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Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51547#.VG2rM2fHRK0 Author(s) Iida Vedenpää , Kirsti Lonka Affiliation(s) Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland . ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to explore what kinds of conceptions of creativity and learning Finnish teachers and teacher students expressed, and how these conceptions were related to the respondents’ epistemologies (conceptions of knowledge and learning). The participants (n = 89) answered an e-form, consisting of 3 open-ended questions (conceptions of learning, creativity and the connection between the two). In addition, there were 23 two-part Likert-type statements on epi...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=47150#.VGBM7WfHRK0 Author(s) Eurize Caldas Pessanh Affiliation(s) Graduate Program in Education, Center for Humanities and Social Sciences (Centro de Ciências Humanas e Sociais—CCHS), Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul—UFMS), Campo Grande, Brazil . ABSTRACT The main purpose of this article is to analyze the competitive examinations (concursos) developed for the hiring of public school teachers in Brazil in the XIX century. An analysis of these competitive examinations explaining the characteristics that the government required of people whom it wished to hire as teachers represents an ...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=47208#.VFw5aWfHRK0 Author(s)   Sarah Ohi Affiliation(s) School of Education, Faculty of Arts & Education, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia . ABSTRACT Recent emphasis upon Early Childhood as an educational priority for the Australian Government has resulted in increases in funding, government initiatives, course providers and the introduction of new policies to the sector in order to improve the quality of early childhood education. The study reported here investigated the “reality” of what it means to be an Early Childhood Teacher within this changing context and identified the roles and responsibilities and the associa...