Preschool Education Research Articles

International legal protection of the right to the education of migrant children

The education of children from migrant families is a pressing issue, with approximately 36 million school-age children and adolescents among international migrants, a number that continues to rise. Their education is an important long–term strategic priority and an investment in the future of the whole world. The article examines the problems of the education of migrant children, considers the recommendations for different countries in the field of organizing access of children to preschool, primary and secondary education, the creation of a favorable environment. Special attention is given to issues related to access to education, adaptation in the educational environment, and overcoming language barriers. The choice of a particular integration model depends on the immigration history of each country. Some integration models contribute to the formation of a multicultural society, while others aim at the complete assimilation of migrants. The selected models of realization of the right to the education of migrant children are reflected in the education system and determine how it will respond to the challenges associated with an increase in the number of children from migrant families in educational institutions. The study results highlight the necessity of creating efficient policies to safeguard the educational rights of migrant children.

PROJECT ACTIVITY IN PATRIOTIC EDUCATION OF PRESCHOOLERS

The given article discusses the project activity as one of the effective forms of patriotic education of preschoolers. The issue of patriotism cultivation, its purpose and features are analyzed. The importance of the project activity in the patriotism development in preschoolers in a preschool educational organization is considered, as well as a pedagogical project – as a didactic tool that allows one to teach design. The stages of the project development, its types and tasks are consecrated.

Citizenship Education for Preschoolers in Canada: Concepts, Methods, and Implications

Citizenship Education for Preschoolers in Canada: Concepts, Methods, and Implications

The Construction and Implementation of the Mixed Teaching Mode of Teaching Method Courses in Preschool Education-Take Science Education for Preschoolers as an Example

The Construction and Implementation of the Mixed Teaching Mode of Teaching Method Courses in Preschool Education-Take Science Education for Preschoolers as an Example

Структурування навчальних цілей у психологічній підготовці майбутніх вихователів

The article presents a view on the specific features of future preschool educators’ professional development. It actualizes the issue of the effective use of educational and professional activity resources for the formation of students’ reflective and prognostic skills, developing cognitive patterns of their future activities. The importance of student’s understanding and use of knowledge about the children’s psychological characteristics in the organization of interaction with them, their care, education, and the establishment of collaboration with children’s parents is recognized. The basis for the professional growth of future educators is considered in the context of structuring the learning objectives of studying children’s psychology, which, on the one hand, determines the scientific selection of means and methods of creating an educational environment for the child, and on the other hand, encourages the extrapolation of psychological knowledge to other educational components and the practice of teaching, upbringing and development of preschool children. The purpose of this research was to disclose the content of cognitive patterns of future preschool educators in the process of learning facts, rules and mechanisms of children’s psychological development, taking into account the system of learning objectives. According to the modern interpretation of Bloom’s taxonomy, the author of the article offers detailed information on cognitive processes and a system of relevant tasks that ensure the acquisition of factual, conceptual, procedural and metacognitive knowledge about children's psychological phenomena and their determination. The idea of a value-based attitude to the child is recognized as a key element of psychological training of future educators and a guideline in choosing its purposeful components. It is argued that a value-based attitude towards the child is an important component in the construction of a matrix of understanding the child in the dimensions of their personality formation, development of their individuality and subjectivity, while the main approaches and logic of its accumulation in students are substantiated. Keywords: idea of a value-based attitude to a child, taxonomy of learning objectives, context of interaction, patterns of cognitive activity, educational and professional activities, professional training.

Mathematics and Intelligence Education: The Path of Folk Art Teaching for College Preschool Education Major

Mathematics and Intelligence Education: The Path of Folk Art Teaching for College Preschool Education Major

Exploration and Practical Research on Civic Teaching in the Course "History of Preschool Education"

Exploration and Practical Research on Civic Teaching in the Course "History of Preschool Education"

Construction and Practice of Preschool Education Courses under the Background of Normal Education Certification

Construction and Practice of Preschool Education Courses under the Background of Normal Education Certification

The Use of E-Portfolios in Working with Pre-School Children

The advancement of information technologies has contributed to shaping a different vision of the life of society as a whole. In the age of digitalisation, society faces various changes in communication, as well as in everyday life. In the context of pre-school education and upbringing, the use of technology is on the rise for the purposes of implementing numerous educational activities. Communication with parents, monitoring the children´s personal growth and their behaviour, discovering the talents and abilities of pre-school children, and potential opportunities for preventing undesirable behaviour comprise activities which can be significantly improved by resorting to e-portfolios. Accordingly, this research aimed to explore the importance and methods of use of e-portfolios in working with pre-school children, as well as to pin down the prevailing type of e-portfolio based on pre-school teachers´ experiences. The research included 138 pre-school teachers from the city of Pirot, Serbia. Research results show that pre-school teachers resort to e-portfolios in pre-school institutions mostly to monitor children´s personal growth and behaviour. Consequently, they use such e-portfolios to prevent undesirable behaviour (with a special focus on aggressive behaviour). Likewise, the results indicate that an in-depth assessment e-portfolio is predominantly used by pre-school teachers, while the least frequently used is the subject-specific e-portfolio.

WAYS OF FORMING A COMPETENT ATTITUDE TOWARDS PUPILS

Preschool age means the most important periods in a person’s life for further growth. Professional competences of a pedagogical worker of preschool education, principles of interaction between children and adults: recognition and respect of the individual characteristics of the child, formation of individual independence of the child, principles of interaction between children and adults, the relationship of children with teachers as their personalities role in formation and from the words of the teacher, from the examples shown by his behavior, the child was told about the interaction between people, norms and rules of human communication.

Sociological analysis of the special preschool education system for children with mental disabilities in the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republic of Turkey

Sociological analysis of the special preschool education system for children with mental disabilities in the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republic of Turkey

A Probe into the Practical Teaching Mode of Adult Higher Education Continuing Education Curriculum under the Background of Lifelong Education

Higher diploma continuing education is an important part of higher education, is an important content of building a lifelong learning education system to serve the whole people, and is an important way for the people to create a better life and achieve common prosperity. At present, the research on the interaction between deep learning and knowledge transfer is still quite limited in view of the characteristics and needs of continuing education learners for higher education. In addition, the methods of cooperation, communication and partnership, as well as various forms of classes, are used to promote their learning and improve their comprehensive quality, so as to achieve better training results. This paper takes the pre-school education of continuing education for higher education as an example, based on students' cognitive law, career development needs and the characteristics of disciplines, and takes the mixed teaching reform as an opportunity to explore the practical teaching mode suitable for continuing education for higher education. Through the teaching practice and exploration of deep learning for students of continuing education for higher education, it is expected that students can obtain a brand new and dynamic learning environment to meet their unique and challenging learning purposes. The promotion of higher diploma continuing education can better meet the requirements of today's society for the cultivation of high-quality talents.

Psychological and pedagogical support of future teachers of preschool education institutions: informative content

Psychological and pedagogical support of future teachers of preschool education institutions: informative content

Формування дослідницьких умінь майбутніх вихователів ЗДО у процесі виконання навчальних завдань

The article examines scientific approaches to the implementation of a relevant component in the content of the professional training of future teachers of preschool education institutions – mastering pedagogical techniques in general and research skills, in particular, during their studies in higher education institutions. An attempt was made to consider research skills as pedagogical abilities, which are formed in the process of mastering the content of the educational components of professional training in the specialty 012 “Preschool education”. The importance of studying the methodology of scientific research by students is emphasized, since search and research activity is an important factor in the formation of critical thinking of preschool children, as well as their assimilation of the content of professional psychological and pedagogical knowledge as a whole complex, however, and specific methods of their education and upbringing, which serve for future educators as the basis for the formation of their research skills. The scientific principles and current approaches to the development of the individual style of the teacher’s professional activity are presented in the perspective of his activity in classes in accordance with the content of the current programs of professional education. Ways to increase the effectiveness of students’ cognitive activities and their preparation for organizing appropriate activities with children of different age groups are outlined in order to acquire knowledge, develop research behavior skills, organize independent search actions, as well as master the skills of independently organizing the search for interesting information in the natural environment and in specially created conditions. It has been proven that the research skills of the future teacher of special education are formed on acquired theoretical knowledge, practical skills and skills in various types of pedagogical practice in special education and are characterized by reflexivity, multi-functionality, structural integrity and positive motivation.

Analysis on the Cultivation of English Teaching Skills for Preschool Education Majors

Analysis on the Cultivation of English Teaching Skills for Preschool Education Majors

The current situation of forming number symbols for children aged 3-6 according to the Montessori Method in independent preschool education institutions in Tuyen Quang City

This study examines the current situation of forming number symbols for children aged 3-6 using the Montessori Method in independent preschool education institutions in Tuyen Quang city, Tuyen Quang province. Survey results indicate that the awareness level of number symbols among children using the Montessori Method is primarily at an average and weak level. The main reason is that most preschool teachers struggle when using specialized math teaching aids and when planning math lessons for children, relying solely on the researched curriculum content for preschool teachers, uniformly designed for all children of the same age without considering differences in abilities, strengths, speeds, etc., to create the most suitable learning program for each child. This approach leads to a situation where children find lessons boring due to teacher requirements being either too low or too high. As a result, the author proposes several measures to form number symbols for children aged 3-6 using the Montessori Method in the surveyed area.

Attitudes of students of the Faculty of Education (Kosovo) about pedagogical practice in their preparation for service

Purpose of this study is the attitudes of students before the service for pedagogical practice in study program Preschool Education and Primary Education. Since the scope of these programs within the Faculties of Education has the mission of teaching. Research was carried out using the qualitative method, instrument for realization of the research was a semi-structured interview with a total of 15 students of these programs for pedagogical practice. Through reviewed literature and qualitative research, we have obtained results that pedagogical practice is useful and prepares students to be ready for service after graduation, also mentor teachers at school as well as supervising professors make an extraordinary contribution to the professional development of students before the service. To conclude, we have extracted the attitudes of students about importance of practical learning, students from pedagogical practice in educational institutions have benefited from experiences related to cooperation, planning, inclusiveness, plan realization, and should use these potentials for benefits of them regarding preparation for teachers in the future. Research is of particular importance in the field of education, serves students of Faculties of Education, teachers, professors of higher education, and as such is useful for sciences of Education in general.

GENDER EDUCATION OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN AS A PEDAGOGICAL PROBLEM

The article reveals the relevance of the problem of gender education and the development of this problem in modern Ukrainian research; gender education of older preschool children is considered as a problem of modern pedagogy. It is noted that the problem of gender education of children of older preschool age in the conditions of a preschool education institution is closely related to other types of education: national, moral, family, legal, labor, intellectual, and others; an analysis of the problem of gender education in pedagogical theory was carried out. It is shown that the preschool age is a decisive period of sex-role development, because it is in this period that the formation of gender identity is laid, which in turn connects the consciousness with the child's behavior and shapes his entire subsequent adult life. Attention is focused on the fact that in the process of gender education of older preschool children in the conditions of preschool education institutions, factors that can negatively affect the formation of gender-role identity of preschool children are singled out. A scientific analysis of the pedagogical aspects of the study of gender education of older preschool children is presented. It is noted that the complexity and multifacetedness of the problem of gender education, the high quality of gender education of older preschool children can be ensured by the joint efforts of management and methodical services, scientific institutions, practitioners and parents. It is emphasized that the prospects for further research of the problem are related to overcoming the low level of awareness of gender issues among older preschool children and leveling gender approaches to the program of training educators to work in educational institutions.

Words at Play for Emerging Readers: Children’s Poetry in the Framework of Italian Preschool Education (Ages Zero to Six)

Abstract: This article focuses on the evolution of Italian children’s poetry—from the new direction taken by Gianni Rodari and Alfonso Gatto in the 1950s to the playful experiments of the 1970s and 1980s and the more recent collections that helped stimulate children’s early interest in experimenting with language. In the recent works of Bruno Tognolini and Chiara Carminati, language play is accompanied by the discovery of everyday life, offering a creative and surprising reading of the day-to-day aspects of very young readers’ experiences. National policy papers, followed by the establishment of the integrated education system for children from birth to six years (Italian Legislative Decree 65/2017), have recently defined a coherent pedagogical framework for childhood education, enhancing children’s rights and their cognitive, relational, and expressive abilities. These new policies, which aim to guide the work of preschool teachers, underline the importance of developing the ability to listen and communicate through many languages and the personal and active exploration of the world. Starting from this perspective, contemporary children’s poetry effectively enhances childhood culture, fostering the construction of a linguistic education path that enables all children, without social or cultural distinction, to appropriate the symbolic and cultural materials of their community in a personal way.

Peculiarities of training educators for the formation of spatial orientations of young children

The article examines the essence of the concept of "spatial orientation" and its components; features of the formation of spatial orientations in young children. The results of research on the preparation of educators for the formation of elementary mathematical concepts of early and preschool children in the educational process of a preschool education institution have been analyzed. It was noted that the modern system of preschool education needs a highly qualified teacher capable of effectively shaping the spatial orientation of young children in the educational process of a preschool education institution, taking into account the extreme importance of spatial concepts for the development of a child. The basis of the theoretical and philosophical foundations of the professional training of the future teacher for the formation of spatial ideas of early and preschool children is defined, the content of the teacher's training for the formation of spatial orientations of young children is outlined, which involves students' assimilation of the characteristics of the «space» category, knowledge of the psychophysiological characteristics of the development of young children; assimilation of psychological features of the formation of spatial orientations by young children; mastering the psychological, pedagogical and methodical tools for the formation of spatial orientations of young children in various activities.