ERIC Number: EJ995633
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Publication Date: 2013-Mar
Pages: 4
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Voices from the Field: A Forum Dedicated for DEC Members to Share Their Opinions on the Current State and Future of Our Field
Lynch, Eleanor W.
Young Exceptional Children, v16 n1 p42-45 Mar 2013
In this article, the author focuses on diversity and working with families in the early childhood field. She has chosen to look to the potential for improvements in the future. It is impossible to predict the future, but there are strategies that can help ensure that practices in early intervention and early childhood special education (EI/ECSE) continue to improve. Evaluation followed by action often results in positive change. Therefore, the author is proposing five questions that can be used to evaluate, reflect, and take actions to improve educators' practices as the future so relentlessly becomes the present. She stresses that evaluating current services, reflecting on those findings, and making the changes to improve programs and practices require time, energy, and commitment; but it is always worth it.
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Teacher Attitudes, Early Childhood Education, Cultural Pluralism, Action Research, Program Improvement, Educational Improvement, Educational Change, Educational Development, Change Strategies, Integrated Services, Best Practices, Educational Practices
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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