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50 Years of ERIC
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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Promoting Professionalism in Infant Care: Lessons from a Yearlong Teacher Preparation Project
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Branscomb, Kathryn R.; Ethridge, Elizabeth A. – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2010
Teacher research served as both the content and frame of analysis for this study. Parallel teacher research projects took place over the course of a year as preservice teachers engaged in their first experience with teacher research as part of an infant-toddler development course and the first author (their instructor) engaged in teacher research…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Toddlers, Infants
Academics versus Service: Balancing Competing Missions in Laboratory Schools Offering Full-Day Programming
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Branscomb, Kathryn R.; McBride, Brent A. – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2005
Laboratory schools play an important role in furthering the study of child development and education. Budget cutbacks at universities have threatened the existence of many lab schools, and a growing number are expanding to full-day programming to develop more consistent sources of funding. As lab schools evolve we must consider how they can best…
Descriptors: Laboratory Schools, Child Development, Educational Development, Institutional Survival