Mūsų šalyje dvikalbis (daugiakalbis) ikimokyklinis ugdymas gana paplitęs. Tokios įstaigos atsirado po Lietuvos nepriklausomybės atkūrimo 1990 m. Nemažai daugiakalbių ikimokyklinio ugdymo įstaigų Vilniaus krašte, kur dvi ar trys kalbos ir kultūros (lietuvių, rusų, lenkų) egzistuoja ir sugyvena kartu. Daugiakalbėje ikimokyklinėje įstaigoje lingvistiniu atžvilgiu situacija gana sudėtinga, o ugdymo problema nėra pakankamai tyrinėta. Trūksta aiškesnių rekomendacijų, kaip užtikrinti ugdymo kokybę tokiose įstaigose ir kokia linkme nukreipti vadybinius aspektus. Nepakanka žinių apie tai, ar daugiakalbių ikimokyklinio ugdymo įstaigų teikiamų paslaugų pasiūla atliepia tėvų poreikį. Pokyčiai, kurie vyksta Lietuvoje, aiškiai reikalauja iš ugdymo įstaigų naujų veiksmų, darbo metodų, sprendžiant daugiakalbystės klausimus. / Multilingual institutions in our country is a widely spread phenomenon. Current institutions were mostly established after Lithuania restored its independence in 1990. These are most typical for Vilnius district, as two or three languages and cultures (Lithuanian, Russian and Polish) interact with each other. Considering the linguistic aspect, the situation at multilingual institution is quite complicated. Apparently, the problem of upbringing is not sufficiently explored. Therefore, the obvious lack of clear instructions prevents the proper insurance of the quality of education and smooth direction of management aspects. There is no clear and reliable data whether the services provided by multilingual preschool institutions satisfy parents‘ expectations and needs. The changes in nowadays life, require the implementation of new actions and methods to solve the problems emerging due to multilingual and multicultural social context.

Šiame darbe akcentuojami priešmokyklinio amžiaus vaikų sėkmingo ugdymo(si) veiksniai, kaip pamatas tolimesniam sėkmingam mokymuisi mokykloje. Ugdymo(si) sėkme laikoma visų vaiko fizinių ir psichinių galių puoselėjimas, pozityvios socialinės ir emocinės patirties įgijimas, pažinimo motyvacijos skatinimas. Tyrimo klausimai: Kokie atsiskleidžia vaikų ugdymąsi skatinantys ir slopinantys veiksniai? Ką pedagogai mano apie vaikų ugdymo(si) sėkmę? Atsižvelgus į tyrimo klausimų aktualumą, tyrimo objektu pasirinkta priešmokyklinio amžiaus vaikų ugdymo(si) sėkmę laiduojantys veiksniai. Tyrimo tikslas – atskleisti priešmokyklinio amžiaus vaikų sėkmingo ugdymo(si) veiksnius. Tyrimo uždaviniai: 1. Mokslinės literatūros ir švietimo dokumentų analizės pagrindu, atskleisti priešmokyklinio amžiaus vaikų sėkmingo ugdymo(si) veiksnius lemiančius ugdymo(si) sėkmę. 2. Nustatyti vidinius ir išorinius veiksnius turinčius įtakos ugdymo(si) veiklos sėkmei. 3. Atskleisti pedagogų nuomonę apie vaikų ugdymo(si) sėkmę. Tyrimo imtis: Tyrime dalyvavo 87 priešmokyklinio ugdymo grupę lankantys vaikai ir 128 priešmokyklinio ugdymo pedagogai. Tyrimas vykdytas Vilniaus miesto ir rajono ikimokyklinėse ugdymo įstaigose. Remiantis atliktu tyrimu parengtos išvados kuriose atskleidžiami vaikų sėkmingo ugdymosi veiksniai. / In this work the factors of successful education of preschool children are emphasized as the base for further successful learning at school. Educational success consists of: the nurturance of all physical and mental powers of a child, the acquisition of positive social and emotional experiences, and the encouragement of knowledge motivation. Research questions: What are the factors which stimulate and which supress children’s education? What do teachers think about the success of children’s education? Considering the urgency of research questions, factors that guarantee successful education of preschool children were chosen as the object of the research. The aim of research – to reveal factors influencing successful education of preschool children. Research objectives: 1. To reveal factors which destine successful learning of preschool children by means of scientific literature and educational document analysis. 2. To identify inner and outer elements that have influence on the success of educational activity. 3. To disclose teachers’ openion on the success of children’s education. Research sample: 87 children who attend preschool education group and 128 teachers took part in the research. The research was held in preschool institutions of Vilnius city and in the area of Vilnius. Relying on the accomplished research, the conclusion reveals factors of successful children’s education.

This multiple case study investigated children's literacy development in the context of current pedagogical practices of their preschools in three selected communities in India.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Education Policy, 2008. / Dissertation committee: Gary Sykes, Barbara Schneider, Peter Youngs, Sandra Schneider, and Larry Schweinhart--From acknowledgments. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Aug. 19, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-158). Also issued in print.

Η παρούσα έρευνα επιχείρησε να ανιχνεύσει το βαθμό στον οποίο τα παιδιά προσχολικής ηλικίας αντιλαμβάνονται ορισμένες από τις βασικές έννοιες της Θεωρίας των Πιθανοτήτων. Παράλληλα, αξιολογήθηκε ένα κατάλληλα σχεδιασμένο εκπαιδευτικό πρόγραμμα με στόχο την εισαγωγή μίας μικρής ομάδας νηπίων στις συγκεκριμένες έννοιες. / The present research attempted to reveal the level of understanding of kids of preschool age as concerns some of the basic concepts in the Theory of Probabilities. Furthermore,we evaluated an appropriately designed educational program which aimed at introducing a small group of infants to these concepts.

Θα μπορούσε η μέτρηση του μήκους να αποτελέσει αντικείμενο διδασκαλίας στην προσχολική εκπαίδευση; Θα μπορούσαν τα παιδιά της προσχολικής ηλικίας με την κατάλληλη διδακτική παρέμβαση να αναπτύξουν ικανότητες μέτρησης του μήκους; Αυτά είναι τα ερωτήματα που διαπραγματεύεται η παρούσα έρευνα. Το δείγμα αποτέλεσαν 28 μαθητές προσχολικής ηλικίας από δύο δημόσια σχολεία της Πάτρας. Η διδακτική παρέμβαση περιλάμβανε δύο φάσεις. Πρώτον άμεσες συγκρίσεις με τη χρήση πρακτικών όπου το ένα μέγεθος καλύπτει ή τοποθετείται δίπλα στο άλλο και δεύτερον έμμεσες συγκρίσεις με τη χρήση εργαλείων που μεσολαβούν για τη διεξαγωγή της μέτρησης. Τα αποτελέσματα της έρευνάς μας έδειξαν ότι οι πρακτικές για τη μέτρηση του μήκους μπορούν να εισαχθούν στη διδασκαλία ακόμη και από την προσχολική εκπαίδευση. / Could measurement of length be the object of teaching in early education? Could appropriate teaching interventions develop as to scaffold children’s efforts to measure lengths? These are the central questions of this paper. The sample consisted of 28 children of two public preschool classrooms and the teaching intervention included two different kinds of tasks. Direct comparisons with the use of practices of one magnitude covering another or placing one next to the other and indirect comparisons by using tools that mediates in the measurement. The results of our research showed that practices for measuring length can be introduced into teaching as early as preschool education.

Background: The present research is the first multi-modal study of language deficits in long-term PFT survivors to date. In addition to a detailed neuropsychological assessment of language, this thesis investigated neural correlates of language processing by employing functional (fMRI) and diffusion (DTI) magnetic resonance imaging techniques. Method: Twenty-one PFT survivors, aged 16-21, and twenty-two matched healthy volunteers completed a series of neuropsychological assessments, task-based language fMRI study (targeting semantic retrieval and speech articulation), and a DTI study. The patients’ clinical profiles and oro-motor functioning were also analysed. Results: Patients demonstrated significantly poorer performance in semantic content, expressive and receptive skills, verbal memory, reading and writing, visuo-motor coordination and non-verbal intelligence, with elevated internal variability of the linguistic profiles, when compared to controls. Semantically-related language skills contributed more to the between-group differences than non-verbal cognitive skills. A significant association between language and non-verbal cognitive abilities in both patients and controls was unconfounded by the age and disease. On fMRI, patients lacked metabolic response in the pre-central and post-central gyri during semantic retrieval. Broca’s, Wernike’s and Geschwind’s areas responded similarly in both hemispheres, with no significant differences between the groups. In all participants Language Content Index predicted the BOLD response on the border of the left lateral occipital cortex and angular gyrus. Expressive Language Index predicted BOLD response in the right frontal pole, paracingulate gyrus, superior frontal gyrus, and middle frontal gyrus. In healthy controls, articulation of speech was associated with activation in the Crus I and Crus II of the right cerebellar hemisphere. Semantic load triggered activation in the Crus VI and VIIb of the vermis, as well as right lobules V and VI of the cerebellum. DTI revealed a global decrease in the fractional anisotropy and increase in the diffusivity scalars in patients, compared to controls, but not different between those patients that received and did not receive radiotherapy. Patients also demonstrated significant reduction in FA index in the bilateral arcuate fasciculus and increased diffusivity in the bilateral SCP. The FA index in the segments of the left-hemispheric cortico-spinal tract, anterior thalamic radiation, superior longitudinal fasciculus and inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus, positively predicted Language Content Index score in patients. Clinical profiles analysis indicated that younger age at diagnosis, radiotherapy treatment and longer duration of mutism (if present) were associated with the poorest language outcomes. Patients with the longest recovery time demonstrated the best manual dexterity abilities. 38% of the patients that met the criteria for a diagnosable language disorder also had reduced oro-motor functioning and reduced FA within left arcuate fasciculus, compared to the remaining patients. Conclusions: Despite the fact that PFTs do not directly impact cortical language-associated areas, patients, particularly those treated with radiotherapy at a younger age, demonstrate deficits in all aspects of language processing. Semantic processing difficulties in PFT survivors are underpinned by the diminished cortical metabolic response during associated task performance, and microstructural changes in the left-hemispheric white matter. Tumours affecting the right cerebellar hemisphere may further predispose patients to developing difficulties in accessing language semantics.

Com base na teoria de Wallon, este trabalho tem o objetivo de compreender, a partir de narrativas produzidas por crianças entre cinco e seis anos no contexto da educação infantil várias dimensões e processos afetivos e cognitivos envolvidos na construção do conhecimento e da identidade. A narrativa é concebida como um instrumento mediador que atua no âmbito imaginativo. Foram investigados os momentos e modos com que as crianças se expressavam narrativamente na rotina escolar e criou-se um contexto de intervenção para oportunizar a construção de histórias. Participaram 14 crianças de uma turma de uma escola municipal e seus educadores. Dezoito sessões de observação participante e seis de intervenção foram realizadas e registradas em diário de campo, com filmagem transcrita parcial das primeiras e integral das segundas. Constatou-se que a eliciação de narrativas ocorria de forma restrita e esporádica na rodinha, e que muitas histórias pessoais eram contadas informalmente. Planejou-se um contexto e atividades eliciadoras de narrativas pessoais e fictícias, propostas pela pesquisadora e conduzidas com apoio da professora titular. Comparado à rodinha, este contexto produziu narrativas em maior número, extensão, sofisticação e variedade de temas e gêneros, além de propiciar a participação maior dos pares na sua construção. Foi possível identificar nas narrativas pessoais e fictícias importantes aspectos da organização do pensamento discursivo, da estabilização e ampliação do sentido de eu psicológico a partir da construção de um sujeito narrador / Based on Wallon’s theory, this study aims to understand, through narratives brought by five to six year-old children in the preschool context, a number of dimensions and affective and cognitive processes involved in the construction of knowledge and identity. Narrative is conceived as a mediator that acts in the imaginative scenario. The moments and ways children expressed themselves in narrative form were investigated and in addition an intervention context to promote children’s construction of stories was created. Participants were fourteen children enrolled in a public school and their teachers. Eighteen sessions of participant observation and six of intervention were carried out and further registered in a field diary. Partial filming transcriptions were made for the participant observations and complete for the intervention sessions. It was observed that the generation of narratives in the circle time was limited and sporadic and that a significant number of personal stories were informally told. A context and several activities aimed at generating personal and fictional narratives were designed, and was conducted by the researcher together with the teacher. This context, when compared to circle time, generated a larger number of narratives, more extension, sophistication and variety of themes and genres, as well as a greater participation of peers in narrative construction. Important aspects of the organization of the discursive thought and of the stabilization and amplification of the self sense were made possible to identify in the process of construction of a narrator subject.

This diploma thesis is focused on the topic of preschool education of french language, its possibilities and limits. The question is considered from a psychological perspective and the starting point is the mental evolution of child. The main aim is to discover if it?s possible to teach french language in the early years, from three to six years old, and, if so, how and with which results. Investigations were conducted in two preschools for which the author prepared and with a native speaker taught french lessons. Final results of this thesis follow from this personal experience of the author.

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