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The Sustainment Of Early Childhood Teachers In The Classroom, Pamela A. Kilgallon
The Sustainment Of Early Childhood Teachers In The Classroom, Pamela A. Kilgallon
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
The changing nature of teaching has led to an increased focus on the retention and productive engagement of teachers in the classrooms. The ongoing implementation of educational change, accompanied by an ageing trend amongst teachers and rising incidences of teacher attrition, stress and burnout, highlights the importance of teachers being sustained in their profession. Furthermore, recognition of the value of early childhood education has drawn attention to early childhood teachers' abilities to be sustained in their teaching practice, effectively engaging students in the learning process. Acknowledging these issues, this study examined factors that influence early childhood classroom teachers' sustainment in …
Pre-Primary Children's Progress And The School Development Plan, Elizabeth A. Moulin
Pre-Primary Children's Progress And The School Development Plan, Elizabeth A. Moulin
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
In recent years several policy changes have occurred in Western Australia regarding the provision of pre-compulsory education, particularly for children turning five. These changes have led to education of such children centred largely in full-time, on-site classes rather than in sessional, independent community centres, resulting in pre-primary education becoming mainstream school business. As such it is incorporated in the administrative, managerial and educational policies of the school including school development planning. The school development plan (SDP), a major tool of accountability within the school, provides a planning framework in selected priority areas in which methods of assessment and evaluation of …
Children's Services In Denmark : A Contextual Analysis And Critique, Teresa A. Harms
Children's Services In Denmark : A Contextual Analysis And Critique, Teresa A. Harms
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
The late 1990’s in Australia have seen major stresses in State and Federal systems of early years provision and have highlighted the need to develop an integrated approach to early years policy and provision to meet better the changing needs of Australian families. As an experienced Australian practitioner in the early years, the researcher decided to explore another country’s approach to early childhood provision and to contextualise her Australian experience from a fresh perspective. In Kandel’s (1933, 1955) terms, this is a classic area study rather than one which seeks to merely to compare and contrast.
The Leadership Roles Of The Child Care Centre Supervisor In Singapore, Winnie Tan
The Leadership Roles Of The Child Care Centre Supervisor In Singapore, Winnie Tan
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
The purpose of this study was; (a) to describe the current situation of child care provision in Singapore; (b) to define the meaning of leadership and the responsibilities involved in effective leadership in a child care setting; and (c) to investigate and describe the leadership roles that child care centre supervisors need to perform in the day to day running of their centres from the perspective of the child care supervisors. A total of 15 supervisors from the private sector were interviewed in-depth. They were asked to describe all facets of their leadership roles in their centres. The results of …