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《Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk》2013,18(4):349-372
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among the attitudes and perceptions of parents, teachers, and family support staff toward parental involvement in prekindergarten programs for children identified as being at risk for later school failure. Focus group interview data identified, from multiple perspectives, factors that encourage or discourage parents from assuming an active role in their young children's education. Results are discussed in terms of future research and program development efforts aimed at helping family support professionals and early childhood educators better meet the needs of the diverse groups of children and families represented in prekindergarten programs. 相似文献
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Mark M. D’Amico Bob Algozzine Karen M. Algozzine Vivian I. Correa Reem Muharib 《Community College Journal of Research & Practice》2019,43(1):74-79
Community colleges are key providers of early childhood teacher and paraprofessional education, and their programs include content knowledge that helps future educators work effectively with young children with and without disabilities in inclusive environments. In this article, we describe the Advancing Community College Efforts in Paraprofessional Training (ACCEPT) Project, a multi-year collaboration to infuse special education content into four North Carolina early childhood workforce education associate degree programs. The goals of the project included creating a climate that fostered and encouraged ongoing community college and university faculty collaboration around the planning, delivery, and assessment of special education content infused within multiple early childhood program courses. Project objectives are presented within the framework employed by Murray (1995, 1998, 1999, 2000) that includes climate, structure, connections with rewards, faculty ownership, colleague support, and perceived value by administrators. Implications for practice include the importance of content, project standards, and faculty ownership. 相似文献
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Mariana Souto-Manning Christina Hanson Mitchell 《Early Childhood Education Journal》2010,37(4):269-277
Early childhood teachers and educational programs are expected to be the primary resources as children experience different
and sometimes conflicting cultural contexts. Early educators can play a paramount role as young children move through fluid
identities and start recognizing and navigating within and across spaces of cultural differences—e.g., between home cultures
and the socially-dominant school culture. In this sense, we draw attention to a multi-year action research study, paying particular
attention to the process whereby an early childhood teacher investigated, problematized, and challenged the nature of curriculum
and practices in a diverse preschool classroom. We focus on the role of action research in fostering culturally-relevant teaching.
As we do so, we analyze an early childhood teacher’s shifting perceptions of what it means to engage in culturally-relevant
teaching, respecting and honoring cultural diversities. 相似文献
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Conclusion In conclusion, as early childhood teachers prepare to meet the “unknown” —mainstreaming—the early childhood community has
an excellent opportunity to benefit from both past experiences and the research literature on mainstreaming and teacher change.
This work suggests that teachers' feelings and attitudes about mainstreaming must be addressed in dynamic relation to their
needs for information and skills as these change over time. Teachers, directors, and teacher educators need help in understanding
that teachers' development and the development of the children they teach are inextricably linked. While these concepts have
been explored previously, it is imperative that practitioners at all levels recognize their relevance at this critical juncture
in the implementation of P.L. 99–457 and consider new and creative ways to translate them into practice.
I feel... not just that I couldn't cope with it... but emotionally I don't think I could... Emotionally I think I would have
a hard time, you know, going home and feeling good about myself when I know that there's this child [with disabilities in
my classroom]. 相似文献
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The evaluation of teaching quality in mathematics has become increasingly important following research reports indicating
that preschoolers are developmentally able to engage in mathematic thought and that child performance in mathematics at this
level is a strong predictor of later school achievement. As attention turns to early mathematics education, so too does the
focus on teaching quality. This paper reviews nine instruments designed to measure mathematics teaching quality—their theoretical
bases, foci, and psychometrics—and examines their appropriateness for administration in early childhood settings. Three of
the nine measures are identified as having highly desirable characteristics, with one of them specifically designed for early
childhood administration. The measures, our review process, and our recommendations for practice are presented. As school
divisions and teacher educators examine teaching quality, they will be better able to support their teachers’ practice, and
better able to reap the benefits in improved child outcomes. 相似文献
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With classrooms becoming increasingly diverse due to children’s various cultural backgrounds and varying abilities, early childhood teacher education programs face the challenge of how best to prepare the workforce. Various initiatives have been implemented in teacher preparation programs to prepare early childhood educators to become competent in relating to all children and families. Infusing components of diversity into all courses and field experiences and engaging in community–university partnerships, as well as unifying early childhood education (ECE) and early childhood special education (ECSE) program components, are promising practices for the field. An examination and evaluation of these initiatives are discussed in this article, as well as future directions for research and practice. 相似文献
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Leah E. Robinson E. Kipling Webster S. Wood Logan W. Amarie Lucas Laura T. Barber 《Early Childhood Education Journal》2012,40(2):79-86
Early childhood educators, especially those in preschool centers, are often expected to design and implement movement programs.
However, these individuals may not have been taught these skills during their education. The purpose of this study was to
determine if early childhood majors could successfully be taught to implement a mastery climate instructional approach to
promote motor skill development to preschool-age children. Twenty undergraduate Early Childhood Education majors, who completed
a Motor Development Across the School Years course, designed and implemented a movement program to develop preschoolers’ locomotor
and object control skills. Fourteen preschoolers participated in an 11-week movement program. Preschoolers’ motor performance
was assessed with the Test of Gross Motor Development—2nd Edition prior to and following the intervention. Results indicate
significant improvements in total performance (p < .05) and locomotor skills (p = .037). Findings indicate that with guidance and training, early childhood majors can effectively design and implement a
mastery-based movement program that enhances motor skill competence. The findings also demonstrate the need and value for
early childhood majors to receive training in the design and implementation of movement programs. This paper provides a conceptual
framework and practical recommendations to assist teachers and educators with implementing a mastery climate movement programs. 相似文献
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Despite contrasting views on the overlap of early childhood education and teacher education, opportunities abound for expanding the role of early childhood educators in broader teacher education discourse. University-based early childhood education and kindergarten-through-grade-12 teacher education share purposes, philosophies, and resources that should be explored to more effectively address the needs of diverse young children and their families. Community partnerships and a shift toward community-based teacher preparation present a context and opportunity for exploring the overlap of these two historically separate fields. In this article, we present a framework for collaborative, field-based early childhood teacher preparation, situating birth-though-grade-12 teacher education in diverse community contexts and involving school and community personnel to achieve universal 21st-century goals for the teaching and learning of young children. 相似文献
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Getting Ready for School: An Examination of Early Childhood Educators’ Belief Systems 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo Allison Sidle Fuligni Sharon Ritchie Carollee Howes Lynn Karoly 《Early Childhood Education Journal》2008,35(4):343-349
This study examines early childhood educators’ beliefs about what children need prior to before entering kindergarten. Focus group interviews were conducted with early childhood educators
from three learning settings: public center-based programs, private center-based programs, and family child care centers.
Qualitative methods were used to analyze the data. Across program types, educators said that three levels should be addressed
to help prepare a child for school: child, home, and teacher. The child must be physically and emotionally ready to engage
with others and participate in learning opportunities, acquire basic skills, such as letter recognition, and have reasoning
skills that enable the child to problem-solve. At the home level, emotionally preparing the child for the transition and creating
a home environment that promotes learning were reported as key to getting children for school. Teacher relationships with
parents also emerged as important school readiness factor. Differences across program types are discussed. 相似文献
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Intervention programs to improve the educational outcomes of young children have become increasingly popular. Studies suggest
that family literacy programs involving parents can result in positive effects on children’s language and literacy development.
Issues continue to arise, however, regarding the recruitment and retention of families. One component of program design—participation
structure—focuses on who is intended to be the direct or indirect recipient of programming. The relationships between participation
structure and the recruitment/retention of families, however, has not been well understood. In this study, parents participated
in one of two family literacy program models with varying participation structures—one in which parents attended with their
children, the other in which parents attended alone. The purpose of this study was to identify parents’ motivations for participating
the program, their expectations of what the program would entail, and their reasons for remaining in the program. Focus groups
and written questionnaires were used to gather the data. The findings of the study and implications for practice are discussed. 相似文献
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ABSTRACTThe call by policymakers, education stakeholders, and families for children to enter school ‘ready’ has led to numerous empirical studies that seek to identify how children and their families are or are not prepared for school. In the United States, this empirical work tends to identify particular children and their families ‘at-risk’ for school success and often seeks out ways to intervene so that such risks are addressed. Absent from this work is an understanding of how families conceptualise school readiness, and how those understandings influence their conceptions of whether or not their own children are ready for school. Such work could assist educators and other school personnel in supporting families and their children as they enter their programmes. This article examines this issue by presenting findings from a qualitative metasynthesis of studies that investigated how families conceptualised school readiness. Analysing, synthesising, and interpreting their conceptions of school readiness offers the chance to consider how early childhood stakeholders can be ready for families as they enter their programmes as well as support their efforts in readying their children for school. 相似文献
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Colleen K. Vesely Elizabeth Levine Brown Swati Mehta 《Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education》2017,38(3):242-258
Research calls for teacher education to prepare early childhood educators for the needs of diverse and marginalized young children and their families in the U.S. With an increasing cultural divide between teachers and students, some early childhood educators may demonstrate limited understanding for how diverse cultural, linguistic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds inform the daily functions of families of young children. In this article, we examine how the use of experiential learning vis-à-vis conducting a home visit with a family from a diverse and marginalized background can shape early childhood preservice teachers’ (PST) development of cultural humility, an important component of cultural competence. During this experiential learning, PSTs engaged in critically reflective practices to uncover and challenge their implicit biases. While discovering the strengths and challenges among their home visit families, PSTs also learned what they had in common with the families. PSTs noted how the home visit process informed their work as future early childhood educators. 相似文献
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The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the various ways in which families become involved in state-funded rural prekindergarten programs for children identified as being at-risk for later school failure. Participants were 21 teachers/classrooms in prekindergarten programs located in nine rural Illinois communities. Data were collected over an 18-week period on the various parental involvement and family-school partnership strategies implemented by school personnel, and the patterns of parental participation that occurred in response to the different types of initiatives. Findings indicate that wide variations existed in the parent involvement and family-school partnership initiatives implemented across the nine programs. Results are discussed in terms of future research and program development efforts aimed at helping rural early childhood programs establish effective family-school partnerships. 相似文献
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《Early education and development》2013,24(1):107-127
The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the various ways in which families become involved in state-funded rural prekindergarten programs for children identified as being at-risk for later school failure. Participants were 21 teachers/classrooms in prekindergarten programs located in nine rural Illinois communities. Data were collected over an 18-week period on the various parental involvement and family-school partnership strategies implemented by school personnel, and the patterns of parental participation that occurred in response to the different types of initiatives. Findings indicate that wide variations existed in the parent involvement and family-school partnership initiatives implemented across the nine programs. Results are discussed in terms of future research and program development efforts aimed at helping rural early childhood programs establish effective family-school partnerships. 相似文献
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Jessica Goldstein Jessica Kay Flake 《Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability》2016,28(3):273-293
American early childhood education is in the midst of drastic change. In recent years, states have begun the process of overhauling early childhood education systems in response to federal grant competitions, bringing an increased focus on assessment and accountability for early learning programs. The assessment of young children is fraught with challenges; psychometricians and educational researchers must work together with the early childhood community to develop these instruments. The purpose of this paper is to present a conceptual framework for the validation of such instrumentation and examine its implications for early childhood educators. We formulate a validity argument for early childhood assessments providing a pivotal link between validity theory and early education practice. Recommendations for the assessment field are also considered. 相似文献
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Lawrence J. Schweinhart 《Early education and development》1992,3(2):115-127
Although elementary schools have firmly institutionalized programs for children aged 5 and older, the United States is still developing operating public definitions for programs for children below age 5. These programs include public school prekindergarten programs, Head Start programs, and child care homes and centers. This article estimates the per-child and aggregate costs of providing good programs to the populations of young children who need them, specifically: (a) full public funding for part-time programs for 3- and 4-year-olds in poverty with parents who are not in the labor force; (b) full public funding for full-time programs for children under 5 in poverty with employed parents; and (c) both public and private funding for full-time programs for non-poor children under5 whose parents are employed. The article does not estimate program costs for non-poor families of children under 5 whose parents are not employed. It appears that the United States now spends only half of the public and private dollars needed to provide good early childhood programs and thereby may well be sacrificing the potential for a substantial return on investment. 相似文献
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Francis Wardle 《Early Childhood Education Journal》1998,26(1):7-11
Early childhood programs have been in the forefront of implementing a multiracial curriculum. Early childhood educators need to extend these approaches to support and embrace multiracial and multiethnic children. These are children whose biological parents crossed traditional U.S. Census categories to have children. To meet the unique needs of these children and their families, early childhood educators need to engage in staff training, provide classroom materials, work closely with parents, and challenge the single race approach to multicultural education. 相似文献
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Lou Furman 《Early Childhood Education Journal》2000,27(3):173-178
Early childhood practitioners appear to be in an unending battle to legitimize the use of the dramatic arts in the classroom.
Even early childhood educators who accept the value of dramatic play seldom utilize the potential of drama fully. The purpose
of this article is to reinforce the value of drama and theater for young children. Dramatic play, creative drama, theater,
and television—a form of drama — all have their place in the development of young children. 相似文献
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Twenty-first-century preschool children, with and without disabilities, may be found using technology, including assistive technologies, on a daily basis in their homes, schools, and communities. Early childhood educators are exploring opportunities to integrate technology and interactive media into the present-day curriculum. The authors suggest implementing the following five-step process to support using technology in early childhood inclusive programs: (a) assessing technology knowledge of young children, (b) developing technology rules with young children, (c) applying professional judgment and program policy, (d) implementing technology into the curriculum, and (e) collecting data for decision making. Through this process, early educators may define children's background knowledge and subsequently design a curriculum approach, including instructional methods and strategies, to engage young children while fostering creative learning experiences. 相似文献