Search results for "LDH"

Distributing leadership in a day care setting

2016

The latest leadership theories require leadership to be distributed, but there is little evidence of how the distribution is made in practice, particularly in the context of early childhood education. This article describes leadership in two day care organizations in which the organizational structure was different than the traditional one. One organization comprised four day care units and the other had five units. According to the findings, leadership was implemented in the spirit of distributed leadership. The staff and the day care centre director in co-operation took responsibility for their organization. The relationship between the director and the staff was interactive and there was…

Teacher leadership repertoires in the context of early childhood education team meetings in Finland

2019

This study investigates teacher leadership in Early Childhood Education (ECE) settings in Finland. We used discursive analysis to investigate repertoires of teacher leaders during weekly team meetings organized by staff teams. In Finland, a staff team usually comprises of an ECE teacher - who is the team leader, and two childcare nurses. In this study ECE teachers are understood as being teacher leaders (Fairman & McKenzie, 2012). The study identifies four repertoires of teacher leadership: 1. collaborative teacher leadership; 2. supportive teacher leadership; 3. professional expertise; and 4. legitimation. Understanding teacher leadership is fundamental to enacting pedagogical leadership i…

L’ambiente d’apprendimento nella prima infanzia alla luce della prospettiva Montessoriana: un’indagine in Sicilia

2019

The following paper focus on the growing interest in structuring the learning environment in order to promote the psycho-social-attitudinal development of the infant. The montessorian approach enhances a child-friendly environment. It facilitates active participation in the child’s daily life, thus contributing towards a higher level of independence, self-awareness, self-esteem and self-evaluation. The survey conducted in June 2019 shows that in Sicily less people are adopting montessorian approach nowadays into the early childhood structures.

Suspected motor problems and low preference for active play in childhood are associated with physical inactivity and low fitness in adolescence

2011

Background - This prospective longitudinal study investigates whether suspected motor problems and low preference for active play in childhood are associated with physical inactivity and low cardiorespiratory fitness in adolescence. Methodology/Principal Findings - The study sample consisted of the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986 (NFBC 1986) composed of 5,767 children whose parents responded to a postal inquiry concerning their children's motor skills at age 8 years and who themselves reported their physical activity at age 16 years. Cardiorespiratory fitness was measured with a cycle ergometer test at age 16 years. Odds ratios (OR) and their 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for the lev…

Lastentarhanopettajat liikunnan suunnittelijoina

2014

Tiivistelmä. Piiroinen, Reetta & Saari, Saila. 2014. Lastentarhanopettajat liikunnan suunnittelijoina. Varhaiskasvatustieteen kandidaatintutkielma. Kasvatustie- teiden laitos. Jyväskylän yliopisto. 50 sivua + liitteet. Tutkimuksemme on tärkeä, koska varhaiskasvatusikäisten lasten liikuntaa on tutkittu vähän. Varhaiskasvatusikäisten lasten liikuntatutkimukset painottuvat lasten aktiivisuuden ja terveysvaikutusten tutkimiseen, joten on hyödyllistä tutkia lastentarhanopettajien toimintaa lasten liikunnan toteuttajina. Tutkimuksemme tavoitteena oli selvittää, miten lastentarhanopettajat suunnittelevat liikuntatuokioita lapsiryhmässä. Tutkimuksen aineistonhankinnan toteutimme tekemällä interneti…

Pyöräilytaidon oppimista selittävät yksilö-, ympäristö- ja tehtävätason tekijät 1950-2010-luvuilla

2021

Pyöräily on yksi suomalaisten yleisimmistä liikkumismuodoista. Yhteiskunnan tasolla pyöräilyn merkityksissä korostuvat väestön arkiliikunnan lisääminen ja kestävän liikenteen edistäminen. Suomalaislapsille pyöräilytaito mahdollistaa merkittävän itsenäisen liikkumisen tavan ja edesauttaa elinpiirin laajentumista. Pyöräilytaidon oppimiseen liittyvistä tekijöistä tiedetään kuitenkin hyvin vähän. Tämä tieto olisi tärkeää, jotta mahdollisimman monelle voitaisiin jo varhaisella iällä tarjota mahdollisuus omaksua pyöräilyn kautta fyysisesti aktiivinen ja ekologisesti kestävä elämäntapa. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoitus oli selvittää, mitkä yksilö-, ympäristö- ja tehtävätekijät selittävät pyöräilytaidon…

Language, Childhood, and Fire: How We Learned to Love Sharing Stories.

2022

Stories do not fossilize. Thus, exploring tales shared during prehistory, the longest part of human history inevitably becomes speculative. Nevertheless, various attempts have been made to find a more scientifically valid way into our deep human past of storytelling. Following the social brain hypothesis, we suggest including into the theory of human storytelling more fine-grained and evidence-based findings (from archaeology, the cognitive sciences, and evolutionary psychology) about the manifold exaptation and adaptation, genetic changes, and phenotypic plasticity in the deep human past, which all shaped the emergence of storytelling in hominins. We identify three preconditions for humans…

La valutazione delle esperienze di maltrattamento e abuso mediante l’intervista CECA (Childhood Experience of Care and Abuse): rilevazioni in campion…

2012

Le relazioni precoci e le condizioni di accudimento esperite dal bambino durante l’infanzia rappresentano la matrice, psichica e organizzativa, entro cui si configura lo sviluppo della personalità emergente di ogni individuo (Fonagy et al., 2002; Giannone, Ferraro e Lo Verso, 2011). Esperienze di accudimento fallimentari, che implicano una mancata risposta ai bisogni infantili di sicurezza, appartenenza e valorizzazione si configurano come esperienze traumatiche di cui la letteratura sottolinea gli esiti psicopatologici (de Zulueta, 1993; van der Kolk, 2005, Schimmenti e Bifulco, 2008). Questo contributo presenta i dati relativi al confronto tra due gruppi, appartenenti a popolazioni clinic…

Maternal Depression, Attachment Disorders and Psychopatology in Childhood. A Clinical Study

2011

Measuring Health Literacy in Childhood and Adolescence with the Scale Health Literacy in School-Aged Children – German Version : The Psychometric Pro…

2022

Abstract. Health literacy can help explain health inequalities in childhood and adolescence. However, suitable instruments for assessing health literacy in this age group are rare, especially in the German-speaking countries. One economical measure is the 10-item Health Literacy in School-Aged Children (HLSAC) scale, developed and reviewed as part of the WHO Child and Adolescent Health Study (HBSC, Health Behavior in School-Aged Children). In the present study, we tested dimensionality, measurement invariance, and associations with health-related measures of the German version of the scale (HLSAC–German), using data from the 2018 national German HBSC study ( N = 4,347 students aged 11, 13,…