The aim of this systematic scoping review was to provide an overview of the physical and
sensory environment factors that are related to three to six-year-old children's social and …

Bullying in schools has been identified as a serious and complex worldwide problem
associated with negative short-and long-term effects on children's psychosocial adjustment …

Little is known about how the condition of school facilities affects academic outcomes. This
study examines the role of school attendance as a mediator in the relationship between …

This article critically analyses how empirical research investigating quality early childhood
education and care (ECEC) in the period 1980–2008 has conceptualised 'quality'. Applying …

The purposes of this chapter are to examine the concept of social competence for young
children and describe factors that affect its expression and development. The chapter begins …

Research within an educational context has demonstrated the importance of variables such
as socioeconomic status, gender and school attendance as predictors of academic …

Prior research indicates that the physical classroom environment has the potential to affect
children's behaviors, academic performance, and cognitive development. However, less is …

THIS RESEARCH EXPLORES THE quality and importance of the physical environment of
two early learning centres on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, utilising qualitative …

Background Early childhood educators are expected to provide quality education to young
children based on national standards, but the extent to which these standards are …

In relation to the growing attention to the quality of physical space in early childhood
education and care (ECEC), the present scoping review aims to define the state of the art …