The topic of distributed pedagogical leadership has attracted researchers’ interest in early childhood education leadership. A growing body of research focuses on investigating leadership enacted between directors and teachers in ECE settings. This small-scale study aimed at identifying the functions of distributed pedagogical leadership in ECE and understanding the interdependence of leadership enactments by the centre directors and ECE teachers within ECE settings. Data on the perceptions of six ECE professionals, two ECE centre directors, two ECE teachers and two child care nurses on distributed pedagogical leadership were collected via individual interviews and written documents. The results indicated that the studied ECE professionals perceived the core functions of distributed pedagogical leadership as constructing shared visions, goals and mutual values between centre staff, developing ECE pedagogy within the centre, facilitating learning and expertise of educators, building t.....

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The analytical comparative profile of the nursery services of TASKA in three states on the east coast of Malaysia namely Pahang, Kelantan and Terengganu is the main idea of this study. Survey method using questionnaire was conducted on 37 TASKA selected based on three registration status. The questionnaire was modified from the SERVQUAL Model. The data were analyzed using statistical chi-squared exact test. The findings show that there is no significant difference in the safety aspect shown by the institutional TASKA whether registered or unregistered. Nevertheless, the analysis shows that there is a significant difference in the nutritional aspect based on several items from the perspective of the caretaker. An independent sample t tests also found no significant difference between the registrationstatusesin all aspects. In conclusion, the difference in terms of the TASKA category can be assessed through different perspectives where safety and nutrition factors are the key indicators .....

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This study investigated digitization in education system and management of early childhood care education in Nigeria. The objectives of this study are to determine the relationship between collaborative learning, gamebased learning and management of early childhood care education in North-central, Nigeria. Two hypotheses were formulated and tested. Quantitative research design was used for the study. A self-designed questionnaire titled “Digitization and Management of Early Childhood Care Education Questionnaire” (DMECCEQ) was used to collect information for the study. This study focuses on public primary schools with early childhood care education in North-Central zone, Nigeria. The population of this study comprised all 2,729 head teachers and 5,529 teachers in public primary schools with early childhood care education in North-Central. Sample of 338 head teachers and 361 teachers were proportionally selected in the seven States with the use of Research Advisor (2006) table to de.....

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This study aimed to investigate Philippine indigenous learners’ speaking difficulties in English Semantics. The objectives was to identify indicators of poor vocabulary, processing and expressing of information. It was a qualitative research through case studies of five Grade 2 Indigenous Peoples (IP) learners in Echague, Isabela, Philippines. Data collection was done through observation and oral assessments activities. Instruments include checklist of speaking difficulties signified by inadequacy in English vocabulary; and constructed oral assessment activities in English. Data gathered were qualitatively analysed. Findings revealed that all the five indigenous learner-participants demonstrated English vocabulary deficiency to name depicted objects in the surroundings. They had struggles in reciting week-days, months and in citing common Philippine events. They had difficulty in conveying illustrated antonyms and synonyms. These findings denote a language intervention to improve ess.....

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The aim of this study is to determine the effect of the emotion “happy” as induced by colors on the addition performance of grade 1 pupils. The experiment involved the pupils in the experimental group (n=80) were taught addition, using modules developed by the researcher which utilized seductive augmentation of learning materials through colors, the pupils in the control group (n=70) were taught addition using the method in the current math education program which do not utilize emotion-based teaching aids. The study was implemented for 1 week. Pretest and post-test developed by the researcher based on the math competencies for grade 1 of the Department of Education (DepEd) were administered to the pupils before and after the study and data obtained were statistically analyzed. The study found that Gold, Yellow, Rose, Red and Green were respectively the top five colors that induced happy emotion. Although significant statistical difference was registered between the pre-test and po.....

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Nursery is a preparation for kindergarten education. This paper deals with the gained competence of the nursery as they move up to the kindergarten program of the K-12 Curriculum in the Philippines. This study reveals that there are similarities and differences in the curriculum programs of nursery and kindergarten; that the nursery children performed very satisfactory in the learning domains on Social and Emotional; Self-Management; Perceptual and Motor; Early Math; Early Literacy; Receptive Language; and Expressive Language; and that sex is not related to the children’s ability to learn and develop the skills needed of their age. This is a quantitativedescriptive method that investigated 568 nursery children from the 29 National Child Development Centers or Day-Care Centers in the Philippines. Using documentary analysis, Levene’s test, and T-test, the study revealed the similarities and difference in the 2 programs and the levels of competence of the nursery children in the diffe.....

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PPPM 2013-2025 telah digubal bagi memastikan keberkesanan transformasi sistem pendidikan dan bermatlamat untuk meningkatkan kualiti dan sokongan guru serta pemimpin dalam organisasi pendidikan. Pembangunan profesionalisme secara umumnya merupakan satu usaha untuk memberikan pengalaman secara formal seperti menghadiri bengkel dan latihan yang khusus untuk meningkatkan kompetensi guru. Sehubungan itu, kajian ini dijalankan untuk mengenal pasti persepsi guru prasekolah terhadap tahap perancangan aktiviti pembangunan profesional guru yang telah mereka jalani. Kajian ini merupakan satu kajian kuantitatif berbentuk tinjauan yang menggunakan soal selidik sebagai intrumen kajian bagi mendapatkan persepsi guru prasekolah terhadap program pembangunan profesional. Kajian ini melibatkan seramai 260 orang sampel yang terdiri daripada guru prasekolah kebangsaan di Perak. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan persepi guru prasekolah terhadap program pembangunan profesional guru berada pada tahap yang tinggi. In.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan mengenal pasti pengetahuan, sikap dan persepsi masyarakat terhadap kanak-kanak Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Reka bentuk kajian ini adalah kaedah tinjauan dengan menggunakan soal selidik sebagai instrumen untuk mengumpul data kajian. Kajian ini melibatkan seramai 100 orang responden yang terdiri daripada guru, ibu bapa dan penjaga. Data bagi kajian ini telah dianalisis secara deskriptif dan inferensi. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan tahap pengetahuan, sikap dan persepsi masyarakat tentang kanak-kanak ASD adalah tinggi. Kajian juga menunjukkan tidak terdapat perbezaan pengetahuan, sikap, dan persepsi masyarakat tentang kanakkanak ASD mengikut jantina. Pengkaji juga mendapati pengetahuan dan persepsi masyarakat tentang kanakkanak ASD adalah berbeza mengikut tahap pendidikan, manakala sikap masyarakat tentang kanak-kanak ASD adalah tidak berbeza mengikut tahap pendidikan. Selain itu, dapatan menunjukkan terdapat hubungan kolerasi positif yang sederhana antara pengetahuan.....

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Kajian ini dijalankan untuk mengkaji pengaruh pegawai fasilitator LINUS, kepimpinan pentadbir sekolah dan sumbangan guru LINUS terhadap pelaksanaan program LINUS di sekolah rendah daerah Kota Kinabalu. Kajian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dalam bentuk kaedah tinjauan yang melibatkan 52 buah sekolah rendah di daerah Kota Kinabalu dan sampel kajian dikira berdasarkan rumus Cochran. Minimum sampel yang diperlukan ialah 264 orang, tetapi kajian ini telah mengambil 350 orang guru sebagai sampel kajian untuk memastikan ketepatan data. Instrumen kajian yang digunakan ialah borang soal selidik yang dihasilkan sendiri oleh pengkaji dan data yang diperoleh dianalisis menggunakan analisis regresi berganda. Dapatan kajian analisis inferensi mendapati terdapat pengaruh yang sangat kuat antara ketiga-tiga pemboleh ubah bebas iaitu peranan fasiLINUS, sokongan pentadbir dan sumbangan guru terhadap pemboleh ubah bersandar iaitu pelaksanaan program LINUS. Pelaksanaan program ini perlu melibatka.....

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Masyarakat dunia semakin terkesan dengan impak Revolusi Industri 4.0, dan pendidikan tinggi dijadikan sandaran untuk memperlengkapkan pengetahuan, kemahiran dan personaliti graduan. Artikel ini membincangkan secara konseptual amalan pengajaran dan pembelajaran (PdP) dalam program prasekolah di universiti swasta. Penggunaan teknologi maklumat dan komunikasi (TMK) telah mempermudah dan menjadikan aktiviti PdP bertambah menarik. Namun, perlu disedari TMK adalah sebagai platform berbanding objektif akhir untuk menerapkan kemahiran abad ke-21 dalam kalangan graduan. Strategi PdP yang dilaksanakan memfokus kepada objektif untuk memperluas skop kerjaya melalui pendekatan pengajaran terbalik, atas talian, kolaborasi dan koperatif, terbuka dan merentasi kurikulum serta penilaian holistik yang bertujuan melahirkan graduan yang peka kepada sekeliling, cerdas sosial, bijak berfikir, kemahiran silang budaya, celik huruf kepada media baru, terbuka minda, dan berupaya mengurus pengetahuan dan kerjasa.....

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