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  • Open Access
3 Citations
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Factors of the Readiness for Information Exchange in Pre-School Education Establishments

  • Valentina Dolgova,
  • Yulia Batenova,
  • Irina Emelyanova,
  • Irina Ivanova,
  • Lyudmila Pikuleva and
  • Oksana Filippova

The development of an interactive environment that allows for a significant enhancement in interaction opportunities with information resources for a child is one of the primary tasks of the pre-school educational process organisation today. This stu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
6,091 Views
29 Pages

2 April 2025

The aim of this study is to evaluate artificial intelligence applications in the preschool education level within the framework of the multi-complementary approach (McA). The McA is designed as a comprehensive approach that encompasses multiple analy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,044 Views
15 Pages

17 July 2022

The skills and competencies to be acquired in the 21st century are collected under these topics: learning and innovation skills; life and career skills; information, media and technology skills. The changes taking place in the world, in information t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,491 Views
14 Pages

While the pre-service teacher education (PSTE) programme holds global significance, there is a lack of evidence regarding its impact on the teaching practices of mathematics student teachers. Therefore, this study examines the impact of PSTE programm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
8,877 Views
29 Pages

17 May 2022

Climate change education (CCE) can play an essential role in pushing forward a climate-just transition. However, educational institutions seem to be challenged to equip students and their prospective teachers with what is necessary for them to become...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,949 Views
12 Pages

Effect of a 6-Week Physical Education Intervention on Motor Competence in Pre-School Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder

  • Rubén Navarro-Patón,
  • Juan Luis Martín-Ayala,
  • Mariacarla Martí González,
  • Alba Hernández and
  • Marcos Mecías-Calvo

30 April 2021

The objective of this research was to analyze the impact of an intervention program performed by a specialist in physical education (PE) to contribute to the development of motor competence (MC) in pre-school children with motor development problems....

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,911 Views
8 Pages

The practice of music represents an irreplaceable experience of the human being. Gratifying in many aspects, it carries out a diversified web of experiences: sensorial, perceptive, cognitive, dynamic, social, cultural. In this, each individual comes...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,863 Views
15 Pages

3 September 2020

State of the art: Cinema, because of the eclectic nature of art, technology and mass media, can be manifested as an educational tool in the classroom. In this sense, the educational possibilities detected in the cinema are numerous. The pre-service t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,727 Views
10 Pages

13 January 2023

Modern education increasingly focuses on interweaving drama as an integral part of pre-school education. Given that teachers’ self-efficacy in meeting expected tasks tends to stabilize over time and is grounded in their success and failure expe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
7,403 Views
18 Pages

While extensive research has explored the impact of Augmented Reality (AR) on student perspectives, experiences, and outcomes, there remains a significant gap in empirical studies focusing on teachers’ viewpoints, particularly within Science Ed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
7,168 Views
14 Pages

Parental Education and Pre-School Children’s Objectively Measured Sedentary Time: The Role of Co-Participation in Physical Activity

  • Suvi Määttä,
  • Carola Ray,
  • Henna Vepsäläinen,
  • Elviira Lehto,
  • Riikka Kaukonen,
  • Anna Ylönen and
  • Eva Roos

Parental co-participation in physical activity (PA) may be a beneficial parenting practice for diminishing children’s sedentary time (ST). Less information is available, however, on the explanatory role of co-participation in PA regarding parental ed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,792 Views
13 Pages

Parental health literacy plays an important role in children’s health. Experiences from pharmacy practice show that is necessary to check if parents understand instructions about use of medicines for children. This study aimed to assess pharmacothera...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,051 Views
11 Pages

Salt Reduction Strategies in Portuguese School Meals, from Pre-School to Secondary Education—The Eat Mediterranean Program

  • Ana Isabel Rito,
  • Sofia Mendes,
  • Mariana Santos,
  • Francisco Goiana-da-Silva,
  • Francesco Paolo Cappuccio,
  • Stephen Whiting,
  • Ana Dinis,
  • Carla Rascôa,
  • Isabel Castanheira and
  • João Breda
  • + 1 author

24 July 2020

High sodium (salt) consumption is associated with an increased risk of developing non-communicable diseases. However, in most European countries, Portugal included, sodium intake is still high. This study aimed to assess the sodium content of school...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,170 Views
13 Pages

Russian and Indian Preschool Educators’ Beliefs about Distance Education for Preschoolers

  • Aleksander Veraksa,
  • Purnima Singh,
  • Margarita Gavrilova,
  • Nishtha Jain and
  • Nickolay Veraksa

15 December 2021

Increasing interest in the digitization of education raises the question of the specifics of the use of digital devices in preschool education and the perception of these new practices by educators. The primary purpose of this study was to examine ed...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
7,021 Views
17 Pages

Preschool Educators’ Perceptions on Values Education

  • Yingxuan Lin,
  • Mohammad Akshir Ab Kadir and
  • Divjyot Kaur

24 January 2025

This systematic review examines preschool educators’ perceptions and implementation of Values Education (VE), emphasizing its critical role in moral and ethical development during early childhood. Following PRISMA guidelines, the review synthes...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,516 Views
12 Pages

16 January 2023

Many studies have demonstrated that music has many benefits for children’s physical and mental development. However, many preschool educators have scant preparation for or a lack of experience in aesthetic education. The purpose of this study i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
96 Views
23 Pages

Between Action and Awareness: Exploring Reflective Pathways in Preschool Education

  • Gintautė Žibėnienė,
  • Tomas Butvilas,
  • Remigijus Bubnys,
  • Jordi Colomer and
  • Raimonda Tamelienė

29 January 2026

Reflection, as a key component of the educational process, strengthens the child’s sense of identity, self-awareness, and ability to learn consciously. Although the theoretical foundations of reflection are widely studied in educational science...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,315 Views
16 Pages

Decree-Law 54/2018: Perspectives of Early Childhood Educators on Inclusion in Preschool Education in Portugal

  • Rita Simas Bonança,
  • Paulo César Fróes Bulhões,
  • Levi Leonido and
  • Elsa Maria Gabriel Morgado

In this study, we analyze the perspectives of early childhood educators working in various teaching sectors on inclusion in preschool education, following the publication of Decree-Law no. 54/2018, as of 6 July, at a time when learning and inclusion...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,056 Views
16 Pages

Developing Entrepreneurial Society: Have We Ignored the Opportunities of Preschool Education?

  • Jaana Seikkula-Leino,
  • Marcia Håkansson Lindqvist,
  • Svanborg R. Jónsdóttir,
  • Sara M. Ólafsdóttir and
  • Priti Verma

Entrepreneurship education has much potential to act as the main driver for society, which promotes well-being, economic sustainability, and solving global wicked challenges, such as climate change. Thus, education strategies and political programs e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,679 Views
18 Pages

Relevance of Sociocultural Inequalities and Parents’ Origins in Relation to the Oral Health of Preschoolers in Lanzarote, Spain

  • Beatriz Prieto-Regueiro,
  • Gladys Gómez-Santos,
  • Daniele Grini,
  • Laura Burgueño-Torres and
  • Montserrat Diéguez-Pérez

20 August 2023

Approaching inequalities to achieve health equity requires joint action. Early childhood caries affects disadvantaged population groups. The objective of this study was to determine the relevance of sociocultural inequalities and parental origin with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
403 Views
16 Pages

23 December 2025

In Sweden, collaboration between families and preschools is strongly emphasized, yet little is known about how parents perceive preschool teachers’ education, qualifications, and professional skills. Through a socio-cultural lens, this article...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,241 Views
17 Pages

Associations between Prenatal Education, Breastfeeding and Autistic-Like Behaviors in Pre-Schoolers

  • Jing Chen,
  • Esben Strodl,
  • Li-Hua Huang,
  • Jing-Yi Chen,
  • Xin-Chen Liu,
  • Jian-Hui Yang and
  • Wei-Qing Chen

9 February 2021

This study aimed to investigate the association between prenatal education and autistic-like behaviors of preschoolers as well as the mediating role of breastfeeding in their associations. A cross-sectional study via a structured questionnaire was co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,022 Views
21 Pages

6 January 2025

The COVID-19 pandemic profoundly disturbed preschool education in Turkey, necessitating a rapid shift to distance learning for over 1.5 million children. The Ministry of National Education has established programs such as the Educational Content Netw...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,002 Views
14 Pages

18 October 2021

The aim of the study was to explore and highlight the challenges and benefits of distance education that educators found in their practice of online teaching with preschool children during the first wave of the pandemic. An electronic questionnaire w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,185 Views
9 Pages

7 October 2024

Background/Objectives: The purpose of this study is to describe the current status of preschool teachers’ attitudes about inclusive education and discuss the factors that influence these attitudes. Methods: A total of 449 preschool teachers who...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,225 Views
11 Pages

16 January 2023

With the popularization of technological products, people’s everyday lives are now full of 3C (computer, communication, and consumer electronics) products. Children have gradually become acquainted with these new technological products. In rece...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,006 Views
19 Pages

9 October 2025

In Georgia (Sakartvelo), a program promoting bilingual education in preschool institutions was formally adopted in 2020. It aligns with the objectives of the 2021–2030 State Strategy for Civic Equality and Integration Plan, which envisions a co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,385 Views
17 Pages

The Effect of the Organizational Climate on the Integrative–Qualitative Intentional Behavior in Romanian Preschool Education—A Top-Down Perspective

  • Adela Redeș,
  • Dana Rad,
  • Alina Roman,
  • Mușata Bocoș,
  • Olga Chiș,
  • Claudiu Langa,
  • Daniela Roman,
  • Daniel Mara,
  • Elena-Lucia Mara and
  • Ciprian Baciu
  • + 2 authors

19 April 2023

The concept of educational organizational climate relates to the relational, social, psychological, affective, intellectual, cultural and moral environment that characterizes educational/teaching and managerial activity at the level of a school organ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,479 Views
20 Pages

18 August 2025

The recent reform of the preschool curriculum in Latvia signifies a paradigm shift with the objective of fostering holistic skill development. The success of this implementation is largely attributed to the pivotal role played by teacher perspectives...

  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Citations
11,497 Views
35 Pages

9 September 2019

This research is a qualitative study to determine the opinions of preschool teachers and pre-service teachers on environmental education and environmental awareness for sustainable development. The phenomenology approach, which focuses on individuals...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,559 Views
20 Pages

23 September 2025

Cultural heritage education promotes sustainability by fostering children’s emerging identity with local heritage and internalizing shared cultural values. In early childhood settings, these formative processes are shaped by preschool educators...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,789 Views
10 Pages

Day-care centers are the ideal place for conducting nutrition intervention to improve children’s nutrition. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a multi-strategy childcare-base intervention in improving compliance with nutr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,327 Views
15 Pages

27 March 2024

Developing sustainability competences is an important endeavor for education, as competence development can be complex and requires appropriate approaches. In the case of preparing future educators, this becomes even more important, because of their...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,346 Views
17 Pages

13 October 2019

Staff education can improve the quality of nutrition in childcare centers, but an objective assessment of the change is necessary to assess its effectiveness. This study evaluated the effectiveness of the multicomponent educational program for improv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,361 Views
25 Pages

26 July 2025

Background/Objectives. Social and Emotional Education (SEE) interventions during early childhood have shown considerable promise in enhancing children’s emotion understanding, social competence, and behavioural adjustments. However, few studies...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,768 Views
9 Pages

Back to School in the Pandemic: Observations of the Influences of Prevention Measures on Relationships, Autonomy, and Learning of Preschool Children

  • Naiara Ozamiz-Etxbarria,
  • Maitane Picaza,
  • Eneritz Jiménez-Etxebarria and
  • Jeffrey H. D. Cornelius-White

16 May 2022

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a global impact on societies, economies, and education. In Spain, one of the countries most affected by the COVID-19 in the initial year, the virus began to spread at the end of February 2020. When the Spanis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,074 Views
18 Pages

Characterisers of Teaching in a Mathematics Problem Posing Lesson in Preschool Education

  • Juan Pedro Martín-Díaz,
  • Miguel Montes,
  • Myriam Codes and
  • José Carrillo

30 July 2020

Problem posing is rarely seen in Spanish classrooms, least of all in preschool education. The lack of research, coupled with a lack of guidance, has resulted in teachers simply not considering the approach as something that could enrich their work. T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,168 Views
13 Pages

14 July 2025

This study examines the impact of preschool teachers’ positive psychological capital on their digital education innovation behavior, focusing on the moderated moderation effects of digital education effort expectancy and behavioral intention on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,972 Views
19 Pages

Currently, China has entered the development stage of a “low birth rate” demographically. There is a huge contradiction between the unbalanced and inadequate distribution of preschool education facilities (PEFs) and the people’s exp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
9,380 Views
26 Pages

11 March 2019

This study presents an attempt to contribute to the field of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) by conceptualizing systems thinking skills of four- to six-year-old preschool children with the role of age in this particular skill. For this pu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,210 Views
15 Pages

19 September 2023

The increasing societal diversity of religions and worldviews (R&W) in Swedish preschools affects what competencies today’s preschool teachers need and what needs to be taught in Swedish Preschool Teacher Education (PTE). The study aims to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
8,402 Views
13 Pages

Analysis of the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Knowledge of Cuban Teachers in Primary Schools and Preschools

  • Osvaldo Hernández-González,
  • Rosario Spencer-Contreras,
  • Pilar Sanz-Cervera and
  • Raúl Tárraga-Mínguez

17 April 2022

Teachers’ knowledge of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) plays a key role in the successful inclusion of children with ASD in regular schools. The objective of this study was to analyze Cuban teachers’ knowledge of ASD of at inclusive primar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,676 Views
18 Pages

Demographic growth in Kazakhstan over the past decades has had a significant impact on the entire education system, particularly at the preschool and primary levels. High birth rates have led to an increasing number of children requiring enrollment i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,854 Views
30 Pages

3 August 2023

Numerous studies indicate that evolutionary concepts can and should be taught at the primary school level. However, teaching evolution in primary school is presumably not yet the norm globally. At the same time, the educational potential of evolution...

  • Article
  • Open Access
589 Views
14 Pages

Emotion Socialization Strategies of Preschool Teachers in Greece: Job Stress, Age, and Implications for Early Childhood Education

  • Anthi-Margarita Katsarou,
  • Christine Dimitrakaki,
  • Chara Tzavara and
  • Georgios Giannakopoulos

7 January 2026

Grounded in stress-reactivity accounts and the Prosocial Classroom model, this study examines how preschool teachers’ responses to children’s negative emotions are associated with teacher job stress and age in Greek early childhood educat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,897 Views
7 Pages

Designing a Scale to Assess Dialectical Thinking: Link to ECERS-R Items

  • Nikolay Veraksa,
  • Olga Shiyan and
  • Ekaterina Sviridova

14 December 2019

Dialectical thinking is gaining wide circulation as part of personal and social preschool child development in modern society, which makes all the more urgent the task of designing a tool to evaluate the extent to which the educational environment in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,911 Views
16 Pages

The purpose of our research is to determine emotional and behavioural modelling in an emotionally safe environment in a group of kindergarten preschoolers, following the application of an innovative curriculum project, designed and implemented for th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,452 Views
9 Pages

25 January 2020

The purpose of the paper is to reveal the peculiarities of the introduction of innovative education technologies in the process of training future pre-school teachers in the field of the socialization of preschoolers, and to verify their effectivenes...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
13,767 Views
13 Pages

The Impact of School Meal Programs on Educational Outcomes in African Schoolchildren: A Systematic Review

  • Caitlin Wall,
  • Terezie Tolar-Peterson,
  • Nicole Reeder,
  • Marina Roberts,
  • Abby Reynolds and
  • Gina Rico Mendez

Malnutrition and hunger can lower a child’s ability to learn effectively. Many countries in Africa experience high rates of childhood undernutrition, and school feeding programs are a common tool used to address this challenge. A systematic rev...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
8,913 Views
20 Pages

The State of School Infrastructure in the Assembly Constituencies of Rural India: Analysis of 11 Census Indicators from Pre-Primary to Higher Education

  • Akshay Swaminathan,
  • Menaka Narayanan,
  • Jeff Blossom,
  • R. Venkataramanan,
  • Sujata Saunik,
  • Rockli Kim and
  • S. V. Subramanian

In India, assembly constituencies (ACs), represented by elected officials, are the primary geopolitical units for state-level policy development. However, data on social indicators are traditionally reported and analyzed at the district level, and ar...

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