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Ansari, Arya; Pivnick, Lilla; Gershoff, Elizabeth; Crosnoe, Robert; Orozco-Lapray, Diana – Grantee Submission, 2018
With a qualitative approach drawing from four focus groups, this study explored what aspects of preschool are valued most by 30 low-income Latino/a immigrant parents with children enrolled in a state-funded preschool program in Texas. Beyond the push and pull factors of necessity, convenience, and supply, parents reported valuing the…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Educational Attitudes, Preschool Education, Preschool Children
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Davis, Allison; Griffith, Robin; Bauml, Michelle – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2019
Decision-making is essential for the work of teaching. Preservice teachers must learn to leverage knowledge about young readers' strengths, needs, and interests in order to plan and teach guided reading lessons skillfully. However, limited research examines preservice teachers' decision-making based on what they know about individual children. In…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Decision Making, Directed Reading Activity, Reading Instruction
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Goldstein, Lisa S. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2008
Many early childhood practitioners in the U.S. are experiencing tension between their desire to offer students developmentally appropriate learning experiences and their obligation to teach the academic knowledge and skills mandated by their states. However, careful examination of the DAP guidelines' definition of culturally appropriate practice…
Descriptors: Young Children, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Public Education, Early Childhood Education