Preschool education is an essential early learning experience in the world of education. It has been recognized as the most critical period in child development as quality preschool education makes significant contribution for the development of the whole child. Malaysia preschool education is always emphasizing on the holistic approach with developmentally appropriate preschool programme. The mission is to bring about a paradigm shift from ‘teacher-centred’ to “child- centred’ education to promote active learning in the 21st century classroom. Classroom practices are the educational process for effective teaching and learning. It is the fundamental to young children’s learning. Therefore, teachers’ beliefs and practices are crucial for improving the educational processes. The objectives of this study are to explore the preschool teachers’ beliefs and classroom practices for child-centred learning in preschool education, as well as to investigate the relationship between .....

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In this study, it is aimed to understand the perceptions of preschool teachers around the physical activity levels of children in preschool period and the factors that increase or limit their physical activity. The case study design, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the study. In addition to maximum variation sampling from purposeful sampling types was used in the selection of the study group. A total of 102 teachers, out of 296 teachers, working in 85 schools were reached. The semi-structured interview form prepared by the researcher was used as the data collection tool. As a result of this study, it was seen that most of preschool teachers had positive opinions about physical activity, they gave importance to physical activity in their classroom activities, and they applied physical activity regularly and in a systematic plan. Preschool teachers are aware of the contribution and importance of physical activity to children, and it is thought that if arrangements ar.....

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The school, being the second home of pupils, is the second major force in the formation of the pupils’ moral structure. It should be the crucial partner of the home in tempering the character of the youth and children with unbending quality, especially in values formation. In this case, it is necessary to evaluate the current status of values teaching and its implication for child development. The study utilized the descriptive design, particularly survey method. This method was used to describe the Christian value formation and levels of child development of pupils. The samples used for the study consisted of a total of fifty (50) Grade VI pupils aged from 11 to 14 years old. Convenience sampling technique was used. A descriptive method was applied in depicting the implication of these values to the community development. The study was done at the Benguet State University Elementary Laboratory School and BSU Guidance Office in La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines. In sum, mean value ra.....

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Education life begins in the family and parents are the first teachers of the children. Parenting attitudes are influenced by various variables like the parents' cultural characteristics. In this study, a comparison was made on subjective well-being increasing strategies used by Turkish-Swedish mothers for their children. It was aimed to examine the levels of subjective well-being increasing strategies implemented by Turkish and Swedish mothers for their children, to analyze the differences in terms of two subsamples, and to determine the determinants of the levels of subjective well-being increasing strategies implemented for children in the subsample and the total sample. The research was carried out using a quantitative descriptive scanning method and criterion sampling method. The sample of the study consists of 100 Turkish and 100 Swedish mothers who have children between the ages of 1 to 5. In this study, the scale named ‘Subjective Well-Being Increasing Strategies Scale for Ch.....

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This is a comparative education study that aims to compare the digital documentation systems used in the preschool education programs and institutions in Turkey, Germany and Spain and to reveal the similarities and differences between these systems. The study was planned as a qualitative research in terms of its descriptive aspect, and as a comparative educational study in terms of its content and method. Comparative education helps us to understand how education systems are shaped by the wealth, ideology, social-cultural characteristics of the country, and the effects of globalization on educational policies and practices in different regions and countries. The study aims to examine the existing data through document analysis and to compare and better understand preschool education conditions by making in-depth observations in order to compare digital documentation systems by focusing on the dimension of observation. The study group consists of the digital documentation systems used i.....

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In the study, it was aimed to determine the students' basic mathematical problem-solving skills according to the problem-solving stages of Polya and the effectiveness of preschool education in problem solving. Besides, in the study, it was specified that the problem posing skill levels of the students were determined according to the definition made by Stoyanova and Ellerton. The study group of the research consists of students who had to take a break from pre-school education for a while due to the Covid-19 pandemic that emerged at the beginning of 2020 in Turkey, and who completed the second education-teaching period remotely and started the first grade in primary school. Descriptive scanning and clinical interview methods were used to determine problem solving and setting approaches. Within the scope of the study, the answers given to ten different basic problem types to determine the basic mathematical concepts and skills that children should acquire for mathematical development in.....

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The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the role of a child’s behavioral inhibition in mediating the relationship between parental anxiety and childhood anxiety in the Malaysian context. Participants were 92 parents (father = 23, mother = 69) of young children aged four to six years old. They completed three measures which were The Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), The Preschool Anxiety Scale (PAS) and Behavioral Inhibition Questionnaire (BIQ). Results indicated that there was a correlation between; (i) parental anxiety and child anxiety; and (ii) child’s behavioral inhibition and child anxiety, which supported our hypothesis. However, our findings did not provide support for the hypothesis that a child’s behavioral inhibition plays a mediating role in the association between parental anxiety and childhood anxiety. Although this study does not illuminate the mediating role of a child’s behavioral inhibition, our results still provided a groundwork for the devel.....

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Kajian ini dijalankan untuk menilai perisian fonik Bahasa Inggeris Come and Read, Sayang! sebagai bahan bantu mengajar guru prasekolah. Pembangunan dan penilaian perisian ini dilaksanakan dengan berpandukan Model Instruksional ADDIE yang terdiri daripada Fasa Analysis, Fasa Design, Fasa Development, Fasa Implementation dan Fasa Evaluation, manakala Model Bottom Up pula digunakan sebagai panduan untuk membangunkan kandungan pembelajaran perisian. Penyelidikan berbentuk kuantitatif digunakan untuk mengumpul data daripada responden iaitu di bawah Fasa Pelaksanaan. Instrumen soal selidik kebolehgunaan digunakan untuk mengumpulkan data tentang kebolehgunaan perisian sebagai bahan bantu mengajar guru prasekolah. Seramai 34 orang guru prasekolah daripada Zon Juara di dalam Daerah Kuantan telah terlibat sebagai responden untuk menguji kebolehgunaan perisian menerusi Ujian Kebolehgunaan di bawah Fasa Perlaksanaan. Responden ini dipilih menerusi teknik pensampelan bertujuan. Instrumen soal selid.....

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Kajian pembangunan modul seni bahasa berasaskan pendekatan didik hibur di sekolah rendah ini bertujuan untuk mempelbagaikan kaedah dan strategi dalam pengajaran dan pembelajaran bagi mewujudkan iklim pembelajaran yang menyeronokkan muridmurid. Metodologi kajian yang digunakan adalah menggabungkan kaedah kualitatif deskriptif, penyelidikan reka bentuk dan pembangunan (DDR), Model Dick dan Carey (1978) serta Kaedah Fuzzy Delphi (FDM) untuk mendapatkan kesepakatan pakar. Maklumat dikumpulkan melalui temu bual, pemerhatian, soal selidik fuzzy dan analisis dokumen. Peserta kajian terdiri daripada 30 orang murid dan 10 orang guru pakar dalam mata pelajaran Bahasa Melayu di sebuah sekolah kebangsaan di daerah Gua Musang, Kelantan. Dapatan kajian dianalisis secara kualitatif deskriptif menunjukkan para guru Bahasa Melayu masih kurang menggunakan pendekatan didik hibur terutama dalam pengajaran seni bahasa semasa PdP kerana kurang berkemahiran dan masih mengajar secara konvensional......

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk melihat keberkesanan di antara dua kaedah pengajaran, iaitu kaedah peta minda dan mnemonik terhadap pencapaian dan minat murid tahun 5 dalam topik  “Rantai Makanan”. Kajian kuasi-eksperimental ini melibatkan sampel seramai 60 orang murid yang  dibahagikan kepada dua kumpulan iaitu kumpulan mnemonik dan kumpulan peta minda. Setiap kumpulan  terdiri daripada 30 orang murid. Instrumen yang digunakan untuk mengumpul data adalah ujian pra dan  pasca serta soal selidik. Data dianalisis menggunakan ujian-t tidak bersandar dan ujian-t  berpasangan. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan tidak terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan terhadap  pencapaian murid yang menggunakan kaedah peta minda dan kaedah mnemonik dalam topik “Rantai  Makanan”. Dapatan kajian juga menunjukkan terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan antara kaedah peta  minda dan kaedah mnemonik terhadap minat murid dalam mata pelajaran sains. Kesimpulannya, daripada  kajian ini kaedah pengajaran ya.....

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