Evaluating Quality in Finnish Early Childhood Education

Heikka, Johanna; Fonsén, Elina; Mäntyjärvi, Marjo; Kiuru, Laura; Suhonen, Katja; Heikonen, Lauri

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“…The quality of Finnish early childhood education (ECE) is relatively high, but there are variations in quality between the centres (Repo et al, 2019; Heikka, Fonsén, Mäntyjärvi, et al, forthcoming). For this reason, continuous evaluation is necessary to guarantee the quality of ECE.…”

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Pedagogical leadership and children’s well-being in Finnish early education

Fonsén¹,

Lahtinen²,

Sillman³

et al. 2020

Educational Management Administration & Leadership

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In this paper, we present research that focuses on pedagogical leadership that is evaluated by the staff in the early education unit. The evaluations relate to the observed indicators of the well-being of children and leadership evaluations conducted by the early education centre directors. The methods include systematic observation of children, educators’ evaluation of leadership and directors’ evaluation of their leadership. The measurements are independent of each other. The data were collected between 2017 and 2019 in Finnish early education units. The results indicate the connection between the pedagogical leadership of director and observed activities of children, including involved learning, positive emotion, physical activity and participation. The connection between pedagogical leadership evaluated by the staff was also connected with leadership evaluated by the director, highlighting the need for the director to focus on pedagogical leadership and staff involvement. The results provide a perspective to help the director to focus on the main task of early education, the well-being of the children.

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confidence: 99%

Pedagogical leadership and children’s well-being in Finnish early education

Fonsén¹,

Lahtinen²,

Sillman³

et al. 2020

Educational Management Administration & Leadership

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Implementing a National Database on Young Children's Learning: A Preliminary Analysis of a Longitudinal Study to Evaluate the Quality of Preschools

Cheng¹,

Cheng²

2023

Science and Technology Education: New Developments and Innovations

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In recent years, many policies have been formulated and strongly promoted to improve the quality of early childhood education. In 2012, the Taiwanese government enacted a new national curriculum framework for early childhood education to enhance the quality of early childhood education programs. This new framework is key competence-oriented, meaning preschool educators must focus on children's learning and inquiry processes when designing the curriculum. A series of projects collecting information on the quality of the learning environment and learning outcomes of children aged 2 to 9, called the Early Childhood Learning Database, was built to understand the effectiveness of the curriculum reform. As a longitudinal study, young children's learning is long-term tracked and analyzed to understand the authentic situation and relevant factors to form a policy for optimizing education quality. The preliminary analysis confirmed the positive influence of the new curriculum. Keywords: early childhood education, curriculum reform, learning database, quality of preschools

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Evaluating Quality in Finnish Early Childhood Education

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Pedagogical leadership and children’s well-being in Finnish early education

Pedagogical leadership and children’s well-being in Finnish early education

Implementing a National Database on Young Children's Learning: A Preliminary Analysis of a Longitudinal Study to Evaluate the Quality of Preschools

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