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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Characterizing Key Features of the Early Childhood Professional Development Literature
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Snyder, Patricia; Hemmeter, Mary Louise; Meeker, Kathleen Artman; Kinder, Kiersten; Pasia, Cathleen; McLaughlin, Tara – Infants and Young Children, 2012
Professional development (PD) has been defined as facilitated teaching and learning experiences designed to enhance practitioners' knowledge, skills, and dispositions as well as their capacity to provide high-quality early learning experiences for young children. The purpose of this study was to use a framework from the National Professional…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Research, State of the Art Reviews
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Leadership Training in Early Intervention: Considerations for Research and Practice in the 21st Century
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Woods, Juliann; Snyder, Patricia – Infants and Young Children, 2009
This article examines issues associated with the preparation of doctoral-level personnel to assume interdisciplinary scholarship and leadership roles in early intervention (EI). Following a review of national reports focused on EI doctoral leadership training, the preparation of educational researchers, and interdisciplinary doctoral programs in…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Doctoral Programs, Leadership Training, Educational Researchers
Using Case Method of Instruction Effectively in Early Intervention Personnel Preparation.
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Snyder, Patricia; McWilliam, P. J. – Infants and Young Children, 2003
Discussion of the case method of instruction (CMI) in early intervention personnel preparation offers information on selecting quality cases, preparing for case discussion, facilitating case discussion, and evaluating learner outcomes. Strategies described were field-tested and validated with 128 early intervention instructors who participated in…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Disabilities, Early Intervention, Infants