Professional Development and Quality in Early Childhood Education: Comparative European Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9783319877488 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 145 str.

Athanasios Gregoriadis; Vasilis Grammatikopoulos; Evridiki Zachopoulou

Spis treści

PART I.- Chapter 1. Introduction; Athanasios Gregoriadis, Vasilis Grammatikopoulos & Evridiki Zachiopoulou.- Chapter 2. Early Childhood Education and Care Today: Impact, Policies and Quality; Athanasios Gregoriadis, Vasilis Grammatikopoulos & Evridiki Zachiopoulou.- Chapter 3. Quality of Early Childhood Environments: Discussion on the Concept of Quality and Future Perspectives; Teresa Leal, Ana Madalena Gamelas, Silvia Barros & Manuela Pessanha; PART II.- Chapter 4. Early Change: Description of a Project for Continuing Professional Development; Evridiki Zachopoulou, Vasilis Grammatikopoulos & Athanasios Gregoriadis.- Chapter 5. Professional Development and Impact of Early Change Project: Reflections from the Cypriot Example; Eleni Loizou.- Chapter 6. Professional Development and Impact of Early Change Project: Reflections from the Danish Example; Lise Sanders Olesen & Claus Henriksen.- Chapter 7. Professional Development and Impact of Early Change Project: Reflections from the Finnish Example; Jarmo Liukkonen & Anne Martin Tuula Liukkonen.- Chapter 8. Professional Development and Impact of Early Change Project: Reflections from the Greek Example; Athanasios Gregoriadis, Evridiki Zachiopoulou & Vasilis Grammatikopoulos.- Chapter 9. Professional Development and Impact of Early Change Project: Reflections from the Portuguese Example; Ana Madalena Gamelas, Teresa Leal, Manuela Pessanha & Silvia Barros.- PART III.- Chapter 10. Self-evaluation as a Means to Improve Practice: An Alternative Approach for the Professional Development of Early Childhood Educators; Vasilis Grammatikopoulos, Athanasios Gregoriadis & Evridiki Zachiopoulou.

O autorze

Athanasios Gregoriadis is an Assistant Professor in Early Years at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Vasilis Grammatikopoulos is an Assistant Professor in Educational Evaluation at the University of Crete, Greece.

Evridiki Zachopoulou is a Professor in the Department of Early Childhood Education at the Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece.