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Professional reflection is key to the professionalization of pedagogical professionals. Using a mixed-methods design that combines eye-tracking methodology with retrospective written reflections, this study investigates the visual and reflective processes of early childhood professionals when interpreting video-recorded pedagogical situations. A remote eye-tracking device (Tobii Pro Fusion) was used to capture eye movements. Sixteen participants watched videos of pedagogical situations in a kindergarten while their eye movements were recorded to investigate their visual focus, followed by open-ended written reflections to investigate their reflective focus. Eye-tracking data revealed that participants focused predominantly on situational features and children’s actions, whereas written reflections mainly addressed the actions of both the children and the professionals. The triangulated data indicated partial congruence between visual and reflective focus, particularly regarding child-related aspects. These findings suggest that although situational features attract visual attention, reflective processes prioritize behavioral actions over environmental context. Eye-tracking and reflective data provide insights, emphasizing the importance of triangulating methods to gain a holistic understanding of professional reflection in early childhood education. This methodological approach holds promise for professional development and training in early childhood education, aiming to foster reflective practice and enhance professional vision. Full article

Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have marked difficulty with vocabulary, lack of language, or shortcomings with their ability to organize their oral expression; thus, they cannot effectively communicate with others. In particular, people with moderate or severe disabilities cannot systematically narrate an incident and cannot follow pragmatic rules provided by others. Their attempts at standard everyday conversation lead to cognitive problems. When children with ASD are faced with difficult circumstances, they are usually unable to seek help from others, which in turn can result in their being unable to communicate effectively. This research focused on three child participants with ASD and language disorders. The goal was to strengthen the effectiveness of their requesting help and to organize their oral expression, to use requesting help modules, to remove static key images, and to use augmented reality (AR) combined with the dynamic video clips in key partial video with action (KPV). This study developed request-assistance training in conjunction with an auto organizational menu (AOM), multiple case studies and withdrawal designs, training-response methods, and a comparison of outcomes. The proposed AR sentence intervention effectively increased the children’s desire to communicate with others and the accuracy rate of their help requests, and increased their level of communication. We conclude that the interface of our requesting help modules is efficacious enough to assist children with ASD at different levels. The proposed AR sentence intervention helps them build scenarios by themselves, helps them organize communication with their peers, and assists them to request help. Full article