Early Childhood Educators’ Psychological Distress and Wellbeing during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2022.03.005
Abstract: There is growing awareness of the impacts of COVID-19 on children, families, and more recently, early childhood educators. This study aimed to add to this research and explore Australian early childhood educators’ psychological distress and… read more here.
Keywords: psychological distress; early childhood; educators psychological; childhood educators ... See more keywords
Identifying professional functionings of early childhood educators
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DOI: 10.1080/19415257.2018.1449006
Abstract: Abstract What does being a professional early childhood educator entail? This paper aims to address this question. Starting from the early 2000s, there has been increased attention to workforce professionalization in the early childhood education… read more here.
Keywords: childhood; professional functionings; functionings early; identifying professional ... See more keywords
Can We Talk About Life Without Taking Death Into Account? Early Childhood Educators' Self-Perceived Ability to Approach the Topic of Death With Children.
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DOI: 10.1177/00302228211057733
Abstract: The current explorative cross-sectional study evaluated the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of early childhood educators towards death education and their self-perceived comfort to approach the topic of death in the classroom. All data were collected… read more here.
Keywords: self perceived; early childhood; childhood educators; death ... See more keywords
A critique of the discursive landscape: Challenging the invisibility of early childhood educators’ well-being
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DOI: 10.1177/1463949120928430
Abstract: Children’s well-being has received extensive research attention and has a central role in early childhood policy and curricular guidelines. However, the well-being of early childhood educators has received fragmentary research attention and is unacknowledged in… read more here.
Keywords: discursive landscape; educators well; childhood; early childhood ... See more keywords
The hidden complexity of early childhood educators’ work: The Exemplary Early Childhood Educators at Work study
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DOI: 10.1177/1463949120931986
Abstract: A considerable body of research suggests that knowledgeable and skilled educators are key to the quality of early childhood services. However, the skills and knowledge of educators is subject to being underestimated and contested. In… read more here.
Keywords: childhood; exemplary early; work study; early childhood ... See more keywords