Early Childhood Educators’ Perceptions of the U.K. Desirable Outcomes for Children's Learning: A Research Study on the Policy Implications

Chinese and American preschool teachers’ beliefs about early childhood curriculum

“…For example, Guimaraes and Youngman (1995) found that the majority of Portuguese teachers in their sample regarded preschool education as important for literacy acquisition, but they did not think that early literacy activities should always be a part of the preschool curriculum. Moriarty and Blatchford (1998) in the United Kingdom investigated preschool teachers' beliefs about 'Desirable Outcomes,' the criteria used for children to move into the National Curriculum requirements at age five. They found that the nationwide curriculum guidelines received varying levels of support from educators.…”

Teaching and learning about play, language and literacy with preschool educators in Malaysia

“…Despite practitioners' concerns, the emphasis remains on 'early learning goals' (p.6), although it is stressed that guidance will show, how 'well-planned play can contribute to children's learning' (page 14). However, as mentioned earlier in this article, practitioners' interpretations of guidance are heavily dependent upon the skills and knowledge which underpin their practice (Browne, 1998;David, 1998, Moriarty andBlatchford, 1998).…”

Šport in bralna pismenost

“…Raziskava, izvedena v Veliki Britaniji, je pokazala, da vzgojitelji zelo različno podpirajo državni kurikulum oz. o njem izražajo zelo različna prepričanja glede pomena vsebin in koristnosti izvedbe (Moriarty in Blatchford 1998). Raziskava na vzorcu vzgojiteljev na Kitajskem pa je pokazala, da na prepričanja vzgojiteljev precej vplivajo tudi izobrazba, število otrok v skupini, lokacija vrtca (urbano, ruralno okolje) in profesionalni razvoj (Wang idr.…”