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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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"Making Lemonade from Lemons:" Early Childhood Teacher Educators' Programmatic Responses to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
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DiCarlo, Cynthia F.; Burts, Diane C.; Buchanan, Teresa K.; Aghayan, Carol; Benedict, Joan – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2007
This article describes how early childhood teacher education faculty at one university responded in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita and used the disaster to enhance their undergraduate and graduate programs. They explain how they modeled developmentally appropriate practices while responding to community needs. Four companion articles…
Descriptors: Community Needs, Teacher Education Programs, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Teacher Educators
Survivors of the Storm: Teaching in a Post-Katrina World
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Lowery, Ellen; Burts, Diane C. – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2007
This article describes the independent reading and research project of an early childhood education graduate student who taught in a school district heavily impacted by Hurricane Katrina. She surveyed a sample of kindergarten teachers in the district to determine how they were responding in the aftermath of Katrina. The voices of teachers reflect…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Natural Disasters
Reflecting on "Project Katrina" and Developmentally Appropriate Practices: A Graduate Student's Perspective
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Schellhaas, Andree; Burts, Diane C.; Aghayan, Carol – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2007
This article describes the independent study project of a student who was a graduate assistant in a child development laboratory preschool when Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the Gulf Coast area. Through her experiences with "Project Katrina" she deepens her understanding of developmentally appropriate practices as she learns firsthand about…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Child Development, Teaching Methods
The Impact of Training on Caregiver Responsiveness
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Ota, Carrie; DiCarlo, Cynthia F.; Burts, Diane C.; Laird, Robert; Gioe, Cheri – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2006
An evaluation of the impact of training on caregiver responsiveness was conducted to examine changes in caregiver behavior. Six infant and toddler child care caregivers were observed prior to and following a 6-hour statewide training, based on the Right from Birth series (Ramey & Ramey, 1999). This training focused on caregiver responsiveness to…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Caregiver Training, Context Effect, Behavior Modification