Environmental characteristics of early childhood education and care, daily movement behaviours and adiposity in toddlers: A multilevel mediation analysis from the GET UP! Study

The Controversy in Pedagogical Competence of Early Childhood Education Teachers Towards the Policy of Indonesia National Education Ministry

“…The characteristics of early childhood are very fast developing, so that when the teacher graduated understand it will have an impact on the child itself. The development of early childhood characteristics is very fast and runs rapidly, so that if parents and teachers are late paying attention it will have a negative impact on further development (Zhang et al, 2018;Fatimah & Rohmah, 2016). To overcome the weaknesses of pedagogical competence parents and teachers really need to know the characteristics of early childhood development according to their age level (Liempd et al, 2020).…”

Literature review on early childhood education and care for children under the age of 3

“…There is some empirical work examining play (Shin and Partyka, 2017[32]), shared book reading (Torr, 2019[34]) and routines (Brebner et al, 2015[30]), suggesting that while a multitude of activities can and should be planned and conducted with infants, this can be challenging for educators. In fact, as infants' interests and needs change rapidly, it is required from the educator sensitivity combined with a professional understanding of early development, learning, and education so that planning and decisions are informed and open to unique experiences (Zhang and Chan, 2019 [35]).…”