Aspects Of Early Childhood Research Articles

ANALISIS PENGGUNAAN MEDIA BIG BOOK DALAM MENGEMBANGKAN KEMAMPUAN BERBAHASA ANAK USIA 3-4 TAHUN

Language is a media for early childhood to express their feelings and experiences and communicate with others around them. This study aims to determine the impact of using big book media to develop the early childhood’s language skills aged 3-4 years. The method used in this study is a qualitative method under a descriptive approach. The results of study showed that the use of big book media empirically improve the early childhood’s language skills. The early childhood’s language skills generally develop at the level of: (1) acquiring new vocabularies, (2) fluency in pronouncing new vocabularies, (3) understanding the meaning of spoken vocabularies, and (4) being able to retell stories told by teachers based on various pictures listed in big book. In addition, the use of big book media also helps other aspects of early childhood’s development, such as: (1) cognitive aspects and (2) art aspects. In conclusion, empirically the use of big book media can help to develop the early childhood’s language skills aged 3-4 years.

Aspects of early childhood: a fundamental stage for human development

Aspects of early childhood: a fundamental stage for human development

Aspects of early childhood: a fundamental stage for human development

Aspects of early childhood: a fundamental stage for human development

Early Childhood’s Dynamics of Socio-Emotional Development: COVID-19 Pandemic vs Post COVID-19 Pandemic

Purpose – The limited interaction among children in early childhood learning during the COVID-19 pandemic causes the lack of fulfilment of children’s socio-emotional development. This study aims at analyzing the dynamics of socio-emotional development occurred in TK Nurul Islam during the COVID-19 pandemic.Design/methods/approach – The research design of this study is qualitative research. The data are collected through observation, interviews, and documentation. Then, the data are analyzed using Milles and Huberman models. To test the validity of the data, source triangulation and technical triangulation are used.Findings – The findings of this study explain that the socio-emotional development of children in TK Nurul Islam during the pandemic has not developed well. Some habitual actions encouraged by teachers —such as smiling, greetings, memorizing some short surahs, mentoring students, and having fun learning are able to stimulate children’s socio-emotional development after the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, children’s socio-emotional development after the COVID-19 pandemic can develop well as expected.Research implications/limitations – This study is only limited on the aspects of early childhood’s socio-emotional development.Practical implications – This study contributes to the knowledge and provides the examples of teachers’ practice in developing children’s socio-emotional development in early childhood education institutions.Originality/value – Research can be used as an evaluation to develop children’s socio-emotional development during the pandemic and after the COVID-19 pandemic.Paper type: Research paper

KREATIVITAS ANAK USIA DINI BERDASAKAN ALIRAN PROGRESIVISME

Abstract : In this research, the writer aims to be able to know what creativity is, the importance of cultivating creativity, and the relevance of creativity according to the flow of progressivism. As we know that early childhood is usually called the golden age, which means the golden age. Cognitive, fine-gross motor, social-emotional, language, religious-moral, and artistic aspects are various aspects of early childhood. Therefore, educators and parents should understand how important creativity is for their future survival. It is an absolute obligation to introduce various kinds of activities that foster children's creativity so that they develop properly and correctly based on the child's age stage. Today there is still an understanding of parents, communities or teachers who have not optimally understood the benefits of the importance of creativity for early childhood for the next child's life, and the author tries to explain the relationship between early childhood creativity based on the flow of progressivism. Thus, the development of creativity in early childhood is expected to be able to optimize understanding and knowledge about the importance of creativity for children. The important role of creativity includes creativity being able to realize self-actualization, and it is a reflection of creative thinking, creativity allows humans to improve the quality of life and is beneficial for the social environment. The authors use the type of library research (library research). Early childhood creativity based on the flow of progressivism is strengthened by related theories so that it is very educational for readers to implement in everyday life in educating children.
 Keywords: Creativity Development, Early Childhood, Progresivisme.

Traditional Game of Ular Naga for Early Childhood Development from Teacher’s Perspective

The traditional game is a cultural activity contain not only cultural values but also as methods to create joyful learning. One of the traditional games that famous at Early Childhood Education is Ular Naga. Games of Ular Naga is a traditional game from Yogyakarta, Indonesia with specific activities such as singing, playing, dan dialogue. Within have some various activities and complicated this game can develop many aspects of early childhood. This study aims to know the benefit of traditional games of Ular Naga for early childhood teacher perspective in early childhood education. This research is qualitative research with early childhood teacher as the subject and to collecting the data with the interview, observation, and documentation. Validation data used triangulation technique. Analysis of data such as collected data, reduction data, display data and make a conclusion. The result shows that the majority of the teacher's perspective has the same argument that Ular Naga has the benefit of developing an aspect of the children such as gross motor skills with activities walking, running, catching, make a train, and make a line and social-emotional aspects with activities build cooperative within friends in the group. However the teacher not yet explanation holistically all the aspect that should be can develop from Ular Naga.

How evidence can be used to inform policy: A case study of early childhood evidence-based policy development

Albeit science is clear in its support for early childhood, the developmental outcomes for young children, globally, are poor. It is hypothesized that evidence-based policies may be a potential mediator of the application of science to improve the lives and well-being of young children. However, the question arises — at what stage of policy formulation can evidence be infused into the process? The aim of the present study was to test the applicability of the infusion of evidence into the very initial stages of policy development by using a systematic analytical approach. A policy analysis and review protocol, generated from the early childhood and social policy science literatures, was applied to the early childhood (ECD) policy formulation for Lao PDR. The results of the analysis indicated, that while several certain aspects of ECD are addressed in the country, notable gaps need to be addressed. The analysis resulted in a set of recommendations to inform the subsequent stage of policy development. The application of this analytical methodology to use evidence to inform policy, the advantages, challenges and issues for further consideration are discussed in this paper.

Using systematic reviews to investigate research in early childhood

This article explores how the evidence base for aspects of early childhood has been explored using systematic research synthesis methods developed at the Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPI-Centre). Three early childhood systematic reviews have been carried out using EPPI-Centre procedures and tools. The article discusses the principles underlying systematic research synthesis, the way in which the three reviews were set up, the processes involved in reviewing studies for the reviews, and the nature and generalizability of the reviews’ findings.

‘Wat sal hierdie kindjie eendag word?’ Kindwees in die wêreld van Jesus (Deel 2)

“What will this child become?” Childhood in the world of Jesus (Part 2) This is the second part of an historical investigation into the conditions and experiences of childhood in first century Palestine. Aspects of early childhood, socialisation and education are discussed. The issue, “Jesus and the children” is explored briefly.