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Recchia, Susan L.; Shin, Minsun; Snaider, Carolina – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2018
Using a grounded theory approach, this study explores the ways a diverse group of pre-service student caregivers, new to teaching and caring for infants, come to understand notions of 'love' during an infant practicum course in the United States. Through analysing weekly dialogue journals and course assignments produced by each of the 8…
Descriptors: Infant Care, Child Caregivers, Caregiver Training, Practicums
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Recchia, Susan L.; McDevitt, Seung Eun – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2018
Although child-rearing beliefs and practices vary widely across cultures, a dominant discourse on how to teach and care for young children undergirds most early childhood teacher education programs. In this qualitative multicase study, the authors explored the ways that immigrant preservice teachers negotiated their emerging teacher identities…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Child Rearing, Parenting Styles
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Lee, Seung Yeon; Shin, Minsun; Recchia, Susan L. – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: This qualitative study explored the process through which a small group of preservice early childhood teachers engaged in primary caregiving as a framework for learning about early care and education with infants during an infant practicum course at a university-affiliated early childhood center in the United States. Based on…
Descriptors: Caregiver Attitudes, Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role, Caregiver Training
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Recchia, Susan L.; Shin, Minsun – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2010
This qualitative study explores how working with infants changed pre-service early childhood students' thinking about important aspects of early childhood education. Through a qualitative analysis of four pre-service early childhood students' weekly dialogue journals during a required, one-semester infant practicum, the authors discovered how the…
Descriptors: Practicums, Early Childhood Education, Infants, Preservice Teacher Education
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Recchia, Susan L.; Puig, Victoria I. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2011
Preparing teachers to meet the needs of children with disabilities remains a complex challenge. General education teachers feel unprepared, and attrition and teacher shortages in special education remain high. Despite a trend toward inclusive education, many children continue to be educated in segregated settings. This study explores the potential…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Inclusion, Disabilities, Field Experience Programs
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Recchia, Susan L.; Beck, Lisa; Esposito, Ann; Tarrant, Kate – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2009
This paper explores the process through which a group of preservice early childhood/early childhood special education students examined their own beliefs about quality teaching and learning within the context of multiple practicum experiences in diverse settings. Students' reflections and actions are illuminated through a careful individual and…
Descriptors: Field Experience Programs, Learning Processes, Early Childhood Education, Beliefs