Parents who want their PreK children to have science learning experiences are outliers     

Mesut Saçkes 《Early childhood research quarterly》2014

The purpose of this study was to examine parental priorities regarding science education in the early years. The study sample included 1456 Turkish parents of pre-K children (36–72 months). Parents were asked to prioritize eight academic content areas, including science, in descending order. The results demonstrated that the number of parents who prioritized science over other academic content areas in pre-K classrooms was quite low. Parents who ranked science highly deviated from the whole sample and almost all of these parents were identified as outliers by the two-step cluster analysis. Parents of boys and younger children and parents with high-SES level were more likely to prioritize science over other academic content areas. The findings suggest that parental preferences overall align well with early childhood teachers’ tendency to teach less science than other content areas, and parental priorities might be another major factor that contributes to limited science learning experiences in the early years.  相似文献   

Effects of virtual reality on learning outcomes in K-6 education: A meta-analysis     

《Educational Research Review》2022

Virtual reality (VR) has gained popularity in educational environments in recent years. Its presence and immersive characteristics enable new learning possibilities. Due to this growth, many studies have been conducted to assess the impact of VR on learning outcomes. The proliferation of experimental studies has created the need for meta-analyses that summarize the effect of VR in terms of learning gain. However, in the current literature there are few reviews focused on K-6 students and on analyzing the influence of some variables: the level of immersion, the length of the intervention, and the knowledge domain. The present meta-analysis aims to respond to these needs. After a pre-selection of 4658 references published between 2010 and 2021, 21 experimental studies were finally included in the meta-analysis. The results indicate that, on average, VR promotes greater student learning in comparison to control conditions (ES = 0.64). Moreover, this effect is even greater when immersive VR (ES = 1.11) is used compared to semi-immersive (ES = 0.19) and non-immersive systems (ES = 0.32). This effect does not depend on the educational level (kindergarten (ES = 0.59), 1–3 (ES = 0.69), 4–6 (ES = 0.70)), and most of the knowledge domains in which VR is used. Moreover, short interventions –less than 2 h– (ES = 0.72) are more effective than those lasting longer (ES = 0.49).  相似文献   

Mastery of the counting principles in toddlers: A crucial step in the development of budding arithmetic abilities?     

Pieter Stock  Annemie Desoete  Herbert Roeyers 《Learning and individual differences》2009,19(4):419-422

Counting abilities have been described as determinative precursors for a good development of later arithmetic abilities. Mastery of the stable order, the one–one-correspondence and the cardinality principles can be seen as essential features for the development of counting abilities. Mastery of the counting principles in kindergarten was assessed in a large group of children with a broad range of arithmetic abilities (N = 423). Not all children mastered the counting principles by the end of kindergarten. Mastery of the counting principles in kindergarten was predictive for arithmetic abilities one year later in first grade, especially for scores on arithmetic achievement tests. Children sharing a common educational background tend to have more similar scores on arithmetic tests, yet the importance of mastery of the essential counting principles in the prediction of later arithmetic achievement was the same for all classrooms.  相似文献   

The effects of CD-ROM storybook reading on Israeli children’s early literacy as a function of age group and repeated reading     

Ofra Korat 《Education and Information Technologies》2009,14(1):39-53

The effects of reading a CD-ROM storybook on children’s early literacy were examined as a function of their age group and the number of times they used the software. The investigation was carried out on 214 children: 108 pre-kindergarten children (aged 4:2 to 5:3) and 106 kindergarten children (aged 5:3–6:4). This population included 107 girls and 107 boys. The children in each group were randomly assigned to one of three groups. The first intervention group was afforded three CD-ROM storybook reading sessions. The second group was afforded five reading sessions and the third group served as a control and was afforded the regular kindergarten program. Pre- and post-intervention early literacy measures included vocabulary, word recognition and phonological awareness. No age group differences were found between the children’s early literacy progress after using the software and no interaction was found between age group and the number of reading sessions. Children from both age groups exhibited a similar level of story comprehension. Children who used the software five times exhibited greater progress in word meaning than those who used it three times and children in both of these groups did better than the control group. Children who used the software five times exhibited greater progress in word reading and phonological awareness than children in the control group. Implications for future research and education are discussed.  相似文献   

An investigation of the stability and variability in young children's self-regulated learning behaviors in kindergarten     

Carin Neitzel  Lisa Connor 《The Journal of educational research》2018,111(1):58-65

The authors examined the relative stability and variability of self-regulated learning (SRL) in kindergartners across various contexts (teacher-directed activities, small-group work, and independent work). They assessed the role of temperament and context on children's use of SRL while seeking to identify if there are optimal contexts for promoting SRL in particular children. The results revealed that although temperament was not related to SRL, children's regulation strategy usage was heavily dependent on context, contradicting the idea that children are either high or low self-regulators. The relative stability of SRL varied by child, with some children showing more sensitivity to context than did others. Optimal contexts for eliciting SRL also differed by children, with some children exhibiting elevated regulation during small-group activities and others during teacher-directed activities.  相似文献   

对我院幼师专业课程设置的几点思考     

缑红梅 《延安教育学院学报》2009,(6):32-33

针对我院幼师专业课程设置中存在的问题,提出应该科学制定课程设置和课程标准。具体可以从加快专业理论课建设、优化专业技能技巧课、大力开设活动课、重视实践类课程几方面着手进行。  相似文献   

流动儿童的学前教育机会：三群体比较分析   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

杨菊华  谢永飞 《教育与经济》2015,(3)

利用2013年“流动人口社会融合调查”数据和深度访谈资料,论文采用定量和定性研究方法,分析了流动儿童学前教育机会的最新状况与特点,探讨了制度排斥与流动儿童学前教育机会的关系。结果表明,尽管城-城和乡-城流动儿童的在园比例和概率与户籍儿童没有显著差别,但他们就读公立幼儿园的比例分别只有52.6%和40.1%,大大低于户籍儿童的67.9%;即便控制其他变量,流动儿童进入公立幼儿园的概率也仅为户籍儿童的38%。流入东部地区儿童的在园概率低于西部地区,但就读公立幼儿园的概率高于中西部地区。这表明,经济发展与流动儿童的学前教育机会并非简单的线性关系,而是受制于制度安排和资源丰盈与否。户籍类型、流动范围、父母在流入地居住时间对流动儿童的学前教育机会没有显著影响,这再次说明,流动儿童的学前教育机会受到了户籍制度和教育制度的双重排斥。  相似文献   

依托园本教研,建设研究型教师队伍——园本教研的实践与体会     

乔惠萍 《陕西教育学院学报》2011,27(4):117-119

依托园本教研,建设研究型教师队伍,首先要确立园本课程,以园本课程为载体开展园本教研。其次在实施园本教研中,要把握好理念是精髓、课程是载体、教师是主导的原则。另外要充分发挥园本教研针对性、实践性、及时性和自主性的特点,注重研究幼儿园自身教学中存在的问题,以教师力所能及的策略和方法解决教学实践中存在的问题,通过实践研究获取经验。使教师在观念、态度、知识与技能上都得到提升,是培养研究型教师队伍的有效途径。  相似文献   

发展普惠性幼儿园的策略思考与研究——以南昌地区为例     

涂远娜  王坚 《江西教育学院学报》2011,32(1):65-67

重视城乡学前教育,促进学前教育的均衡发展,是当前学前教育重点关注的问题。现阶段,切实解决学前教育存在的问题关键是构建学前教育的＂普惠性＂及公益性的办学体制。政府要在财政、税收、用地等方面给予优惠政策,鼓励、扶持社会力量参与到普惠性学前教育中去。  相似文献   

父亲参与：幼儿园教育教学的呼唤     

孔露  蒲红霞 《乐山师范学院学报》2015,(5)

父亲在幼儿园教育教学中起着举足轻重的作用,越来越多的研究者也将焦点集中在对父亲参与的研究上。文章以已有研究为基础,梳理父亲参与的概念,分析父亲参与的价值,探究父亲参与缺失的原因,着重研讨提高父亲参与幼儿园教育教学水平的策略。为了提高父亲的参与度,转变父亲的教养观念是前提,开展针对性的教育活动是条件,发挥正确社会舆论的导向作用是动力,完善相关法律和制度建设是保障。  相似文献