European Early Childhood Education Research Journal

Papers
(The median citation count of European Early Childhood Education Research Journal is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Cultural heritage in early childhood education: a systematic review61
Inviting inquiry on pedagogical documentation in Singapore: perspectives of parents and teachers38
Tracking possible differences between female- and male staff in promoting physical activity towards girls and boys in the outdoor playground of the kindergarten21
Tracing theoretical concepts in student/teacher conversations during a practicum21
Finnish ECEC personnel’s views on the challenging nature of promoting social justice: a sustainability research perspective20
Blurring the borders between research and practice: video as a tool to develop knowledge about language and empower (student) teachers in multilingual pre-school classrooms14
Professional development for ethical practice transformation13
Observation as a professional tool for early childhood teachers’ inquiry habit of mind : an interpretative phenomenological study13
Professional development for praxis transformation in early childhood education and care: a systematic review13
Unleashing the potential: illuminating pedagogical strategies employed by early childhood educators in stem education for cultivating algorithmic thinking skills in young learners12
My world of machines: an integrated STEM education curriculum for early childhood teachers12
Effect of gender-neutral activities on preschool children’s gender stereotypes11
Out of the mouths of children: An investigation of 48- to 72-month-old children’s perceptions of father involvement10
Editorial10
Promoting the centrality of real world relationships and interactions with young children in an increasingly digitalised and virtual world9
Exploring children’s participation from Froebelian practitioners’ perspectives in Scottish context9
An exploration of what conditions facilitate experiences of compassion in one early childhood community9
Panel of Referees8
There is much we can learn from listening to the voices of research participants in academic inquiry8
Editorial8
Panel of Referees8
Investigation of the effectiveness of the training given on home accidents and safety precautions8
Collaboration as foundational in the transition from preschool to primary school: a shared action research project between educational settings7
Young children’s learning in physics: a (dis-)trustful play with gravity, friction and counterforces?7
Children’s bodily positioning in accounts of naptime in early childhood education and care: a Foucauldian perspective7
Ecological conditions and interpersonal skills leading to ECE teacher competences in working with immigrant children in Slovenia7
Harnessing abilities and talents: parents’ perspectives on responsive inclusive early childhood education7
Limited representation of disability in early childhood classrooms: data from South Korea7
Engineers and engineering through the eyes of preschoolers: a phenomenographic study of children’s drawings6
Multilingual childhoods of refugee children in Icelandic preschools: educational practices and partnerships with parents6
An observational study to assess the educational management of conflicts between young children in the Pikler-Lóczy educational approach. Implications in the early development of personality6
Australian multilingual early childhood educators’ use of languages in early childhood education settings: findings of a qualitative (pilot) study6
A decolonizing approach to early learning: toddlers’ and preschoolers’ engagement with the land and indigenous ways of knowing6
Employees’ perception of the impacts of global health crisis on work performance and sentiments about future career: the case of early childhood education6
Professionals’ Perceptions of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System as a structure for professional community and development6
From the uncertain times to today: unveiling the early childhood education research with keywords6
Estonian and Finnish early childhood education teachers’ views of well-being and changes at work during the COVID-19 pandemic6
Do my words convey what children are saying? Researching school life with very young children: dilemmas for ‘authentic listening’6
Fear and Othering in the inclusive early childhood classroom: remnants from the past6
Toward exploring a new path for parenting within a digital environment: an investigation of Korean fathers’ online involvement in parenting5
Interacting and communicating with children: an exploratory study about educators’ behavior during a collaborative activity5
Validating the early numeracy teacher rating scale for preschoolers (TRS–EN)5
Young children’s interactions with a social robot during a drawing task5
Newcomer object ownership negotiations when transitioning from home care to early childhood education and care in Finland4
An exploratory study of children’s peer touch in a Swedish preschool: touch forms, bodily arrangements, and social constellations4
Engaging children in what-if thinking through read-aloud conversations in early childhood education for sustainability4
Exploring parents’ perceptions of preschoolers’ risky outdoor play using a socio-ecological lens4
The importance of structural characteristics for interaction quality in Austrian preschools4
Practitioner inquiry: troubling certainty4
Children’s understanding and STEM-related experiences of solar energy and technologies in a smart kindergarten in Norway4
What’s your image of the child?Examining trajectories of prospective ECE teachers’ beliefs during practicum4
The effect of ECEC process quality on school performance and the mediating role of early social skills4
A cultural-historical perspective of young children gaining autonomy in the playground4
Children’s perspectives about belonging in educational settings in five European countries3
Fraught with frights or full of fun: perspectives of risky play among six-to-eight-year olds3
The learning early childhood education and care institution as an inclusion arena3
Exploring children’s perceptions of family relationships in China through kinetic family drawing: insights from 5- to 6-year olds3
Mind the crèche! Controversial perspectives on the educational quality of Romanian crèches3
Gender equality in five- to six-year-old preschoolers’ early competences in science do not protect schoolgirls from gender stereotypes3
Parental Involvement in early childhood education and care: exploring parents’ perspectives in rural China3
Editorial3
Tracking education for sustainable development in ECEC institutions’ annual plans3
Young children’s assent and dissent in research: agency, privacy and relationships within ethical research spaces3
Complexities of men’s engagement in early childhood care and development in Africa3
Making connections with children: children’s rights, ethics and research methods3
Capturing family soundscapes for a deeper understanding and knowledge of early childhood music education: the contributions made by LENA® technology3
Parental engagement for quality pre-primary education: the case of Gambella Regional State, Ethiopia3
The impact of earthquake anxiety on preschool teachers: coping strategies and educational implications3
The gap between juridical and pedagogical discourses concerning preventing and countering abusive treatment in preschool policy documents3
Professional passive practice mentoring system in study program ‘Teaching for pre-school education’ in Albanian HEI-s3
Reflections on coaching and mentoring in the transition to school space2
It’s up to you if you want to take part. Supporting young children’s informed choice about research participation with simple visual booklets2
Time to play, time to think: meaningful moments in the forest2
Praxeological action research: a Froebelian approach for professional development, flourishment and wellbeing2
Educators’ perceptions of Australia’s early childhood education and care quality assurance rating system2
Children’s critical thinking skills: perceptions of Norwegian early childhood educators2
Individualized education program development in early childhood education: a disabled children’s childhood studies perspective2
Transforming transitions to primary school: using children’s funds of knowledge and identity2
Developing mathematical patterning in ECE classrooms: participatory research with teachers of 3–5-year-olds2
Men in early childhood education and care: on navigating a gendered terrain2
How can children best learn map skills? a step-by-step approach2
Why parents chose to send their children to Irish-medium immersion preschools: learning from parental choice strategies in Celtic countries2
Pedagogic mediation for praxis development: supporting leaders and mentors in the English ECEC context2
Any questions? Young children questioning in their early childhood education settings2
Editorial2
Transition into school-aged care – how do services support children starting school?2
Sustainability, play and children´s agency: a comparative study of the Swedish and Turkish preschool curricula2
Academic rigour and ideology are not incompatible in early childhood research2
Parents’ understandings and practices regarding play and learning2
Children’s holistic learning during self-initiated outdoor play in a Norwegian kindergarten2
‘Go away from this galaxy coronavirus’: children’s meanings and feelings of the Covid-19 pandemic through narrated drawings2
Promotion of 3–5-year-old girls’ and boys’ physical activity in the outdoor playground of kindergarten, viewed from female and male kindergarten staff’s perspective2
‘Finding a voice’: utilising Tronto’s ethic of care framework for developing students’ attentiveness to voice in a university module2
Importance of children's play: the Croatian experience of future ECEC teachers2
Values in English and Swedish Pre School Teachers: a comparative case study in early childhood settings2
A window of change: how COVID-19 disrupted pedagogical approaches in Danish kindergartens2
Nature of science in early years science teaching2
The enculturation process in early childhood education and care: a mixed methods study2
Research into multilingual issues in ECEC contexts: proposing a transdisciplinary research field2
The relation between structural family characteristics and parental attitudes with respect to the use of ECEC for one- and two-year-old children in Germany2
Does thrive by three , a quality-building intervention in childcare centres, strengthen children’s language skills?1
Preschool teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs and interaction quality in the domain of instructional support – do professional vision competencies moderate this relation?1
Creative research methodology in exploring young children's humor1
Associations between the movement environment and preschooler's physical activity and sedentary time in Norwegian preschools1
Pedagogical documentation as a strategy for planning and communicating children’s learning and pedagogical day-to-day life1
Pursuing early childhood inclusion through reinforcing partnerships with parents of disabled children: beliefs of Greek pre-service early childhood educators1
Shifting play experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: family responses to pandemic restrictions1
Im/migrant parents’ voices as enabling professional learning communities in early childhood education and care1
The types of work of early childhood education and care professionals: an interactive perspective1
The effects of STEM activities on the problem-solving skills of 6-year-old preschool children1
Vignettes as a creative method in inclusive early childhood education and care research on teachers1
Eliciting young children’s ‘voice’ in low-income areas in England: recognising their mutuality of being1
The predictive role of time spent in associative and cooperative play on prosocial behavior in children with and without disabilities1
The years children spent in early education in relation to their social relations and objects of attention1
Correction1
The influence of family life on the pedagogical praxis of male teachers in early childhood education and care1
What do adults learn through play regarding interactions and communication with children?1
Impact of students’ prior work experiences on their perceptions of practicums as support for their professional development1
Professional development opportunities and a newly built daycare center: incentives in ECEC teacher job advertisements in Finland1
Work demands and work resources in ECEC – turnover intentions explored1
Living in heaven and buried in the earth? Teaching young children about death1
Exploring Taiwanese preschool children’s perspectives on the value of caring1
Exploring the landscape of mindfulness practice in early childhood education in Ireland1
Professionalising ECCE in South Africa is not child’s play! Determining skills gaps and implications for future sector development1
ChatGPT, care and the ethical dilemmas entangled with teaching and research in the early years1
A cultural-historical study of how a conceptual playworld creates conditions for personally meaningful mathematics in the Chinese kindergarten context1
Kindergarten practitioners’ perspectives on intergenerational programs in Norwegian kindergartens during the COVID-19 pandemic: exploring transitions and transformations in institutional practices1
The plural uses of pedagogical documentation in Pedagogy-in-Participation1
A visual ethnography of parent-child interactions during ‘story-time’ in Chinese family settings1
Early childhood educators’ emotional exhaustion and the frequency of educational activities in preschool1
On the way towards integration? From monologic to dialogic encounters in Swedish rural preschools1
The visibility of ethics within early childhood research; revised standards for our international community of practice1
The storythinking programme: a framework for nurturing critical thinking in preschool1
Assessing Global and Math-Specific Teacher-Child Interaction Quality in Early Childcare Settings: A Systematic Literature Review of Instruments Used in Research1
Becoming school-parents: contrasts between mothers’ and fathers’ speech samples and links with psychological distress and household disorder1
The effect of home literacy environment on preschool children’s learning dispositions1
The ambivalence of assessment — Language assessment of minority-language children in early childhood education and care1
Evaluating popular STEM applications for young children1
The role of mother’s education and child gender for children’s vocabulary and math skills in the transition from Early Childhood Education and Care to first grade in Norway1
‘How are rainbows made?': profiles of early childhood teachers' beliefs and their associations with responses to young children's causal questions1
Preschool children’s agency in education for sustainability: the case of Sweden1
Subcontracted mothering: a discourse on professionalism in childcare in South Korea1
In-service professional development to enhance interaction – staffs’ reflections, experiences and skills1
Special Issue on Pedagogical Documentation – Researching a Powerful and Evolving Idea1
Semiotic landscapes as constructions of multilingualism – a case study of two kindergartens1
The influence of parenting style on sibling relations among children aged 4–6 in rural areas in Northern China–a regression model1
Parent–child shared reading of scratch-and-sniff books: the communicative affordance of olfaction1
Approaching children’s perspectives on belonging: methodological and ethical challenges1
Detection of children at risk of maltreatment: longitudinal understanding of teachers’ concern for children’s home situation in Sweden1
‘Everything is there, but they don't bring it to your front door … ’ An analysis of the perception of early childcare by parents of children with disabilities1
In praise of a ‘science of difference’1
Together from kindergarten: exploring quality to inform inclusion in early childhood settings in Bulgaria1
Digital resources and parental mediation parallelly mediate the impact of SES on early digital literacy among Chinese preschoolers1
Tensions, assumptions and situated ethics: attuning to the unpredictability of ethics in early childhood research participation1
Correction1
Pedagogical documentation as a curriculum tool: making children’s outdoor learning visible in a childcare centre in Singapore1
Early Years leadership development during workforce crisis: perspectives of 24 UK training providers1
‘A long way to get here and a long way to go': a case study on changing lunch meal practices in a Norwegian kindergarten1
Reflections from the higher education classroom: the role of playful pedagogy in the professional formation of early childhood students1
Beliefs of parents of preschool children about literacy: facilitative and conventional approaches1
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