Early Childhood Education
A section of Education Sciences (ISSN 2227-7102).
Section Information
Early Childhood Education includes the teaching of children from birth up to the age of eight. It is an important period in child development and has substantial positive short- and long-term effects on the children who attend such education.
Articles in this Section cover research on the physical, social, emotional, language learning, and cognitive skills development of children, pedagogies, history and philosophy; analyzing issues, trends, and current practices in Early Childhood Development from an educational perspective. We publish articles that skillfully blend theory, research, and practice. Research contributions must be original. Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research are welcomed as well.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Children’s physical, social, emotional, language, and cognitive skill development;
- Early childhood teacher education and professional development;
- Early childhood education policy, trends, and practice;
- Quality early childhood programs;
- Early childhood special education;
- STEM in early childhood education;
- Family and parent education;
- Leadership in early childhood education;
- Learning space and environment;
- Technologies in early childhood education;
- Early childhood curricula;
- Community partnerships;
- English as additional language (EAL);
- Early childhood pedagogies;
- History of early childhood education;
- Philosophy of early childhood education.
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Leadership of/in Early Years—Primary Education Sector: An International Perspective (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Digital Transformation and ICT in Early Childhood Education: A Holistic Approach to Digital Literacy (Deadline: 30 May 2024)
- Empowerment of Science Education for Young Children: Current Research and Implications for Learning (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Understanding Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) from Cultural Perspectives (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Quality Practices in Educational Settings: Participation, Inclusion and Development (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Robot Programming in Early Childhood and Primary Education (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Measuring Children’s Computational Thinking Skills (Deadline: 15 July 2024)
- School Play and Children's Social-Emotional Development: Cross-Cultural Perspectives (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Exploring Socially Just and Contextually Appropriate Professional Development for Early Childhood Teachers Using Qualitative Methodologies (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Dialogic Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education (Deadline: 15 September 2024)
- Service and Sector Architectures That Support and Sustain ECEC Workforce Quality (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Child-Centered Technology Innovations: Transforming Teaching and Learning in the Early Years (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Music in Early Childhood and Pre-Primary Education (Deadline: 1 December 2024)
- Empowering the Next Generations: Technology-Enhanced Early Childhood Learning and Pedagogy (Deadline: 15 March 2025)
