Preschool and Primary Education

Contents: Maire Tuul/Tiia Õun/Kristina Nugin/Kaisa Kungus: Kindergarten Teachers' Assessments of the Opportunities for Development of Their Professional Career in the Context of Attestation - Edna Vahter: Problems and Opportunities in Teaching Primary Teachers to Talk about Visual Art - Kati Mäesaar/Marika Padrik/Merit Hallap: Assessment of the Coherence of Preschool Children's Picture-Elicited Narratives - Kristiina Tropp/Eeva-Liisa Kronqvist: Parent and Teacher Ratings of Preschool Boys' and Girls' Aggressive Behaviour - a Comparative Study in Estonia and Finland - Kai-Liis Gramakovski/Eha Rüütel: Relationship Between First Grade Students' Adjustment to School and Creativity - Reelika Leopard/Noona Kiuru/Anu Palu: Success of Third-grade Students in Solving Different Types of Mathematics Problems in Estonian-speaking and Russian-speaking Schools - Anna-Liisa Jõgi/Katrin Mägi/Eve Kikas: Maths-Specific Performance Goals, Interest and Self-Concept, and Their Relationship to Previous Task-Avoidant Behaviour and Maths Skills - Egle Säre/Piret Luik: A Case Study Analysing the Appearance of Reasoning in Primary Students' Class Discussions Using the Philosophy for Children Programme - Angela Jakobson/Mairi Männamaa/Ene Raudla: Learning Ability of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Improvement of the Integration Capacity of Verbal Information Over Time.

Jaan Mikk is Professor of Eduction (since 1983) and Professor Emeritus (since 2006) at the University of Tartu (Estonia). He published on school textbooks and achievement tests.
Marika Veisson is Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Tallinn since 1988. Her publications are about early childhood, child and adolescent development, school and family partnership.
Piret Luik is Associate Professor of Educational Technology at the University of Tartu since 2005. Her publications concentrate on ICT in education.