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Amy MacDonald; Lena Danaia; James Deehan; Allan Hall – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2024
Initiatives aimed at improving STEM education have largely focused on school-based programs, with the majority of STEM professional development targeting primary and secondary school educators. However, there is growing interest in STEM education in the early childhood years. This paper reviews the available evidence to explore the extent to which…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Early Childhood Education, Communities of Practice, Early Childhood Teachers
Selda Aras – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2024
Despite the developments and examples of effective practice, it is asserted that early childhood teachers encounter difficulties while utilizing formative assessment in their classrooms and the debate about how to achieve this continues. It is widely acknowledged that preservice teachers need research-based professional support to have sufficient…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Action Research, Early Childhood Education, Capacity Building
Fiona Boylan; Lennie Barblett; Marianne Knaus – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2024
"I think I can, I think I can' puffed "The Little Engine That Could." The American folktale taught the value of optimism and hard work reflecting a growth mindset belief about abilities. A growth mindset positively impacts academic achievement, motivation, and children's agency for learning. Few studies have explored how early…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Young Children, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten
Adina Schick; Cassie Wuest; Rachel Lim; Gigliana Melzi – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2024
Policymakers have underscored the importance of professional development (PD) opportunities for supporting the early childhood education workforce. Yet little is known about how the scope and delivery of PD opportunities impact the extent to which the content provided informs classroom practice. In the present study, we explored how teacher…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Culturally Relevant Education, Faculty Development, Cultural Capital
Tina Bonnett; Elizabeth Gould; Courtney Gratton; Sumera Malik; Jenna Zinck – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2024
Childhood psychological trauma is currently gleaning attention in many fields of study. Subsequently, Trauma-Informed Practice (TIP) is becoming integral to many organizations that service children and families. A gap, however, is noted in literature between this approach to practice and pre-service early years professionals who study to work in…
Descriptors: Trauma, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, Teacher Attitudes
Sanni Kahila; T. Kuutti; J. Kahila; N. Sajaniemi – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2024
Practicums as part of teacher education are important for teacher students' professional development. Co-operative teachers support students' learning during practicums, but in the early childhood education (ECE) context the work community of the ECE center is also seen as an essential part of the practicum environment. This study investigated ECE…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Student Teachers
Rebecca Anne Swartz; Laycee B. Thigpen – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2024
Teacher educators are charged with supporting adult learners as they prepare to collaborate with diverse families and colleagues. In this research, we examined how a cohort of teacher candidates (N = 29) developed over a semester in their understanding, dispositions, and knowledge of strategies for partnership through the "dilemmas"…
Descriptors: Bias, Praxis, Problem Solving, Preservice Teacher Education
Decker, Kalli B.; Cook, Gina A.; Brophy-Herb, Holly; Torquati, Julia – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2023
Early childhood education is a demanding profession, and teachers' stress is inversely associated with the quality of their interactions with young children. In order to provide stress management tools to preservice teachers prior to entry into the field, there has been growing interest in the use of reflective practices as part of higher…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Reflection, Early Childhood Education, Preservice Teachers
Aizenberg, Merav; Zilka, Gila Cohen – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2023
This study examined the distance teaching practices that early childhood preservice teachers chose for working with kindergarten students during the COVID-19 lockdown. The study involved 32 female preservice teachers studying at teacher training institutions in Israel. The study used the qualitative research method. The data analysis revealed that…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Preservice Teachers, Kindergarten, Females
Siskind, Demi G.; LaParo, Karen M.; Crosby, Danielle A.; Hestenes, Linda; Smith, Julia Mendez – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2023
Over recent decades, the demographic composition of children in the United States has rapidly shifted, culturally and linguistically. Concomitantly, there has been an increased need for early childhood education (ECE) teacher preparation programs to develop a culturally competent ECE workforce who are equipped to provide equitable learning…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, College Faculty, Teacher Competencies
Walter, Heather L.; Kutscher, Elisabeth L.; Fox, Harriet B.; Tuckwiller, Elizabeth D. – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2023
Early childhood special education (ECSE) teachers report high levels of stress, but little is known about the well-being of educators working with young children with disabilities. This study explores latent class analysis of early childhood special educator well-being, based on multidimensional measures of mental health and well-being to…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Well Being, Students with Disabilities
Kenny, Sabrina Ann; Cameron, Claire E. – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2023
Education professionals' conceptions of assessment can influence how they enact assessment with children. In this study, we explored the factor structure of a previously validated survey instrument, Brown's Conceptions of Assessment Questionnaire (COA-III), when administered to a social-media-based sample of 241 U.S. early childhood professionals.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Social Media, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis
Hooper, Alison; Potts, Courtney; Walton, Melissa – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2023
Professional development is an important tool for supporting early childhood teachers in implementing developmentally appropriate practices and child-guided instruction in the classroom. This phenomenological study explored five U.S. novice early childhood education teachers' experiences with professional development. Specifically, we explored how…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development
Weisburger, Anita T. – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2023
This paper investigates the student perspective on Maryland's Early Childhood Education/Special Education Associate of Arts in Teaching (AAT) degree: the factors that affected their experience, especially with the transfer process, and whether their experiences differed by institution. Viewpoints were gathered through focus groups and individual…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Associate Degrees, Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education
Thomas, Rhianna K.; Strekalova-Hughes, Ekaterina; Nash, Kindel Turner; Holley, Margaret; Warner, Connor K.; Enochs, Britney; Prendergast, Polly; Ricklefs, Marcelena – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2023
Deficit discourses in early childhood education position families of color, bilingual families, and families who are experiencing poverty as culturally and educationally deficient and are often reiterated through teacher education that relies on approximation of practice as modeled by a mentor teacher. Learning Teaching as an Interpretive Practice…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Early Childhood Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs