Acculturation, weight status, and eating habits among Chinese-American preschool children and their primary caregivers: A pilot study
An examination of the association between acculturation and health outcomes of Chinese-American students and their primary caregivers, based on a sample of 53 children and their caregivers selected from two child care centers in Houston, Texas
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Announced v. unannounced licensing inspections: Survey report
Results from a survey about the requirements and practices of announced and unannounced licensing inspections by child care, child welfare, drug and alcohol, adult day care, and mental health licensing professionals in 40 different states/provinces/territories
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Assistive technology user group perspectives of early childhood professionals
An examination of efficacy of participatiing in a series of Assistive Technology user groups from semi-structured interviews with 10 teachers at an early childhood center in a Midwestern city
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A comparative study of teachers' educational backgrounds and their understanding of developmentally appropriate practices (DAP)
A survey-based investigation of the impact of Texan Head Start teachers' educational backgrounds on their perceptions of developmentally appropriate practice indicators in early education classrooms
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Confronting the contradictions: A case study of early childhood teacher development in neoliberal times
An qualitative examination of 9 early childhood preservice teachers' notions of high-stakes standards-based accountability reforms as revealed in interviews upon entry to a teacher education program and as they progress through the program
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Counting the child care workforce: A catalog of state data sources to quantify and describe child caregivers in the fifty states and the District of Columbia
A report on data sources suitable for use in calculating the size of the child care workforce for individual states
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Developing a data-driven assessment for early childhood candidates
A comparison of the knowledge about pedagogy held by 149 teacher candidates before and after their studies at the early childhood teacher preparation program at the University of Texas at Arlington, and a description of the quantitative assessment of student learning used by the program to comply with the requirements of national and state accreditation
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The Director's Mentoring Project: An analysis of the experiences of mentors and proteges and the impact of mentoring on selected child care centers in San Antonio, Texas
An inquiry into the use of mentoring to promote change and increased quality in child care programs in San Antonio, Texas, based on data from participants in the Director’s Mentoring Project
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Does training make a difference to quality in family child care?
An article on the characteristics of family child care providers who seek training and the effects of training on child care quality.
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Early childhood teacher preparation programs in the United States: State report for Texas
An overview of the characteristics of the programs, faculty, and students in early childhood teacher preparation programs to prepare the workforce of service providers to children under age 5 in Texas
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Early childhood teachers reconstruct beliefs and practices through reflexive action
An examination of the experiences of early childhood teachers enrolled in an early childhood graduate program, based on written and oral reflections from, focus groups and interviews with, and observations of a cohort of 5 early childhood teachers
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Effectiveness of comprehensive professional development for teachers of at-risk preschoolers
An investigation into the effect of the Center for Improving the Readiness of Children for Learning and Education (CIRCLE) Preschool Early Language and Literacy Training professional development intervention coupled with 4 combinations of mentoring and electronic or written feedback on teachers’ promotion of at-risk children’s development of early language and emergent literacy skills, based on samples of 262 early childhood teachers placed in one of 4 variations of the CIRCLE intervention or in a control group, and 1,786 preschool students
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Enhancing early literacy skills for preschool children: Bringing a professional development model to scale
A two-year evaluation of a professional development program designed to help Head Start preschool teachers promote young children's early literacy skills, comparing children's literacy skills with the literacy skills of children whose teachers did not receive any professional development training
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Examining the challenges early childhood teacher candidates face in figuring their roles as early educators
An exploration of the influence of standards-based education reforms on prospective teachers' perceptions of their role as educators, based on a case study of a subsample of 3 teacher candidates in the job market who participated in a larger study
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Examining practices of staff recruitment and retention in four high-functioning afterschool programs
An examination of the influence of staffing practices and professional development opportunities on the ability of after school programs to recruit and retain high quality staff members, based on evidence from the recruitment practices of 4 after school programs, one each from California, Florida, Indiana, and Texas, that participated in the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) evaluation
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An experimental study evaluating professional development activities within a state funded pre-kindergarten program
An experimental two-year study of the impacts of a state-mandated, research-based early care and education professional development model for use in child care, Head Start, and public prekindergarten classrooms on teachers' instructional practices and English and Spanish speaking children's language and literacy outcomes, based on data from over 200 teachers and their students in 11 communities in Texas
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An exploration of early childhood leaders' perceptions regarding their knowledge, skills, and confidence in the areas of mathematical content, child development, pedagogical content, and instructional leadership strategies
An exploration of early childhood leaders' perceptions regarding their knowledge, skills, and confidence in the areas of mathematical content and instructional leadership strategies for 47 early childhood administrators and teacher leaders in the Effective Mathematics Instruction for the Prekindergarten Classroom professional development program
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Exploring early childhood teachers' beliefs and practices about preschool outdoor play: A case study
A case study of teachers' beliefs, perceptions, and facilitation of children's outdoor play while in preschool based on interviews with 10 early childhood teachers in one program in North Texas
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From capitols to classrooms, policies to practice: State-funded prekindergarten at the classroom level: Part 1: Who's teaching our youngest students?: Teacher education and training, experience, compensation and benefits, and assistant teachers
A study of the characteristics of prekindergarten teachers throughout the United States
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Higher education articulation agreements project: Deliverable 2: Analysis of articulation agreements in higher education early childhood programs in Texas
An examination of issues related to the coordination of early childhood education degree programs at two- and four-year colleges in Texas, based on 5 focus groups with key stakeholders and on survey responses from 94 early childhood teachers who had transferred from a two-year to four-year college in Texas
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How to teach to the child when the stakes are high: Examples of implementing developmentally appropriate and culturally relevant practices in prekindergarten
A case study examination of what early care and education teachers think preservice teachers need to know and be able to do to prepare culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) children for a high-stakes education system, and ways they used developmentally appropriate and culturally relevant practices to prepare their CLD at risk children for school success, based on data from 3 early care and education teachers in Texas
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The impact of an ongoing professional development program on prekindergarten teachers' mathematics practices
A comparison of self-predicted teacher emphasis on classroom mathematical activities before and after attending the C3 continuing education program, based on questionnaire responses of 126 Texas mid-career teachers working with children ages 3 through 5
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The impact of technical coaching in emergent literacy and language curriculum on a teacher, staff members, English language learners, and Hispanic family literacy practices at a dual session Head Start
A study of changes in literacy and cognitive development of Hispanic children as well as changes in both family literacy practices in the homes of English language learners and classroom literacy practices at a Head Start center, as measured before and after the implementation of a coaching intervention provided to 3 staff
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Improving quality across institutional settings: Language and literacy instruction in child care, Head Start, public pre-k, and integrated programs in Texas
A study of the impact of The Texas Early Education Model (TEEM) a language and literacy intervention, on the quality of language and literacy instruction of teachers in 219 child care, Head Start, public prekindergarten, and integrated programs in Texas, taking into account setting and time in intervention
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Individual, community, and profession: Learning to teach and care for young children in Texas
A case study of utilization of learning resources and social and cultural constraints impacting learning experiences among thirteen child care teachers at a Texas child care center, using ethnographic methods
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