To ensure that all children can fulfill their potential, it is essential to examine the factors underlying poverty-related achievement gaps. This study investigates the extent to which EF explains disparities in academic outcomes among South African preschool children.

This study uses latent profile analysis to examine how individual patterns of play (social, solitary, reticent, and rough-and-tumble), language (vocabulary and pragmatic language), and attention are associated, and how relevant covariates predict profile membership.

Denne studien undersøker hvordan barnehagelærerstudenter opplever mobilapplikasjoner som verktøy for artsbestemmelse, og hvordan de vurderer bruken av slike apper i sitt fremtidige arbeid med naturfag i barnehagen.

The Hong Kong government emphasizes moral education as a cornerstone of kindergarten educational reform. This study emphasizes the need for a comprehensive moral education framework encompassing robust teaching materials, valid assessment methods, and enhanced teacher training programs. 

This self-study investigates how educator-led shared book reading (SBR) strategies can be optimized to effectively support preschool children’s language and literacy development through the lens of sociocultural theory.

Free play is recognized in early childhood education and care (ECEC) as a crucial form of learning, and children’s disposition to engage in play is termed playfulness. This study explores the cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships between the roles that teachers adopt during free play and the playfulness of children in ECEC.

This qualitative study focuses on the ways kindergarten teachers used metaphors as a professional coping strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sol, värme, kyla och regn spelar roll för hur aktiva förskolebarn är under dagen. Det visar en ny studie från Karolinska Institutet, publicerad i tidskriften Environmental Research, där forskare har kopplat barns rörelsemönster till vardagens väder.

– La folk forme tjenestene, sier forsker. Han mener at gode offentlige tjenester må formes av folkene som faktisk inngår i dem.

One important factor for preschool children’s well-being and development is the relationship with their teachers. This study aims to explore perceived changes in preschool educators and children after participating in ICDP.

Early social competence is strongly related to children's well-being and academic achievement. This study investigated the link between ECEC quality and the social competence of Norwegian three-year olds.