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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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Castle, Kathryn – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2013
The purpose of this descriptive study was to show the extent to which early childhood teacher educators are informed about, engage in, teach about, value, and collaborate with others in teacher research. Teacher research was defined as research (systematic data collection and analysis) teacher educators do on their own, primarily to better…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Teacher Educators, Teacher Researchers, Early Childhood Education
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Brown, Pamela U.; Castle, Kathryn; Rogers, Karen M.; Feuerhelm, Caren; Chimblo, Sarah – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2007
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the lived experiences of a primary teacher in order to illuminate the nature of primary teaching. Using qualitative methods, five university researchers spent nine months during the course of one school year with a second grade teacher and her students. This inquiry took a multiple lens…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Grade 2, Teacher Student Relationship
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Castle, Kathryn – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2004
The term autonomy has multiple meanings based on diversity in theoretical views in current educational literature. Examples are given of multiple meanings of autonomy, and comparisons are made to the Piagetian view of autonomy as self-regulation implying separateness within community. A case is made for the relevance of autonomy as an educational…
Descriptors: Piagetian Theory, Professional Autonomy, Early Childhood Education, Constructivism (Learning)