Mathematics and higher-order thinking in early childhood education and care (ECEC)
This article investigates the perspectives of Norwegian early childhood educators on mathematics and higher-order thinking. Thematic analysis of the connection between mathematics and children’s higher-order thinking skills was performed based on semi-structured interviews with ten educators in thr...
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| author | Enrico Pollarolo Tuula H. Skarstein Ingunn Størksen Natalia Kucirkova |
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This article investigates the perspectives of Norwegian early childhood educators on mathematics and higher-order thinking. Thematic analysis of the connection between mathematics and children’s higher-order thinking skills was performed based on semi-structured interviews with ten educators in three different early childhood education and care (ECEC) centres. The findings suggest that educators, recognising mathematics as vital for ECEC, associate mathematics with problem-solving, an aspect of higher-order thinking skills highlighted in the research literature. The educators identified many opportunities for working with mathematics in daily activities, in accordance with the Norwegian tradition in recent years. Our results provide insights into how mathematics can support early childhood educators’ stimulation of higher-order thinking in the Norwegian ECEC context.
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| spelling | doaj.art-3350697afab846429ac519876120cd532024-02-28T09:04:39ZdanCappelen Damm Akademisk NOASPNordisk Barnehageforskning1890-91672023-04-0120210.23865/nbf.v20.298Mathematics and higher-order thinking in early childhood education and care (ECEC)Enrico Pollarolo0Tuula H. Skarstein1Ingunn Størksen2Natalia Kucirkova 3Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment and Behavioural Research in Education, University of Stavanger, NorwayDepartment of Early Childhood Education, Universtity of Stavanger, NorwayNorwegian Centre for Learning Environment and Behavioural Research in Education, University of Stavanger, NorwayNorwegian Centre for Learning Environment and Behavioural Research in Education, University of Stavanger, Norway This article investigates the perspectives of Norwegian early childhood educators on mathematics and higher-order thinking. Thematic analysis of the connection between mathematics and children’s higher-order thinking skills was performed based on semi-structured interviews with ten educators in three different early childhood education and care (ECEC) centres. The findings suggest that educators, recognising mathematics as vital for ECEC, associate mathematics with problem-solving, an aspect of higher-order thinking skills highlighted in the research literature. The educators identified many opportunities for working with mathematics in daily activities, in accordance with the Norwegian tradition in recent years. Our results provide insights into how mathematics can support early childhood educators’ stimulation of higher-order thinking in the Norwegian ECEC context. https://nordiskbarnehageforskning.no/index.php/nbf/article/view/298critical thinkinghigher-order thinkingmathematicsproblem solvingNorwegian ECEC educators |
| spellingShingle | Enrico Pollarolo Tuula H. Skarstein Ingunn Størksen Natalia Kucirkova Mathematics and higher-order thinking in early childhood education and care (ECEC) Nordisk Barnehageforskning critical thinking higher-order thinking mathematics problem solving Norwegian ECEC educators |
| title | Mathematics and higher-order thinking in early childhood education and care (ECEC) |
| title_full | Mathematics and higher-order thinking in early childhood education and care (ECEC) |
| title_fullStr | Mathematics and higher-order thinking in early childhood education and care (ECEC) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mathematics and higher-order thinking in early childhood education and care (ECEC) |
| title_short | Mathematics and higher-order thinking in early childhood education and care (ECEC) |
| title_sort | mathematics and higher order thinking in early childhood education and care ecec |
| topic | critical thinking higher-order thinking mathematics problem solving Norwegian ECEC educators |
| url | https://nordiskbarnehageforskning.no/index.php/nbf/article/view/298 |
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