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Zugelder, Bryan S. – Childhood Education, 2019
To advance education, it is important to also innovate the ways we support the teaching profession. By thinking creatively as we address the challenges of teacher turnover and development, we can improve student achievement.
Descriptors: Teacher Orientation, Innovation, Faculty Mobility, Beginning Teachers
Coleman, Heather; Hestenes, Linda; Ozdemir, Merve Kubra – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2022
It is beneficial to keep the information concerning quality of care offered to infants and toddlers current to maximize children's outcomes. This study analyzed the data collected from 2016 to 2018 in order to examine the current status of quality of care for infants/toddlers in licensed child-care centers in North Carolina and compared findings…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Inclusion, Infants, Toddlers
Knight-McKenna, Mary; Hollingsworth, Heidi L. – Childhood Education, 2016
Twenty-first century educators of young children need skills and dispositions for building partnerships with the families of all their students. Educators worldwide frequently teach children from families whose backgrounds, including socioeconomic status and home language, are different from their own. This article introduces 12 principles for…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Family School Relationship, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Educational Practices
Resor, Jessica; Hegde, Archana V.; Stage, Virginia C.; Yeh, Chia – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2019
This study aimed to understand early childhood pre-service teachers' thoughts and experiences with nutrition education in their undergraduate program and how these experiences play into their perceptions and future use of nutrition education within their own classrooms. Using phenomenology, 11 in-depth telephonic interviews were conducted with…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preschool Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Student Attitudes
Kolano, Lan Quach; Davila, Liv T. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2019
This article presents case study data from a 2-year ethnography of Southeast Asian youth engagement within a grassroots community organization that serves immigrants in North Carolina before, during, and after the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Specifically, this study focuses on the ways in which five adolescent young women, who self-identified…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Refugees, Females, Asians
Haskett, Mary E.; Armstrong, Jenna Montgomery; Tisdale, Jennifer – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2016
The developmental status and social-emotional functioning of young children who are homeless has received inadequate attention in spite of high rates of homelessness among families with young children and the potentially negative impact of homelessness and associated stressors on children's well-being. The aim of this study was to gain…
Descriptors: Child Development, Homeless People, Social Development, Emotional Development
Staniece, Elisa; Hegde, Archana V.; Graham, Lyndsey; Stage, Virginia C. – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2023
The mentoring and evaluating process enhances quality of teachers' serving in early childhood programs. The Early Educator Support (EES) Program is a new model of mentoring and coaching that aims to lend support to PreK teachers' working in nonpublic school settings. In this qualitative study, we examined the lived experiences of 12 mentors and…
Descriptors: Mentors, Evaluators, Attitudes, Preschool Teachers
Mickelson, Ann M.; Stayton, Vicki D.; Correa, Vivian I. – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2023
Spurred by the 1986 IDEA reauthorization, the movement toward collaborative, or blended, preservice early childhood personnel preparation now spans an impressive 30-year history. In this paper, we trace the evolution of blended preparation by applying a conceptual framework that situates the development of blended program identity within a…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Teacher Education Programs, Preschool Teachers, Professional Identity
Xinyue Liu; Hannah H. Schertz – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2022
Parent-mediated intervention can enhance parents' competence in supporting parent-child social interactions. Research and current policy have highlighted the importance of building family capacity in supporting parents to help children with autism develop social communication abilities. Parents who experienced parent-mediated interventions have…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Parent Role, Intervention, Toddlers
Resor, Jessica; Hegde, Archana V.; Stage, Virginia C. – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2021
Barriers and supports to nutrition education in the early childhood classroom are most often presented from in-service teachers' perspective. Little work has been done to understand pre-service early childhood educators' perceptions of barriers and supports before entering the classroom. The purpose of this study was to identify early childhood…
Descriptors: Nutrition Instruction, Barriers, Student Attitudes, Preservice Teachers
Gebbie, Deborah H.; Ceglowski, Deborah; Taylor, Linda K.; Miels, Jill – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2012
Challenging student behaviors are a prominent factor in the development of teacher stress and burnout. When classroom-based teachers of preschool children with disabilities were surveyed to identify their training needs in one North Carolina county, the most frequent request was how to address behavior challenges of preschool children with…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Teacher Effectiveness, Student Behavior, Intervention
Reszka, Stephanie S.; Belardi, Katie; Amsbary, Jessica; Boyd, Brian A.; Watson, Linda R. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2019
Advancing Social-Communication and Play (ASAP) is a classroom-based intervention targeting the social-communication and play development of preschool-age children with autism spectrum disorder. We used a multimethod approach to measuring intervention fidelity, including adherence, exposure, treatment differentiation, and quality of treatment…
Descriptors: Fidelity, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Interpersonal Competence
Dunst, Carl J. – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2020
Young children birth to 6-years of age and their families were each studied for 6 months to identify the everyday family and community activities that were sources of informal everyday learning opportunities. The participants included 115 children with identified disabilities or developmental delays and 91 children without disabilities or delays.…
Descriptors: Young Children, Developmental Delays, Developmental Disabilities, Educational Opportunities
Blanchard, Sheresa Boone; King, Elizabeth; Van Schagen, Amy; Scott, Marisa Roach; Crosby, Danielle; Beasley, Jennifer – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2018
This study includes an in-depth examination of 9 students' weekly reflections and reactions to a hybrid (synchronous and asynchronous) course for preservice teachers focused on diversity and equity topics in early childhood. Through online learning modules and readings organized into six units and 14 lessons, students covered a variety of topics…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Preservice Teachers, Student Diversity, Equal Education
Barnes, Jenna K.; Guin, Autumn; Allen, Kim – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2018
Providing early childhood professionals with professional development opportunities to enhance their skills and knowledge can improve quality of care. For professional development to be valued by the early childhood workforce, it is essential to offer meaningful content that accommodates the needs of the learner. With an increasing demand for…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Faculty Development, Educational Quality