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Promoting a culture of inclusion: impact of professional development on teachers’ assistive technology practices to support early literacy 促进包容文化:专业发展对教师辅助技术实践支持早期读写能力的影响

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Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education Pub Date : 2022-07-22 DOI: 10.1080/10901027.2022.2099325

Michelle Schladant, Lydia Ocasio-Stoutenburg, Christina Nunez, M. Dowling, Rebecca Shearer, Jhonelle Bailey, Austin Garilli, Ruby Natale

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A qualitative examination of early childhood educators’ participation in professional learning: investigating social constructionist understandings of quality 幼儿教育工作者参与专业学习的质性研究:调查社会建构主义对素质的理解

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Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education Pub Date : 2022-07-15 DOI: 10.1080/10901027.2022.2099324

V. Pacini-Ketchabaw, Kathleen Kummen, Denise Hodgins

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Preservice teachers’ struggles in finding culturally sustaining spaces in standardized teaching contexts 保护教师在标准化教学环境中寻找文化支撑空间的斗争

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Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education Pub Date : 2022-07-12 DOI: 10.1080/10901027.2022.2099323

Christopher P. Brown, D. Ku, K. Puckett, David P. Barry

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Profiles of early childhood special educator well-being 儿童早期特殊教育工作者幸福感概况

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Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education Pub Date : 2022-06-28 DOI: 10.1080/10901027.2022.2093296

Heather L. Walter, Elisabeth L. Kutscher, Harriet B. Fox, Elizabeth D. Tuckwiller

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Who’s teaching the teachers? An exploration of early childhood teacher preparation program faculty’s cultural competence, work burnout, and teaching efficacy 谁来教老师?幼儿教师预备课程教师文化胜任力、工作倦怠与教学效能的探讨

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Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education Pub Date : 2022-06-12 DOI: 10.1080/10901027.2022.2086509

Demi G. Siskind, K. LaParo, Danielle A. Crosby, Linda Hestenes, Julia Mendez Smith

{"title":"Who’s teaching the teachers? An exploration of early childhood teacher preparation program faculty’s cultural competence, work burnout, and teaching efficacy","authors":"Demi G. Siskind, K. LaParo, Danielle A. Crosby, Linda Hestenes, Julia Mendez Smith","doi":"10.1080/10901027.2022.2086509","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10901027.2022.2086509","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT 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 experiences for culturally and linguistically diverse children and families. Given increasing attention and calls from education researchers, policymakers, and other partners to develop a culturally competent ECE workforce, the current study sought to explore program faculty’s cultural competence, specifically their culturally and linguistically responsive (CLR) teaching practices, and its association with feelings of work burnout and perceived teaching efficacy – two factors likely to be influenced by such heightening demands and to impact pre-service teachers’ own teaching competencies. Using structural equation modeling, the current study examined survey responses from 117 program faculty measuring their cultural competence and its association with feelings of work burnout and teaching efficacy. Analyses indicated that, overall, program faculty with higher levels of cultural competence reported minimal feelings of work burnout and higher teaching efficacy, and vice versa. Findings from the current study provide important research and practice strategies for the field of ECE teacher preparation.","PeriodicalId":45981,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48599970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Preservice kindergarten teachers’ distance teaching practices during the COVID-19 lockdown period 新冠肺炎疫情封城期间职前幼儿园教师远程教学实践

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Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education Pub Date : 2022-05-19 DOI: 10.1080/10901027.2022.2075813

Merav Aizenberg, G. Zilka

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The digital literacies of early childhood educators: perceptions of collaborative online learning 幼儿教育工作者的数字素养：对在线协作学习的认知

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Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education Pub Date : 2022-05-14 DOI: 10.1080/10901027.2022.2075812

Emily Brown Hoffman, Anthony A. Mangino

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Practicum student perceptions of major constructs of ECE classroom-based field experiences: relationships, fit, learning, efficacy, and satisfaction 实习学生对欧洲经委会课堂实地体验的主要构念的看法:关系、契合度、学习、效能和满意度

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Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education Pub Date : 2022-04-10 DOI: 10.1080/10901027.2022.2054033

K. LaParo, Demi G. Siskind

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Do states’ add-on endorsement policies provide shortcuts to early childhood education licensure? 各州的附加背书政策是否为获得幼儿教育执照提供了捷径?

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Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education Pub Date : 2022-04-04 DOI: 10.1080/10901027.2022.2054034

R. Fowler

{"title":"Do states’ add-on endorsement policies provide shortcuts to early childhood education licensure?","authors":"R. Fowler","doi":"10.1080/10901027.2022.2054034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10901027.2022.2054034","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article explores whether states’ add-on endorsement policies provide shortcuts to early childhood education licensure. The following questions are pursued: What requirements must licensed teachers meet to add an ECE endorsement? What data do states report on the number of add-ons awarded, in total and in ECE, yearly? What terms do states use to refer to an official authorization to teach? Results indicate that shortened pathways to ECE licensure – licensure testing only and licensure testing plus 6–13 credits of coursework – are available for ELED licensees in 19 states, special education licensees in 16, and all others in 12. Add-on endorsements account for a substantial number of new in-state teaching credentials in the three states that reported such data: Texas (46%), Pennsylvania (19%), and Indiana (12%). In Pennsylvania and Indiana, add-ons constituted 7% and 5%, of all new in-state ECE credentials awarded, respectively. Nearly half of the states in the nation refer to a state authorization to teach as certification, the other near half as license, and two as credential. Now is an opportune time for early educational organizations to articulate what preparation requirements are suitable for an ECE add-on endorsement.","PeriodicalId":45981,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42875510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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“A Prescription for Play”: developing early childhood preservice teachers’ pedagogies of play “游戏处方”:幼儿职前教师游戏教学法的发展

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Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education Pub Date : 2022-03-25 DOI: 10.1080/10901027.2022.2054035

Jeanne Galbraith

{"title":"“A Prescription for Play”: developing early childhood preservice teachers’ pedagogies of play","authors":"Jeanne Galbraith","doi":"10.1080/10901027.2022.2054035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10901027.2022.2054035","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Although research supports play for children’s learning and development, many teachers and schools do not support play or relinquish it to recess or “If time.” Teachers need to experience how they learn through play to advocate for play in their classrooms. It is not enough to say, “play is learning”; they need to learn through play. This study uses data from multiple classroom assignments in a course on early childhood curriculum to examine how these play-based assignments support preservice teachers’ support for play and creativity in early childhood classrooms. The study found that preservice teachers had a positive shift to supporting play and creative experiences, including an appreciation of open-ended materials. They also developed understanding of children’s perspectives, the value of play as adults and found that engaging in play and creative experiences was beneficial to preservice teachers’ mental health and self-care. These findings reveal that if we want teachers to advocate for play and creativity in their classrooms, it is essential for them to have direct experiences learning through play and creativity themselves. Recommendations suggest that teacher educators should integrate authentic play experiences for play advocacy and support preservice teachers’ mental health and well-being.","PeriodicalId":45981,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47250970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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