A dissertation "Use of basal stimulation in preschool education" has the aim to confirm a positive influence of the basal stimulation concept on upbringing and education of children with multiple disabilities in a special kindergarten. A theoretical part gives you a brief characteristic on the topic of multiple disabilities and cerebral palsy (CP). It brings you a view of the development of children with disabilities in the preschool period. A crucial part is dedicated to the basal stimulation concept as well as its basic and superstructural elements and biographical anamnesis. A research project presents the case studies and shows the use of the concept at particular work. It evaluates and confirms the positive influence of stimulation on children and presents a recommendation for pedagogical practice. Keywords: multiple disabilities, a child in the preschool education, basal stimulation

The thesis is divided into two blocks - the theoretical part and the empirical part. The first chapter of the theoretical part deals with pre-school education in general, with the educational mission of kindergartens in compliance with the FEP PSE, with pre- school age specifics, with a kindergarten teacher and his/her professional competences. The second and the third chapters deal with drama education in a kindergarten and with competences of pre-school teachers in drama teaching. In the empirical part I explore the approach to drama education in pre-school education in Jindřichův Hradec and preparedness of local teachers in the field of competences in drama teaching. The research has shown that most teachers consider drama education one of the most important elements of pre-school education. They have social and personality competences, among which they include empathy, understanding, tolerance, patience and ability to develop positive relations among children. However hardly anyone is concerned with theory.

Este trabalho descreve os mecanismos de oferta e consumo das refeições em duas creches no município de São Paulo, uma com o sistema de distribuição tipo self-service e outra tipo prato pronto. Foram verificadas as adequações e eventuais carências energéticas das dietas de 82 crianças de 3 e 4 anos, do módulo maternal, por meio da alimentação oferecida nas creches e no domicílio. O estudo apontou 48% das crianças com dietas deficientes ou em risco de deficiência, e 52% com dietas normais, somadas àquelas com risco de excesso e em excesso. / This study describes the mechanisms of supply and consumption of meals in two public day care centers in São Paulo City, one with self-select distribution system and the other with ready made dish system. Diet energy adequacy and shortage were measured through the intakes of a whole day of 82 preschool children between 3 and 4 years old, considering the meals offered at the day care center and at home. In terms of energy, this study showed 48% of the children with deficient or at risk of deficiency diets, and 52% with normal together with those at risk of excess diets.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / This study examines the socialization of sharing behaviors in a transnational population of Korean children in greater Boston, Massachusetts and South Korea. Data for this study include the author's experiences living in South Korea from 1995 to 1996, ethnographic fieldwork in the Korean community of greater Boston from 1999 to 2002, five weeks of classroom observation and home visits in South Korea in the summer of 2001, and weekly microethnographic observations of seventeen children from January 2001 to June 2002. Korean culture is broadly construed as "sociocentric" in contrast to "individualistic" American culture. Descriptions ofhome and school life demonstrate this contrast in strategies for sharing limited resources. Korean strategies for sharing emphasize a generalized joint use of resources katchi (together) while American strategies emphasize litigation of individual rights through tum-taking procedures. This study describes the socialization of transnational Korean children who encounter these contrasting cultural strategies for sharing. Through a microethnographic examination of the experiences of individual children over time, the study offers several contributions to culture and socialization theory. First, a description of the Korean community of greater Boston challenges assumptions in education research that define public schools as a place of "mainstream American" culture in contrast to the culture of minority children's homes and ethnic communities. The Korean community of greater Boston described in this study is a heterogeneous continuum of immigrant and sojourner families living in patterns of dense settlement and school enrollment. A child may interact almost exclusively with ethnic Korean peers at school and yet practice American behaviors in these interactions. The second major contribution of this work is to outline a microethnographic approach to studying children's development over time. In comparisons of the behaviors of five individual children, this study highlights a common developmental trajectory towards greater self-assertiveness in sharing behaviors and also exposes individual variations in experience and behavior. By focusing on the socialization of specific behaviors in a small number of individuals, this study provides evidence for a model of cultural socialization as the unique individual accumulation of knowledge, motivation, and practice. / 2031-01-01

Este trabalho descreve os mecanismos de oferta e consumo das refeições em duas creches no município de São Paulo, uma com o sistema de distribuição tipo self-service e outra tipo prato pronto. Foram verificadas as adequações e eventuais carências energéticas das dietas de 82 crianças de 3 e 4 anos, do módulo maternal, por meio da alimentação oferecida nas creches e no domicílio. O estudo apontou 48% das crianças com dietas deficientes ou em risco de deficiência, e 52% com dietas normais, somadas àquelas com risco de excesso e em excesso. / This study describes the mechanisms of supply and consumption of meals in two public day care centers in São Paulo City, one with self-select distribution system and the other with ready made dish system. Diet energy adequacy and shortage were measured through the intakes of a whole day of 82 preschool children between 3 and 4 years old, considering the meals offered at the day care center and at home. In terms of energy, this study showed 48% of the children with deficient or at risk of deficiency diets, and 52% with normal together with those at risk of excess diets.

Research has widely approached the benefits and potentials of nature contact and outdoor education on children’s emotional development. There is however little evidence on teachers’ approach and educational methods on emotional education in nature. This paper investigates the potentials of outdoor education for children’s development of emotional competences by exploring in which ways emotional education is included within the didactic methodologies in a Swedish “I Ur Och Skur” nature-based preschool. Through an ethnographic approach the author identified three main educational methods by which emotional education is included within the daily teaching in the outdoors: emotional expressiveness, direct sensory experience with nature and affective social interaction. This study contributes in two main ways: first, it shows how educators approach and include emotional learning in nature spaces as a mean to help children engage affectively with their social and natural world. Second, it highlights and illustrates the potentials of outdoor and emotional education in young children.

Shared storybook readings with an adult provide children with opportunities to imagine different worlds, experiment with new ideas and be inspired. Existing research shows that shared storybook reading also supports word learning. To date the role of attention in word learning from shared storybooks has been largely overlooked. The aims of this research programme were to investigate how changes to storybook reading interactions, or storybook formats might influence children's word learning by making target words and objects more or less salient using various attentional manipulations which could be used in the real world. Chapter 1 provides an introduction and literature review. Chapter 2 presents a multi-level meta-analysis of studies of word comprehension from shared storybook reading. Empirical chapters (Chapters 3-6) use bespoke storybooks controlling for story length and number of exposures to novel vocabulary to examine children's word learning from storybooks. Participants are 3- and 4-year-old typically developing children. In Chapter 3 children's eye movements are recorded while they are presented with repeated or different stories. We find no evidence of differences in eye movements or word learning between conditions. Chapter 4 demonstrates that presenting storybooks one page at a time (as in Chapter 3) improves word learning compared with when two pages are displayed at a time. Chapter 5 investigates whether illustration complexity (Experiment 1) or salient illustration features (Experiment 2a and b) affect children's learning of the depicted novel words. We found no evidence to support this with the stimuli we used. Chapter 6 investigated the role of storybook repetition in learning new words and the development of narrative skills. Overall, the research programme supports the idea that children's word learning can best be supported by storybooks and reading styles which provide a suitable level of informational content and adult scaffolding from which they can learn.

The submitted diploma thesis focuses on the organizational culture in terms of preschool education, particularly at nursery schools. There are specific elements of the organizational culture for preschool education as well as factors that affect organizational culture at nursery schools within the external and internal environment of the school. This thesis diagnoses the organizational culture at a particular nursery school. Based on this diagnosis, we can say that a strong organizational culture can be created even at a nursery school. There is also the relationship between organizational culture, effectiveness of organization and quality of education that implies from the positive evaluation of this nursery school. The thesis draws up recommendations for this specific nursery school, which are focused primarily on communication and foreknowledge. Recommendations are designed for founders of public nursery school as well. In terms of public nursery school, there should not be an argument of a lack of funds from this perspective, there should rather be a better utilization of that a strong organizational culture offers.

El presente trabajo reafirma nuestras ideas sobre los niños y su educación; nuevas tendencias en el sector nos hacen considerar que toca a "los padres de familia, las organizaciones particulares, autoridades locales y gobiernos nacionales a contribuir en la evolución de la educación desde el nacimiento del niño; será entonces que nos corresponde ir adaptando la educación, el perfeccionamiento de los métodos y técnicas pedagógicas en colaboración con los profesionales y especialistas que se dedican al cuidado del niño en su educación temprana. En base a ello, el presente trabajo evidencia el desarrollo e investigación para la implementación de un centro de estimulación temprana con opción a servicios de cuidado de menores en horario de 24 horas, incluyendo sábados, domingos y feriados. El proyecto está desarrollado de acuerdo con las necesidades encontradas en el mercado actual, la ubicación propuesta es el distrito de Santiago de Surco, debido al descubrimiento de una oportunidad, pues el 65% de padres de familia tienen hijos pequeños en casa y les preocupa su desarrollo, cuidado y seguridad. La ventaja competitiva que presenta “MI SEGUNDA CASITA” es el desarrollo de actividades de estimulación temprana con métodos de enseñanza especiales y adaptados a nuestra educación actual, además la seguridad que ofrece a través de sus herramientas online de vigilancia y monitoreo constante en las actividades de desarrollo de sus hijos. / The present work reaffirms our ideas about children and their education; new trends in the sector make us consider that it is up to "parents, private organizations, local authorities and national governments to contribute to the evolution of education since the birth of the child, it will then be our turn to adapt education, the improvement of pedagogical methods and techniques in collaboration with the professionals and specialists who dedicate themselves to the care of the child in their early education. Based on this, the present work evidences the development and research for the implementation of an early stimulation center with option to childcare services in 24 hours, including Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. The project is developed according to the needs found in the current market, the proposed location is the district of Santiago de Surco, due to the discovery of an opportunity, because 65% of parents have young children at home and are concerned about their development, care and safety. The competitive advantage presented by "MY SECOND HOUSE" is the development of early stimulation activities with special teaching methods adapted to our current education, in addition to the security it offers through its online monitoring tools and constant monitoring in the activities of development of their children. / Trabajo de investigación

The study produces a genealogy of ‘the child’ as the shifting subject constituted by the confluence of discourses that are utilized by, and surround, Western Australian precompulsory education. The analysis is approached as a genealogy of governmentality building on the work of Foucault and Rose, which enables the consideration of the research question that guides this study: How has ‘the child’ come to be constituted as a subject of regimes of practices of pre-compulsory education in Western Australia? This study does not explore how the historical discourses changed in relation to ‘the child’ as a universal subject of early education, but it examines the multiple ways ‘the child’ was constituted by these discourses as the subject at which government is to be aimed, and whose characteristics government must harness and instrumentalize. Besides addressing the research question, the study also develops a set of intertwining arguments. In these the author contends that ‘the child’ is invented through historically contingent ideas about the individual and that the way in which ‘the child’ is constituted in pre-compulsory education shifts in concert with the changing problematizations about the government of the population and individuals. Further, the study demonstrates the necessity to understand the provision of pre-compulsory education as a political practice. Looking at pre-compulsory education as a political practice de-stabilizes the takenfor-granted constitutions of ‘the child’ embedded in present theories, practices and research with children in the field of early childhood education. It also enables the de- and reconstruction of the notions of children’s ‘participation’, ‘empowerment’ and ‘citizenship’. The continuous de- and reconstruction of these notions and the destabilization of the constitutions of ‘the child’ creates a framework in which improvement is possible, rather than “a utopian, wholesale and, thus revolutionary, transformation” in early education (Branson & Miller, 1991, p. 187). This study also contributes to the critiques of classroom discipline approaches by reconceptualizing them as technologies of government in order to reveal the power relations they silently wield.