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Educational Assessment of Young Children
This chapter describes the landscape of the assessment of young children given its expansion and scale in recent years. The rationale for the...
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Why the Voices of Young Children Matter
Over 30 years have passed since the introduction of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) (United Nations, 1989). However, there remains a...
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Deaf gain: visual communication for all young children
Deaf people use visual language and communication strategies naturally. Moreover, hearing people (both young children and adults) can also benefit...
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Picturebooks and Young Children: Potential, Power, and Practices
Picturebooks play a vital role in the lives and learning of young children. These complex, multimodal texts offer unique opportunities for...
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International Comparative Assessments of Young Children: Debates and Methodology
This chapter reflects on international comparative assessment of young children, introducing some of the issues when conducting large scale...
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Young children, wordless picturebooks, and inferencing
During a study in a Kindergarten classroom, wordless and almost wordless picturebooks were presented as aesthetic objects that are read for pleasure,...
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Kindergarten Teachers’ Perceptions of AI Literacy Education for Young Children
Educators and researchers have increasingly recognized the importance of AI literacy. Despite the growing body of AI literacy literature, the...
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Broadening the Notion of Peer-To-Peer Interactions When Young Children Engage With Digital Technology
Young children engage with digital technologies from a very young age. Often this is considered detrimental to their social development as it is seen...
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Behavioral Challenges in Young Children with Down Syndrome
Behavioral challenges in children with Down syndrome can seriously impact their socialization and development. The precursors of behavioral...
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Giving Voice to Young Children Navigating Complex Life Challenges Through a Strengths Approach
Numerous experiences may be traumatic for children, such as parental separation and divorce, parental incarceration, abuse and neglect, natural...
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Exploring the Impact of Gratitude Practice as a Protective Factor for Young Children
The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the mental health of young children, and schools are being tasked with providing greater support...
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Teachers’ Roles in the Assessment of Young Children
The iPIPS study depends in part, on data collected by teachers. Given that the study focuses on young children who themselves vary significantly...
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Autism and Young Children in Sweden
This chapter provides a summary of the current Swedish literature and educational policies around autism and young children’s preschool and...
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Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words? Not Necessarily, for the Phonological Awareness of Young Children
Phonological awareness is taught from preschool onwards because of its impact on later reading skills. Numerous assessments and training sessions are...
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How Can Digital Storytelling Open Up Spaces for Activist Citizenship Where Young Children Create Stories of Hope and Resilience Across the World?
This article examines how 8-year-old children in a primary school in England develop new understandings of hardship and survival through the process...
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The Relationship Between Shared Picturebook Reading and Language Development in Young Children
Picturebooks can play an important function in the development of language by promoting language acquisition and enriching the overall language...
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Early Childhood Voices: Children, Families, Professionals
This revolutionary book explores theoretical and practical issues of listening to children, families, and professionals who advocate for and work...
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Navigating Educational Success for Their Young Children in the United States: Refugee Families Draw from Their Experiences
The purpose of this study was to understand the experiences and factors that contribute to how refugee families support their children’s educational...
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Animal-Assisted Counseling for Young Children: Evidence Base, Best Practices, and Future Prospects
Increasing numbers of young children are experiencing mild to moderate mental health issues that require support in addition to that typically...
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The Importance of Children and Young People’s Voices in Debates on Inclusive Education
This chapter argues that research, debates and policy on inclusive education cannot be well informed, and successful inclusive practices implemented,...