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Challenges and Rewards: Developing an Entry-Level Early Childhood Training Program
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Hansen, Joanna K.; Gable, Sara – Young Children, 2007
Research tells us that specialized training and education of teachers is one of the strongest predictors of child care quality. In the late 1960s, however, most states did not require preservice training or higher education for teachers in early childhood programs or family child care homes. At that time, Missouri wanted to develop a project that…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Program Design, Career Development, Child Care
Book Review.
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Washington, Valora – Young Children, 1994
Reviews "Head Start: The Inside Story of America's Most Successful Educational Experiment. (Edward Zigler and Susan Muenchow), an insider's account of the early days of the preschool program, and how the program emerged conceptually and politically. (HTH)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational History, Federal Legislation
Approaches to Computer Literacy in Early Childhood Teacher Education.
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Hyson, Marion C.; Eyman, Alice – Young Children, 1986
Reports the results of a 1984 survey that examined the status and nature of computer literacy in 121 early childhood education teacher education programs. (HOD)
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Early Childhood Education, Educational Needs, Educational Philosophy
Intergenerational Literacy: A Developmental, Bilingual Approach.
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Quintero, Elizabeth; Velarde, M. Christina – Young Children, 1990
Describes the development and implementation of EL Paso Community College's model Intergenerational Literacy Project, which brings Spanish-speaking parents and their children together in the classroom in an effort to improve the two groups' literacy skills in English and Spanish. (BB)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, English Instruction