12 research outputs found
Childrenâs Initiatives in the Finnish Early Childhood Education Context
Pedagogical practices in early childhood education, which embrace childrenâs initiatives and agency, have been found to have an effect on childrenâs learning and competence skills. These initiatives can be seen crucial for childrenâs well-being and self-motivation. However, childrenâs initiatives are sometimes considered only as wants and that children are incapable to express meaningful initiatives in educational settings. In this chapter, we introduce childrenâs initiatives in their educational settings and examine the gap between childrenâs experiences and teachersâ observations. Childrenâs initiatives exist in a myriad of ways through the daily practices and processes that nourish motivation to ultimately create meanings through actions. It is essential to focus on childrenâs participation as it encourages and promotes agency and motivation within early childhood development.Peer reviewe
Lockdown lessons: an international conversation on resilient GI science teaching
We report the findings from two global panel âconversationsâ that, stimulated by the exceptional coronavirus pandemic of 2020/21, explored the concept of resilience in geographic science teaching and learning. Characteristics of resilient teaching, both in general and with reference to GISc, are listed and shown to be essentially what might in the past have been called good teaching. Similarly, barriers to resilient teaching are explored and strategies for overcoming them listed. Perhaps the most important conclusion is a widespread desire not to âbounce backâ to pre-COVID ways, but to use the opportunity to âbounce forwardâ towards better teaching and learning practices