Provide a forum for consideration of issues and concerns of interest to educators of early childhood teacher educators
NAECTE's
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education occasionally publishes teacher research articles, including a special issue focused on teacher research (Volume 31, Issue 3).
«The people who wrote these standards do not appear to have any background in child development or early childhood education,» wrote Stephanie Feeney of the University of Hawaii, chair of the Advocacy Committee of the National
Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators.
While the report is not a helpful examination of the
quality of early childhood teacher preparation programs, it does provide a window into some of the content found in early childhood programs and rightly points to wide variations in content.
Forty - six
percent of early childhood teachers are enrolled in a federal income support program, compared to 13 percent of elementary or middle school teachers, according to the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment.
The latest research paper that I had the pleasure of reading was titled A Day in the
Life of an Early Childhood Teacher: Identifying the Confronting Issues and Challenges That Arise.
Minister for Education Simon Birmingham said the National Review of Teacher Registration, which had been endorsed by state and territory ministers at the Education Council, would focus on the
registration of early childhood teachers, vocational education and training teachers in schools as well as how new teachers transition into the profession.
Scenario: A
team of Early Childhood Teachers comprising a combination of very experienced and new teachers, a pre-service teacher on practicum and the school principal in a regional primary school, analyse their Grade 3 NAPLAN data and notice a disparity in the achievement of boys and girls in writing.
Much of the union's growth hasn't come from the addition of teachers to the rank and file through its organizing effort, or from the growing
ranks of early childhood teachers working in preschool programs.
For example, current research about the harmful
effects of early childhood teachers» biased attitudes and behavior toward African American boys makes clear that unexamined attitudes still profoundly influence children's outcomes (Barbarin & Crawford 2006; Barbarin 2010).
The paper addresses what the
job of an Early Childhood Teacher entails in the context of required «up - skilling» in the sector to meet increasingly demanding job requirements.
Linda Newman (EdD; M.Ed Hons; B.Ed (EC); Dip Teach (EC) is the Chair of Early Childhood and Primary Programs in the School of Education at the University of Newcastle, Australia and
Chair of the Early Childhood Teacher Education Council (NSW).
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Few of the early childhood teachers had specific training or experience in responding to traumatic events and many struggled to address the emotions associated with the loss.»
The results, published in 2007 in the
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, showed that the storytelling students scored significantly better on vocabulary and reading «readiness» tests than the control group.
Appropriate for early childhood teacher educators as well as both pre - and in - service teachers working with children from birth through 8, this handbook articulates the unique features
of early childhood teacher education, highlighting the strengths and limitations of current practice as based in empirical research.
To ensure quality of instruction and build
capacity of early childhood teachers and caregivers, the National Nursery Teachers» Training Centre was set up by the government to offer specialized training in nursery education for teachers and nursery attendants.
The first volume of its kind, the Handbook
of Early Childhood Teacher Education provides comprehensive coverage on key topics in the field, including the history of early childhood teacher education programs, models for preparing early childhood educators, pedagogical approaches to supporting diverse learners, and contemporary influences on this quickly expanding area of study.
The Journal
of Early Childhood Teacher Education is the official journal of the National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators.
Originating in North Carolina through Child Care Services Association, the Child Care WAGE$ ® FLORIDA Program aims to improve child care quality by reducing turnover and encouraging the continued education
of early childhood teachers (including center staff and family child care providers).
Use, as vehicles, the Journal
of Early Childhood Teacher Education, conferences, resolutions, position papers, and other publications
Journal
of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 31:3, 222 — 231.
Note: the following is a guest post by Lea Ann Christenson This past November I made a presentation at the National Association
of Early Childhood Teacher Educators, held in Orlando.