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Research in mathematics education as a component in the initial training of early childhood teachers
2013
En este trabajo presentamos una experiencia didáctica llevada a cabo en la asignatura Didáctica de la Matemática en Educación Infantil impartida en 4º curso del Grado de Maestro en Educación Infantil de la Universidad de Valencia. A través de esta experiencia hemos pretendido acercar la investigación en el campo de la didáctica de la matemática a los futuros maestros de infantil. Con el fin de poder evaluar el impacto que dicha experiencia ha tenido, hemos procedido a administrar un pre-test y un post-test que indagan en el conocimiento que los estudiantes poseen sobre las investigaciones en educación matemática infantil y la utilidad que le otorgan. Hemos analizado los datos obtenidos y en…
Tutorial Action in Small Groups: An Educational Experience With University Students
2016
Resumen:En el presente estudio se plantean tres objetivos. El primero, describir las principales características de un programa de acción tutorial desarrollado en una asignatura de una facultad de formación de profesorado. El segundo, determinar la valoración del grado de importancia que el estudiantado otorga a un grupo de competencias transversales y el grado de conocimiento sobre aspectos relacionados con la metodología de investigación durante el proceso de acción tutorial. El tercero, discutir el papel que juega la acción tutorial en la formación universitaria dentro del nuevo espacio europeo de educación superior. La experiencia se desarrolló en el curso académico 2014-2015. Participa…
Entre la equidad y la conciliación: similitudes y disparidades en el diseño institucional del primer ciclo de educación infantil en España
2022
Versión en castellano e inglés La provisión del primer ciclo de educación infantil (EI a partir de ahora) ha aumentado de manera sostenida en España desde el año 2000. A pesar de una considerable dispersión territorial, esta expansión ha tenido lugar en todas las comunidades autónomas (CC. AA.). En este artículo estudiamos cómo los distintos diseños institucionales a escala autonómica impactan en la equidad tanto en el acceso al servicio como en el coste para las familias. Tratamos de averiguar en qué condiciones puede el primer ciclo de EI ir más allá de una política de conciliación empleo/familia y considerarse una política redistributiva y de igualdad de oportunidades que favorezca acced…
Fruit and vegetable consumption among 3–5-year-old Finnish children and their parents: Is there an association?
2020
Abstract This study investigated the association between the home food environment and the consumption frequency of raw and cooked vegetables, berries and fruit among 3–5-year-old children and their mothers and fathers. The target group consisted of 3–5-year-old children (N = 114) attending public early childhood education and care, and their parents (N = 100). Cross-sectional data were collected from the parents with questionnaires assessing the home food environment, children and parents’ vegetable, berry and fruit consumption, and food neophobia. Linear mixed-effects models and principal component analysis were used to examine the association of parental consumption and the home food env…
Un'infanzia fatta di scienza e arte
2020
I contributi presentati in questo volume echeggiano tra di loro come un gioco di risonanze che travalicano ogni confine tra discipline per scavare tra le radici dell’umanità. Il testo è diviso in due parti idealmente collegate da una comune prospettiva sui bambini e sul loro modo conoscere e di entrare in relazione col mondo con gli occhi delle scienze e delle arti. L’approccio olistico, la curiosità e l’immaginazione, la libertà esplorativa e il piacere di creare connessioni tra le cose su piani diversi coinvolge totalmente singoli soggetti e gruppi, menti e corpi secondo una logica che rende impossibile segnare una demarcazione netta tra scienza e arte, soprattutto quando si parla di bamb…
I bambini e l'arte, l'arte dei bambini. Riflessioni sulla creatività
2020
In cosa consiste l’arte dei bambini? Che rapporti ha con lo sviluppo ma anche con il pensiero creativo in senso stretto e cosa ci dice, quindi, delle radici ontogenetiche della creatività umana e cosa delle sue caratteristiche? Le modalità di conoscenza e di espressione infantili ci riportano anche alla fascinazione degli adulti nei confronti dei processi creativi e di pensiero dei bambini. Ma quali sono le ragioni di un tale fascino? Cosa, simbolicamente, l’adulto vede, desidera, rimpiange? Tracciare, in questa prospettiva, una continuità tra le prime fasi della vita e lo sviluppo successivo può aiutare a riflettere sui modi di funzionare degli esseri umani, ma comporta, parallelamente, la…
Epistemic governance in local policy debates : The case of entitlement to early childhood education and care in Finland
2019
In Finland, children below school age have enjoyed the right to attend subsidised full-time early childhood education and care (ECEC). However, the attendance rate in Finland is low in comparison to other Nordic countries. Furthermore, the entitlement was restricted to 20 h per week in 2016 unless the child’s parents work or study full-time or unless it is believed that the child will benefit from full-time ECEC. The debates concerning restrictions in ECEC entitlement in three municipal councils serve as the data for this study. By using the framework of epistemic governance, we identify three differing constructions of the ECEC’s societal functions in the municipal policy debates. The simi…
La pedagogia liberante
2018
In questo breve articolo viene presentata la pedagogia della liberazione messa in campo da Danilo Dolci nella Sicilia del secondo ‘900. Il Centro educativo di Mirto a Partinico, fondato da Dolci nel 1974, divenne un laboratorio maieutico che accoglieva i bambini dai 4 ai 6 anni di età per avviare in loro un processo di auto-apprendimento creativo e incentrato sul comunicare in vista della costruzione di una nuova società democratica. This short paper presents the Danilo Dolci’s pedagogy of freedom in Sicily in the Seventies of the twentieth century. The Educational Center of Mirto in Partinico, founded by Dolci in 1974, became a maieutic laboratory where children from 4 to 6 years of age st…
Comparing Aspects Of The Process Quality In Six European Early Childhood Educational Settings
2013
The European project ‘Early Change’ (http://earlychange.teithe.gr) attempts to evaluate the quality of early childhood education (ECE) environments of six European countries, Greece, Portugal, Finland, Denmark, Cyprus and Romania. The purpose of this paper is to compare the level of two dimensions of the process quality of these environments a) Space & Furnishings, and b) Personal Care Routines. Theorists, practitioners and researchers agree that in order to provide qualitative education to young children, one of the basic needs of all children must be met; that need is the protection of their health and their safety. A high quality early childhood education program must contain a safe and …
2021
Children’s preference for fruit and vegetables must emerge during childhood. At children’s homes, mothers and fathers influence children’s developing food preferences with their own preferences and actions. The purpose of the study was to reveal the association parents have with their children’s fruit and vegetable preferences. The study was conducted in a sample of Finnish mothers and fathers of 3–5-year-old children. The participants were recruited, and questionnaires distributed through early childhood education and care centers in 2014 and 2015. The results showed considerable variance in the children’s preferences, and were more similar with their father’s, than their mother’s preferen…