Early childhood education is a non-formal education for children under the age of six. In Malaysia, Taska and Tadika are two types of childcare centers that provide early childhood education for young children whose ages range from one to four and from four and six, respectively. The main aim of such centers is to prepare such small children with basic knowledge before receiving a formal education as a first-grader in the primary schools. Premised in this context, this paper discusses the findings of a study that focused on childcare trainees' personal values in building a career in early childhood education. This study used the convergent parallel mixed method involving a survey and interviews, in which 1497 and 159 respondents were selected, respectively. In this study, the researchers used purposive sampling to select a sample of the population of Taska and Tadika operators and teachers and the officers of relevant agencies. The research instruments of this study consisted of a surv.....

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This research was conducted to analyze the needs of the Interactive Science Literacy Model based on Chinese children's folktales using dialog reading techniques among preschool students. This study uses a design and development research (DDR) approach. The data analysis technique used in this study is qualitative and quantitative data analysis. The research respondents for phase one were qualitative, consisting of 9 teachers from Chinese preschool and data for quantitative consisting 89 teachers from Chinese preschool. This study uses document analysis instruments, interview protocols and questionnaire. The research objective for this study is to analyze the needs of an Interactive Model of Science Literacy based on Chinese children's folktales using dialogic reading techniques among Chinese preschool students. Atlas. t.i version 4.1 software is used for analyzing interview transcriptions, developing themes, categories and subcategories and SPSS version 22 software is used for analyzin.....

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Background: Since the turn of the 21st century, research on an inquiry-based approach in science education has increasingly been geared towards the integration of technology, primarily focused on secondary and tertiary education. Thus far, no study has reviewed research on a technology-integrated, inquiry-based approach in the specific context of primary science education. Purpose & Method: This scoping review has two primary aims: to investigate the characteristics of the technological interventions used in previous research that employed an inquiry-based approach in science education and to examine the effects of this integrated approach on primary pupils’ learning in science. Fifteen articles from science education journals based on Scimago Journal Rank in the first quartile of 2020 and the Scopus database of the years 2017 to 2021 were extracted and reviewed using narrative and thematic analysis. Findings: The review navigates research that has focused on the development of inqui.....

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