Learning to learn in preschool: Principles for a framework concerning preschool teacher empowerment

The European preschool sector is receiving increased attention. The European Council Recommendations (2018; 2019) emphasize the need for ECEC to be at the forefront in developing teaching practices conducive to key competences. Among these, Learning to Learn (L2L), crucial at this developmental sta...

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Main Author: Cristina Stringher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensa MultiMedia 2023-04-01
Series:Formazione & Insegnamento
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Online Access:https://ojs.pensamultimedia.it/index.php/siref/article/view/6059
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description The European preschool sector is receiving increased attention. The European Council Recommendations (2018; 2019) emphasize the need for ECEC to be at the forefront in developing teaching practices conducive to key competences. Among these, Learning to Learn (L2L), crucial at this developmental stage. Italian preschool is of good quality and inclusive. However, the 2019-2020 self-evaluation round evidenced some weaker areas. Only 28.7% of leaders declare that children in their preschool have a positive self-esteem. In addition, teachers seem unaware of L2L in early childhood and hold misconceptions on its acquisition. This contribution advances an evidence-based trajectory for preschool teachers’ in-service training on L2L, framed within a sociocultural perspective, for their empowerment. The core of this proposal is to uncover teachers’ L2L conceptions that are generally unconscious. Reflecting on their own L2L, teachers are empowered and able to prepare a preschool environment where children may acquire self- and co-regulated learning competences.
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spelling doaj.art-5d6778d75f2145869f7162c75aa9166e2023-12-03T06:46:44ZengPensa MultiMediaFormazione & Insegnamento1973-47782279-75052023-04-0121110.7346/-fei-XXI-01-23_23Learning to learn in preschool: Principles for a framework concerning preschool teacher empowermentCristina Stringher0INVALSI, Istituto Nazionale per la Valutazione del Sistema Educativo di Istruzione e di Formazione – cristina.stringher@invalsi.it The European preschool sector is receiving increased attention. The European Council Recommendations (2018; 2019) emphasize the need for ECEC to be at the forefront in developing teaching practices conducive to key competences. Among these, Learning to Learn (L2L), crucial at this developmental stage. Italian preschool is of good quality and inclusive. However, the 2019-2020 self-evaluation round evidenced some weaker areas. Only 28.7% of leaders declare that children in their preschool have a positive self-esteem. In addition, teachers seem unaware of L2L in early childhood and hold misconceptions on its acquisition. This contribution advances an evidence-based trajectory for preschool teachers’ in-service training on L2L, framed within a sociocultural perspective, for their empowerment. The core of this proposal is to uncover teachers’ L2L conceptions that are generally unconscious. Reflecting on their own L2L, teachers are empowered and able to prepare a preschool environment where children may acquire self- and co-regulated learning competences. https://ojs.pensamultimedia.it/index.php/siref/article/view/6059Learning to learnSelf-regulated learningPreschoolTeacher trainingFramework
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Learning to learn in preschool: Principles for a framework concerning preschool teacher empowerment
Formazione & Insegnamento
Learning to learn
Self-regulated learning
Preschool
Teacher training
Framework
title Learning to learn in preschool: Principles for a framework concerning preschool teacher empowerment
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title_fullStr Learning to learn in preschool: Principles for a framework concerning preschool teacher empowerment
title_full_unstemmed Learning to learn in preschool: Principles for a framework concerning preschool teacher empowerment
title_short Learning to learn in preschool: Principles for a framework concerning preschool teacher empowerment
title_sort learning to learn in preschool principles for a framework concerning preschool teacher empowerment
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Self-regulated learning
Preschool
Teacher training
Framework
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