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Christopher P. Brown; David P. Barry; Da Hei Ku; Kate Puckett – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2024
As the fields of early childhood teaching and teacher education continue to evolve and diversify, policymakers' neoliberal reforms further standardise and restrict these programmes of practice. Many have documented the impact of these policies on early childhood teaching and teacher education, and in this article, we add to these conversations by…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Democratic Values, Teacher Education Programs, Neoliberalism
Smith, Kenneth E.; Smith, Mary K. – 2000
Noting that the quality of early childhood education (ECE) programs offered in public schools is directly affected by the understanding of and value placed on such a program by the building principal, this qualitative study examined principals' understanding and beliefs about children's play and its place in K-2 early childhood programs. Phase 1…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Beliefs
Lawler-Prince, Dianne; Slate, John R. – 1993
This study investigated the extent to which preservice teachers could differentiate developmentally appropriate from inappropriate practices in the education of young children. Responses to 2 teaching scenarios were collected from 158 junior and/or senior early childhood teacher education majors from a university in the mid-South. Results…
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Techniques, College Juniors, College Seniors