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"Making Lemonade from Lemons:" Early Childhood Teacher Educators' Programmatic Responses to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
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DiCarlo, Cynthia F.; Burts, Diane C.; Buchanan, Teresa K.; Aghayan, Carol; Benedict, Joan – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2007
This article describes how early childhood teacher education faculty at one university responded in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita and used the disaster to enhance their undergraduate and graduate programs. They explain how they modeled developmentally appropriate practices while responding to community needs. Four companion articles…
Descriptors: Community Needs, Teacher Education Programs, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Teacher Educators
Reflecting on "Project Katrina" and Developmentally Appropriate Practices: A Graduate Student's Perspective
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Schellhaas, Andree; Burts, Diane C.; Aghayan, Carol – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2007
This article describes the independent study project of a student who was a graduate assistant in a child development laboratory preschool when Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the Gulf Coast area. Through her experiences with "Project Katrina" she deepens her understanding of developmentally appropriate practices as she learns firsthand about…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Child Development, Teaching Methods
On-line in the Classroom.
Wells, Janet R.; Burts, Diane C. – Dimensions, 1990
Describes the process of adding a computer program to a preschool curriculum for four-year-old children. Discussed are goals, hardware and software, the teacher's role, activities, problems, and future plans. (BB)
Descriptors: Computer Software Selection, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Problems, Developmentally Appropriate Practices