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Design-Based Digital Story Program: Enhancing Coding and Computational Thinking Skills in Early Childhood Education 基于设计的数字故事计划：在幼儿教育中提高编码和计算思维能力

IF 2.7 3区教育学

Early Childhood Education Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-23 DOI: 10.1007/s10643-024-01728-3

Şermin Metin, Damla Kalyenci, Mehmet Başaran, Emily Relkin, Büşra Bilir

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Artful Echoes: Amplifying SEL Through Interactive Read-Alouds and Arts Engagement 艺术的回声：通过互动朗读和艺术参与提高 SEL

IF 2.7 3区教育学

Early Childhood Education Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-23 DOI: 10.1007/s10643-024-01738-1

Julie A. Stanley, Christine J. Picot, Jennifer Hopkins-Flory

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Many Prompts, Few Expansions: Preservice Early Childhood Educators’ Implementation of Dialogic Reading 提示多，扩展少：职前幼儿教育工作者实施对话式阅读的情况

IF 2.7 3区教育学

Early Childhood Education Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-22 DOI: 10.1007/s10643-024-01750-5

Montserrat Cubillos, Mariana Gerias

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Young Children’s Social and Emotional Adjustment and Caregiver Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic 在 COVID-19 大流行期间幼儿的社会和情感适应以及照顾者的压力

IF 2.7 3区教育学

Early Childhood Education Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-22 DOI: 10.1007/s10643-024-01721-w

Charis L. Wahman, Kristin Rispoli, Allison White-Cascarilla

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Preschool Engineering Play on Nature Playscapes 学前工程游戏在大自然景观中的应用

IF 2.7 3区教育学

Early Childhood Education Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-17 DOI: 10.1007/s10643-024-01743-4

Yuchang Yuan, Wen Zeng, Heidi Kloos, Rhonda Brown, Victoria Carr

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Process Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care in Australia: A Systematic Literature Review 澳大利亚幼儿教育和保育的过程质量：系统文献综述

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Early Childhood Education Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-14 DOI: 10.1007/s10643-024-01735-4

Nguyen Thi Ngoc Ha, Melissa Tham, Peter Hurley

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Improving Teacher Health and Well-Being: Mixed Methods Outcomes Evaluation of the Be Well Care Well Program 改善教师的健康和福祉：健康关爱计划的混合方法成果评估

IF 2.7 3区教育学

Early Childhood Education Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-09 DOI: 10.1007/s10643-024-01698-6

Angela Moreland, Kerrie Schnake, Laura Lessard, Faraday Davies, Katelyn Prowell, Grace S. Hubel

{"title":"Improving Teacher Health and Well-Being: Mixed Methods Outcomes Evaluation of the Be Well Care Well Program","authors":"Angela Moreland, Kerrie Schnake, Laura Lessard, Faraday Davies, Katelyn Prowell, Grace S. Hubel","doi":"10.1007/s10643-024-01698-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-024-01698-6","url":null,"abstract":"Early Care and Education (ECE) providers earn low wages, have limited access to employer sponsored health insurance, and are at higher risk for poor health (Lessard, 2020). Evidence shows that poor ECE teacher physical and mental health is associated with decreased ability to provide quality care for young children (Esquivel et al., 2016). One potential way to improve ECE teacher health is through workplace wellness interventions. Through longitudinal surveys and qualitative interviews with ECE providers, we found that, over the course of a year, ECE providers who participated in Be Well Care Well (BWCW), a 12-month wellness program designed specifically for ECEproviders, improved significantly on measures of personal strength and resilience, worker stress, job satisfaction, motivation towards health, and engagement in physical activity, which was supported by interviews conducted by a subset of teachers. Providers’ physical activity was specifically associated with the amount of time they reported engaging in components of the BWCW intervention. Compelling data was also gathered about the experience of children in the care of ECE providers who participated in BWCW. Findings show that after participating in BWCW, teachers’ interactions with the children in their care proactively facilitate healthy social and emotional development. This provides initial evidence that BWCW is a promising approach for improving the lives of ECE providers and the quality of care they provide to young children.","PeriodicalId":47818,"journal":{"name":"Early Childhood Education Journal","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141909291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Early Educators and COVID-19: Reflections on Well-Being 早期教育工作者与 COVID-19：关于幸福的思考

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Early Childhood Education Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-08 DOI: 10.1007/s10643-024-01716-7

Sheresa Boone Blanchard, Chia Jung Yeh, Dionne Sills Busio, Lydia Mann, Alexis Bruhn

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Examining the Validity of an Observational Tool of Classroom Support for Children’s Engagement in Learning 检验课堂支持儿童参与学习的观察工具的有效性

IF 2.7 3区教育学

Early Childhood Education Journal Pub Date : 2024-08-07 DOI: 10.1007/s10643-024-01731-8

Sharon Wolf, Matthew C. H. Jukes, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Jonathan Stern, Sharon Kim

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Mixing Pedagogies to Cultivate Joyful and Creative Young Writers in an Era of Standardised Writing Tests 混合教学法，在标准化写作测试时代培养快乐而有创造力的小作家

IF 2.7 3区教育学

Early Childhood Education Journal Pub Date : 2024-07-31 DOI: 10.1007/s10643-024-01726-5

Deb Brosseuk

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