Early Childhood Education School Research Articles

Project Based Learning Model to Improve Early Childhood Social Skills in Ternate

This study aims to improve social skills through the project based learning (PjBL) learning model. The research method uses action research developed by Lewin. Data collection techniques using observation sheets in the form of a Likert scale 1-3. Data analysis techniques using the mix method developed by Crewell. The research population was group B early childhood students in the city of Ternate. The research subjects were 25 early childhood students from two early childhood education schools. From an early age, children need to be introduced to and develop social skills in everyday life. This skill is important so that children are able to interact with peers or more adults. Good social skills can help children develop their potential to the fullest. The ability of social skills is shown through the ability to communicate, respect each other, take responsibility for each other, and empathize with each other. The results of the research at the end of the second cycle using the t test, obtained data t-count> t-table. These results can be concluded that the project based learning learning model has an influence on the ability of social skills. It is recommended that early childhood teachers can use project-based learning models to improve children's social skills.
 Keywords: social skills, project based learning model.

Learning Alignment of School Readiness in One-Year Early Childhood Education Student to first grade of Elementary School

This study aims to analyze teachers' perceptions and expectations about school readiness, learning strategies and the alignment of in One-Year Early Childhood Education Students to first grade of Elementary School. This research utilized a qualitative research with multiple case study research type. The data collection was done through interviews, observation and documentation. Then, the data of this study was analyzed using individual and cross-case data analysis using the Miles & Huberman model, namely data collection, data presentation, data reduction, conclusions and verification. The results of the study showed that: 1) teacher's perceived readiness for school is the various abilities of students covering six aspects of children's development and self-regulation, age adequacy and adequacy of motivation and interest in learning; 2) learning strategies for school readiness using thematic and scientific approaches and differentiated learning models; 3) the learning environment to support school readiness is classical and interesting class arrangements, 4) the alignment of learning between both of them is in harmony with material and methods by making it happen through collaboration between early childhood education and elementary school and students’ parents.

Early childhood education attendance and school readiness in low- and middle-income countries: The moderating role of family socioeconomic status

This study examined associations between attendance at early childhood education (ECE) programs and school readiness, and the extent to which the ECE–school readiness association is moderated by family socioeconomic status (SES). Data were from 58 low- and middle-income countries (N = 165,875, Mage = 47.52 months). Multilevel analysis showed that ECE attendance was positively associated with total and domain-specific school readiness, in addition to the role of family SES. The association was of medium effect size for literacy–numeracy readiness and small effect size for learning and socioemotional readiness. The ECE–school readiness association was moderated by family SES, although this varied by school readiness domains. While the ECE–literacy–numeracy association was stronger for high SES children (i.e., leveraging effect), the ECE–learning readiness association was stronger for lower SES peers (i.e., compensatory effect). No SES differences were observed for socioemotional competency (i.e., additive effect). Our findings suggest that although ECE attendance plays a significant role in developing school readiness competencies in LMIC contexts, it is strongly geared towards cognitive outcomes and therefore requiring a focus on other developmental domains. Additionally, for ECE to help close the SES gap in children’s school readiness and subsequent learning outcomes, policy makers must pay attention to increasing both the quantity and quality ECE of provision for children from low SES backgrounds.

Pensando sobre as Artes na Educação Infantil: um olhar a partir do ponto de vista docente em duas instituições de ensino de Tocantinópolis-TO

Pensando na importância do ensino das Artes na Educação Infantil, esta pesquisa debate qual o entendimento das docentes que atuam com essa etapa de da Educação Básica acerca das Artes e de sua importância no processo de ensino e aprendizagem das crianças pequenas. Para tanto, a pesquisa foi realizada em duas unidades escolares do município de Tocantinópolis. O aporte metodológico utilizado neste trabalho é a pesquisa de cunho qualitativo, com a utilização de entrevistas e apoio da História Cultural para análise das informações. Foram entrevistadas quatro professoras do município de Tocantinópolis que trabalham em duas escolas da Educação Infantil, nas duas modalidades da Educação Infantil: Creche e Pré-escola. A pesquisa mostra a carência de formação em Artes por parte das professoras que atuam nessa etapa, bem como a predominância do trabalho com as Artes Visuais em detrimento das demais linguagens artísticas. Além disso, é possível perceber que embora as docentes não possuam formação na área das Artes, elas demonstraram gostar de trabalhar com a área e reconhecer a importância das Artes na vida das crianças, assim como seu potencial didático na Educação Infantil. Palavras-chave: educação básica, professoras, ensino de artes, linguagens artísticas, Tocantins. Thinking about Artes in Early Childhood Education: a look from the teaching point of view in two educational institutions in Tocantinópolis-TO ABSTRACT. Thinking about the importance of teaching the Arts in Early Childhood Education, this research debates the understanding of teachers who work with this stage of Basic Education about the Arts and its importance in the teaching and learning process of young children. Therefore, the research was carried out in two school units in the city of Tocantinópolis. The methodological contribution used in this work is qualitative research, with the use of interviews and support of Cultural History for analysis of information. We interviewed four teachers from the city of Tocantinópolis who work in two schools of early childhood education, in the two modalities of early childhood education: daycare and preschool. The research shows the lack of training in Arts by the teachers who work at this stage, as well as the predominance of work with the Visual Arts at the expense of other artistic languages: Theater, Dance and Music. In addition, it is possible to realize that although teachers do not have training in Arts, they have shown to enjoy working with the area and value the importance of Arts in the lives of children, as well as their teaching potential in Early Childhood Education. Keywords: basic education, teachers, arts teaching, artistic languages, Tocantins. Pensando las Artes en la Educación Infantil: una mirada desde el punto de vista de la enseñanza en dos instituciones educativas de Tocantinópolis-TO RESUMEN. Pensando en la enseñanza de las Artes en la Educación Infantil, esta investigación debate la comprensión de los docentes que trabajan con esta etapa de la Educación Básica sobre las Artes y su importancia en el proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje de los niños pequeños. Por lo tanto, la investigación se realizó en dos unidades escolares de la ciudad de Tocantinópolis. El aporte metodológico utilizado en este trabajo es la investigación cualitativa, con el uso de entrevistas y apoyo de la Historia Cultural para el análisis de la información. Entrevistamos a cuatro docentes de la ciudad de Tocantinópolis que actúan en dos escuelas de educación inicial, en las dos modalidades de educación inicial: guardería y preescolar. La investigación muestra la falta de formación en Artes por parte del profesorado que se desempeña en esta etapa, así como el predominio del trabajo con las Artes Visuales en detrimento de otros lenguajes artísticos: Teatro, Danza y Música. Además, es posible darse cuenta que si bien los docentes no tienen formación en Artes, han demostrado disfrutar trabajando con el área y valoran la importancia de las Artes en la vida de los niños, así como su potencial docente en Educación Infantil. Palabras clave: educación básica, profesores, enseñanza de las artes, lenguajes artísticos, Tocantins.

Performances Infantes: um convite ao desver com crianças

ABSTRACT In this article, we aimed to problematize the image performances carried out by 3-year-old children and how these productions cross the context in which they were created: an Early Childhood Education school and a doctoral research in progress. We discuss the intertwining and reverberations of the conceptions of childhood that direct education and the potencies of the images fraught with childhood that create possibilities of cracking the singular and adult-centric ways of being, feeling, and living. It is concluded that, guided by an ethical, aesthetic and political intention, the children's performances create possibilities and announce the urgency of other postures when inhabiting childhood spaces.

Analysis of the implementation of Food and Nutrition Education actions in public schools in a capital city in southern Brazil

ABSTRACT Objective To analyze the insertion of Food and Nutrition Education actions in Early Childhood and Elementary Education units of the municipal public school system of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, in 2019. Methods This analytical study applied an online questionnaire directed to the 125 Early Childhood and Elementary Education schools in Florianópolis. Results Ninety-four schools (75.2%) participated in the study, among which 94.7% developed Nutritional Food Education actions in 2019. It was made evident that the insertion of Nutritional Food Education in the Pedagogical Political Project (p<0.001) and the planning of such actions (p<0.001) in schools has a significant association with their implementation. The participation of the professionals in training in food and nutrition showed no association with the implementation of the Nutritional Food Education actions. The actions developed most frequently were the pedagogical activities in the school curriculum (95.5%), the school garden (71.9%), and the hands-on cooking classes (46.1%). Conclusion The study identified a positive panorama in the capital of Santa Catarina, with actions included transversally in the school curriculum with a multiprofessional focus standing out. However, the need for studies that monitor and evaluate the actions is emphasized.

Dinâmicas de Interação em Situações de Leitura Compartilhada com Bebês

Abstract This paper examines the triadic dynamics of baby-teacher-book during shared reading in an Early Childhood Education School to explain how educational teaching practices can enhance initial reading experiences and development processes in Early Childhood. A ten-months-old baby and a teacher participated in this study and, as an instrument for data collection, reading situations were registered and later these sessions were weighted through use of microgenetic analysis. From the analysis of the data present in the detailed case, it was identified the emergence of qualitative indicators that favoured the involvement of the baby in the activity, the mediation and educational actions of the teacher and the use of the book were more frequent. The effective use of the object book with that baby has contributed to qualitative changes in the baby’s development and learning and emphasizes the incentive to share reading with other children.

The Effect of Professional Allowances and Teacher Professionalism on Teacher Performance

Purpose – The welfare of teachers as educators must be considered, for example, by providing professional allowances on time, because if they are late, it will hamper teachers' performance. In addition, teacher performance is deficient due to the lack of workshops and the assumption that the teaching profession is only limited to earning income. Therefore, this study aims to determine the effect of professional allowances and teacher professionalism on teachers at the level of early childhood education.Design/methods/approach – This study uses explanatory research with a quantitative approach. Sampling in this study uses a saturated sample technique, which means that all populations are used as respondents. The data collection method used a questionnaire with a Likert scale. The questionnaires were distributed to all early childhood education teachers in Bergas District, Semarang Regency, who received professional allowances to be filled out by respondents. The data that has been collected is then analyzed using multiple linear regression analysis.Findings – The results of the t-test show that the regression coefficient of the professional allowance variable is 0.621, with a significance of 0.001. it means that partially the professional allowance has a positive effect on teacher performance. Then, the variable of teacher professionalism has a regression coefficient of 0.795 with a significance value of 0.000 which means that partially teacher professionalism has a positive effect on teacher performance. Meanwhile, the results of the F-test show that the F value is 20,130 and is significant at 0.000. It means that professional allowances and teacher professionalism can simultaneously affect teacher performance.Research implications/limitations – This research is limited to two independent variables, and the research location is only in one area. Future research is expected to explore more deeply the factors that can affect the performance of Early Childhood Education Programs teachers with a broader research location. Practical implications – This research is expected to provide input to early childhood education teachers, school institutions, and education offices related to teacher performance, especially in Bergas District, Semarang Regency. The implication that needs to be applied to keep teacher performance high and optimal is to pay attention to the professional allowances given to teachers and teacher professionalism.Originality/value – This study adds teacher professionalism as one of the factors that can affect teacher performance. This research also makes Early Childhood Education Programs teachers research respondents.
 Paper type Research paper

The Concept of Merdeka Belajar in Early Childhood: Comparative Study of Reggio Emilia and Ki Hajar Dewantara's Thoughts

This study aims to examine the concept of independent learning for early childhood according to Reggio Emilia and Ki Hajar Dewantara, to find out the implications of independent thinking of learning for early childhood on current education, to find similarities and differences in the concept of independent learning to learn in early childhood education according to Reggio Emilia and Ki Hajar Dewantara. This is important considering that Ki Hajar Dewantara is a figure known as the Father of National Education and Reggio Emilia, who was once named one of the best early childhood education schools in the world. The two elements of the educational approach can be collaborated and investigated with comparative qualitative research methods to compare or find similarities from concepts or data drawn to new conclusions using historical, pedagogical, and comparative approaches. In this study, the stages of data analysis are data reduction, data display, focus group discussion, verification, and conclusion drawing. The results show that the concept of independent learning for early childhood is intended to reduce the impact of the decline in student learning performance after COVID-19, with the contextual nature of the independent learning curriculum that can be applied according to different environmental conditions in each school. The implications of the concept of independent learning Reggio Emilia and Ki Hajar Dewantara use the philosophy of constructivism, which assumes that an individual builds learning knowledge based on objects, phenomena, experiences, and their environment. The opportunity to learn both approaches is made through games and art. Both approaches have similarities and strengths with the arts and the philosophical agreement that children learn through play by providing an engaging environment. While Reggio Emila's approach uses the term image of the child, which believes that children are individuals who are capable of doing things independently and with minimal interruptions from adults, Ki Hajar Dewantara uses the Among system through this, the teacher has a significant role to be a role model for children. Both figures have their respective points of view, but it does not become an inequality in the education system. Both views can be alternative considerations for the development of education.

Os Momentos de cuidado na educação de bebês e crianças pequenas

Care and education are inseparable structuring actions of the curriculum in Early Childhood Education, especially in schools dedicated to babies and young children. This scientific argument guided the forwarding of bibliographic research that aimed to investigate and understand the role and value of moments of care for babies and young children, offered by Early Childhood Education Schools, as potential situations of learning and development. From the investigation, it was verified that care actions are potentially humanizing because they can become fruitful for the baby's relationship with the social environment, configuring effective conditions for the construction of their identity and their intellectual and emotional development. In this direction, gathered studies point to the role and value of moments of care and education for learning the conventional use of objects and appropriation of cultural practices, involving, among other things, food and nutritional development, and affirming the care-education unit as fundamental for the promotion of a humanizing Early Childhood Education.

Erken Çocukluk Eğitiminin Kalitesi ile Çocukların Sosyoekonomik Özellikleri Arasındaki İlişki

The quality of early childhood education (ECE) schools and classrooms have been studied by many researchers. The results indicated that there is a considerable gap in terms of quality among ECE schools and classrooms. There is inequality among children from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds in attending high-quality ECE. It is known that a high proportion of the child population is currently attending public ECE schools. Therefore, the current study aims to get comprehensive data about the quality of public ECE classrooms and descriptive data about children’s socioeconomic backgrounds. Based on this, the current study aims to assess whether there is a relationship between these two factors and whether there is a gap among children in terms of reaching high-quality public ECE. This study is correlational research. The Non-random purposive sampling method is used for the data collection. The results show that there is a significant positive correlation between parents’ socioeconomic factors and the quality of ECE classrooms. The study contributed to the ECE literature by identifying the factors related to children, parents, teachers, and the quality of ECE classrooms. There is a need for further research in Turkey that defines and investigates the quality of ECE from a multidimensional perspective and particularly including families, schools, educational programs, and culture.

The first reactions of early childhood education schools during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in Greece

ABSTRACT In this paper, we report the first findings of a study that sheds light upon the way early childhood education schools in Greece responded to the COVID-19 lockdown conditions. Specifically, we explore through content analysis and semi-structured interviews: (a) the way 16 early childhood education schools in Athens (8 public and 8 private) first contacted students and their families to inform them about the suspension (b) the way they adapted their programmes to continue to provide education during the first lockdown (Spring 2020) using different models of home-schooling and (c) teachers’ views on the teaching practices they followed at their schools and the challenges they faced. We argue that schools’ first reactions reveal what they advocate, their real beliefs, their deep pedagogical goal, as well as the Greek Government’s attitude towards early childhood education. In this attempt, we use analytical tools developed by Michel Foucault and refined by Mitchell Dean.

Improving Paud Information Services to the Community Through the Socialization of Paud Information Systems (SIMPAT) at the City of Tidore Education Department

Information is one of the important components in coordinating both near and far distances. The Tidore City Education Office is no exception, especially in the field of Early Childhood Education (PAUD). Dissemination of information by only relying on messages directly to the school and the community. This was evaluated as not very effective considering the area of the city of Tidore which consists of several small islands. Besides that, people who want to get information about early childhood education schools in the city of Tidore are still having difficulties because there is no accessible information media. This service is carried out to build the Early Childhood Information System (SIMPAT) to facilitate various parties, both in the early childhood education department, in providing information and the public in obtaining complete and detailed information on early childhood schools in the city of Tidore Islands. The method of training and mentoring in the socialization carried out shows that the early childhood information system (SIMPAT) is more efficient, saves time and the information needed by the community becomes much easier to convey

Use of The Tabaraq Method in Early Childhood Education

Early Childhood Education is a crucial thing that must be considered by teachers and parents. This period is the golden age for children who can determine their future. The success of early childhood education can be a good starting point for children in determining their interests and future direction. However, sometimes people think Early Childhood Education is just a game, without prioritizing learning for children. One of the interesting breakthroughs in the tabaraq method in early childhood. This method is a way of memorizing Al-Qur’an that can be applied to early childhood. One of the schools that uses the tabaraq method is the AZ Tabaraq Early Childhood Education School which is the location of the research. This research is qualitative research with a descriptive research type. The aim is to find out the use of the tabaraq method in learning. By conducting observations and interviews, it was found that AZ Tabaraq carried out a class 1 tabaraq program specifically for toddlers, with an age range of 3-5 years. The purpose of this program is for children to memorize Al-Qur'an juz 30 and daily prayers. From the implementation, methods, and evaluations used, it can be concluded that the use of the tabaraq method is quite significant in helping children memorize the Al-Quran.

Teacher Professional Qualification in Early Childhood Education and Its Influence on Promotion Rates in Public Primary Schools in Embu County, Kenya

Early Childhood Education (ECE) is fundamental to holistic development of children between zeros to eight years old. Thus, teacher professional development is key to enabling children grow and develop in the most appropriate ways. This study examined the extent to which teacher professional qualification in Early Childhood Education influences promotion rates of children in public primary schools in Embu County, Kenya. To achieve this objective the study adopted correlation research design, where stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used to sample 39 ECE schools attached to public primary schools. Simple random sampling was used to select 39 public primary headteachers, 39 ECE teachers and 156 public primary teachers Data for this study was collected through the use of questionnaires. An observation schedule checklist and documentary analysis guide for purposes of data triangulation. To check reliability and validity of research instruments, a pilot study was conducted Data from the questionnaire was analyzed through the use descriptive and inferential statistics while data from interviews and documentary analysis guide was analyzed in themes in line with the research objective. Research findings from quantitative data were presented using frequencies, percentages, means, standard deviations, and inferential statistics using Pearson Chi-Square Tests. Results showed that there is a positive correlation between teacher professional qualification in ECE and promotion rates in public primary schools ECE (r=.672, n=37, p<.05). The research concluded that there is a positive correlation between teacher professional qualification in ECE and the promotion rates of learners in public primary schools. The study recommended that the Teacher’s Service Commission in collaboration with the County Governments should continue to deploy adequate and qualified primary and ECE teachers to both primary and ECE schools to improve internal efficiency.

IMPLEMENTASI PENDIDIKAN ANAK USIA DINI DENGAN PENDEKATAN BIMBINGAN KONSELING

The development of children's talents and interests would be better done early on, one of which, of course, starts from schools based on early childhood education with various levels of programs, in the application of teaching to children from an early age, of course it is very necessary to develop self through activities based on counseling guidance so that Children grow and develop both intellectually, emotionally and socially. This study aims to discuss the implementation of early childhood education with a counseling guidance approach, a case study conducted in one of the early childhood education schools (PAUD) located in Indragiri Hulu (INHU) Regency, Riau. Based on the results of the study, this early childhood education not only applied Islamic education but also began to apply the guidance and counseling approach, in its teaching, although its weakness, it did not have educators who graduated from early childhood and counseling guidance. Overall, the implementation of counseling guidance in this school has started to run, has not been equipped with facilities and infrastructure, but this school has the creativity to cover this shortcoming.

An Assessment of Early Childhood Education School Infrastructure to Support the Wash Program in Indonesia

The purpose of this study was to explain an assessment of early childhood education schools infrastructure to support the WASH program in Indonesia. Quantitative research data collection methods were carried out in a survey with 186 samples in Banjarmasin. All early childhood education schools in Banjarmasin City have clean water and handwashing facilities with soap with water sources from the Municipal Waterworks (PDAM). Drinking water storage is in gallons and uses a dispenser processed through filtration. There is 5% of drinking water in schools in the category of less safe for consumption. Unsafe drinking water is indicated to come from water filtration that lacks maintenance and regular checks. The toilets owned by the school are shared toilets that are not used separately. The septic tank is not in accordance with Indonesian National Standard (SNI) 2398:2017. Most early childhood education schools have provided trash cans in the toilets. Each early childhood education school has a person in charge of toilet cleanliness and has a schedule for cleaning toilets. The handwashing station is located adjacent to the toilet and has a warning (in the form of a poster or banner) for washing hands after defecating. For the waste disposal used for washing hands, some are channeled into sewers, flowed under schools, flowed into septic tanks, and flowed into rivers.

Early Childhood Education Teachers’ and Prospective Teachers’ Understanding about Geometric Shapes

Children explore shapes in their daily lives. Understanding geometry is needed in children’s daily life and help them to develop their ability in solving problem. However, in Indonesia, learning math in the context of early childhood education merely focuses on learning numbers. Therefore, it is possible that teachers do not have sufficient knowledge in teaching geometry. For this reason, it is important to find out early childhood education teachers’ and prospective teachers’ understanding about geometric shapes. This study used descriptive qualitative approach to answer the research question of how early childhood education teachers and prospective teachers understand geometric shapes. The data were collected using semi-structured interviews then analysed using thematic analysis. Findings showed that early childhood education teachers and prospective teachers have lack of understanding about geometric shapes particularly in their content knowledge of 2-dimensional geometry, how to teach and assess children’s learning in geometry. It is suggested that early childhood education teachers as well as prospective teachers improve their knowledge about geometry. Early childhood education schools and universities are also expected to provide professional development and explore further other areas of mathematics, such as geometry not just focusing on numbers.

지방교육재정교부금법의 국가 재원 확보 변천과정과 쟁점 분석

The study analyzed the whole changes and issues of the Local Education Finance Grant Act in terms of sufficiency and stability of Local Education Financial Grant which was secured by the central government. The study collected and analyzed the minutes of the National Assembly meetings, government data, and related prior research related to the enactment and revision of the Local Education Finance Grant Act. The findings were as follows: first, the Local Education Financial Grant Act tried to secure the sufficiency and stability of education finance in terms of securing financial resources to complete compulsory middle school education and introduce free education for early childhood education and upper secondary education. However, since the measures to secure financial resources for early childhood education and free high school education are both temporary, it is necessary to ensure the sufficiency and stability by stipulating a method for securing finance in the Grant Act. Second, it is highly recommended to estimate the appropriate size of Local Education Finance Grants through analysis of the demand for local education finance. The Local Education Financial Grant Act is subject to controversy over environmental changes due to a sharp drop in the number of students and the appropriateness of the subsidy size. Third, it is also necessary to design methods of securing financial resources such as Grant for teachers’ salaries and allowances in the future.

PENGETAHUAN ORANG TUA TENTANG KEJANG DEMAM PADA ANAK PRASEKOLAH DI PAUD NUANSA UDAYANA SILIGITA

Background: Febrile seizure associated with a fever of 38oC or higher that triggers by the extracranial process without manifestation of neurologic dysfunction. The majority of parents suffer from stress and anxiety of febrile seizure occurrences. Adequate knowledge of febrile seizure is significant to provide initial medical care required during febrile seizure occurrences. Hence, this study aimed to know the knowledge level of febrile seizure on preschooler among parent in Nuansa Udayana Siligita Early Childhood Education School, Nusa Dua Badung.
 Method: A purposive sampling technique employed to select 123 study participants. Data collected by a questionnaire that distributed to the participant through the google-form platform. The analysis used is univariate.
 Results: Results revealed that the participant’s knowledge classified in the good, moderate, and low category with a total of 81 participants (79.0%), 22 participants (21.0%), and 0 participants (0.0 %), respectively. 
 Conclusion: The level of knowledge of febrile seizure on preschoolers among parent Nuansa Udayana Siligita Early Childhood Education School classified in the good category. We suggest the parent improve their knowledge of febrile seizure to deliver initial proper medical care during febrile seizure occurrences or recurrences in their home or school.