定性知识无关。本研究强调了实践导向的PD与幼儿教师日常实践相结合的必要性。

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Teaching and Teacher Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

CiteScore

6.50

自引率

12.80%

发文量

294

审稿时长

86 days

期刊介绍： Teaching and Teacher Education is an international journal concerned primarily with teachers, teaching, and/or teacher education situated in an international perspective and context. The journal focuses on early childhood through high school (secondary education), teacher preparation, along with higher education concerning teacher professional development and/or teacher education. Teaching and Teacher Education is a multidisciplinary journal committed to no single approach, discipline, methodology, or paradigm. The journal welcomes varied approaches (qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods) to empirical research; also publishing high quality systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Manuscripts should enhance, build upon, and/or extend the boundaries of theory, research, and/or practice in teaching and teacher education. Teaching and Teacher Education does not publish unsolicited Book Reviews.