Oct 27, 2022

 

''The continuity of preschool and primary school setting (focused in digital time of Covid-19) and student's transition from one grade to another''

 

-- A special issue of Research on Preschool and Primary Education

Submission deadline: April 30, 2023

 

Guest Editors:

Professor Zoi Apostolou

Department of Preschool Education Sciences and Educational Design, University of the Aegean, Greece.

 

Associate Professor Fatih Aydoğdu

Department of Child Development, Health Services Vocational School, Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University, Erzincan, Turkey.

 

Associate Professor Xia Li

Early Childhood and Art Education, Brooklyn College of City University of New York, USA.

 

Special Issue Introduction:

World health crisis caused by the Covid-19 poses a big challenge and its consequences throughout the world have social, cultural, economic and educational ramifications. Worldwide, preschool teachers are required to develop the students' learning experience in a new digital environment. In a recently new educational setting, in which all educators ‘forced’ to continue their educational practices as to ensure for their students a smooth transition from one level to another, two transitions processes implemented. The first one concerns the move from face-to-face teaching to remote teaching and the second one concerns the pre-schoolers’ transition from kindergarten to the first-grade of primary school.

In this context, one question arises regarding teaching practices in the period of the Covid-19 pandemic to preschool children aged 4-6 years old through remote teaching, that is the degree of convergence of these practices with the corresponding practices of traditional face-to-face teaching. How could preschool teachers ensure the smooth transition of children from kindergarten to primary school in a remote teaching setting?

The purpose of this Special Issue is to expand research and further discussion on service delivery models that promote blended practices in programs for young children (especially during digital time of Covid-19) as to ensure the conditions of continuity of programs (preschool and primary school) and for the smooth transition of students from kindergarten to primary school.

Manuscripts that describe early childhood models that have blended theory and practices, traditional and alternative (digital tools) teaching methods are encouraged. Research manuscripts that provide evidence that teaching practices during digital time of Covid-19 benefit all young children or disrupt the continuity of preschool and primary school programmes are welcome. We welcome results of theoretical and empirical research aimed at understanding of preschool and school-children continuity, as well as transformation of educational systems in different countries during digital time. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. We hope that this Special Issue will contain worldwide perspectives on the topic of blending teaching practices in digital time to serve transition and continuity.

 

Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following:

-The continuity between early childhood and primary school programs as the key for a smoother transition for students from kindergarten to primary school (generally and mainly in digital time)

-Collaboration practices of teachers and other stakeholders for a smooth transition of students from one grade to another (generally and mainly in digital time)

-Pedagogical approaches to facilitate a more positive and smooth transition process for students from one grade to another (generally and mainly in digital time)

-Teacher’s views for the transition practices cultivated at Covid-19 educational setting

-Ensuring a smooth transition of students from one grade to another

-Problems and teaching transformations that had to be made at educational practices in a school setting during digital time of Covid-19

 

Keywords:
- continuity,
- transition,
- remote teaching,
- early childhood education,
- primary school,
- teaching (blended) practices,
- digital time.

 

Submission information:

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Submission deadline: April 30, 2023

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