In this article, my coauthors, who took my early education management and leadership course in 2023, share their experiences teaching to and learning from their peers as a part of their final presentation assignments.
In this article, we share how reading experiences served as jumping off points for exploring how disability representation in children’s literature can be incorporated as an essential component of teacher preparation and children’s literacy learning.
In this first edition of Innovations in Higher Education, we describe why and how early childhood higher education programs—at the associate, bachelor’s, and master’s degree levels—can be sites for necessary change.
In the 3C Network, field experiences for teacher candidates are anchored in consistent opportunities to engage with children and teachers, carefully selected placements, and connections to evidence-based practices .
Authored by
Authored by:
Michelle Bauml, Robin Griffith, Kathleen Kyzar, Jan Lacina
Given the demand for high-quality programs for every child and family, a significant need exists to recruit and support young people from diverse backgrounds to become early childhood professionals.
Authored by
Authored by:
Stephanie Irvine, M. Christine Dwyer, Heather Lucas, Candace O. Vinson
With the infrastructure and steady, deep supports NAEYC advocates, we have the chance to address longstanding questions and issues that prevent teachers of color from achieving their higher education dreams.
With the infrastructure and steady, deep supports NAEYC advocates, we have the chance to address longstanding questions and issues that prevent teachers of color from achieving their higher education dreams.
In this article, we discuss the importance of professional vision, then describe the Video Analysis Framework we created to support its development through focused observation, identifying and disrupting bias, and more.
Authored by
Authored by:
Miriam Packard, Carolyn Brennan, Gail E. Joseph, Katharine Emerson-Hoss
In this article, we look at how a service-learning project helped foster receptive language competencies for infants through art experiences and encouraged socially and culturally responsive practices by students.
To effectively prepare and support the early childhood profession, we must ensure institutions enhance early childhood educators’ knowledge base, develop their competencies, improve higher education programs, and more.
Authored by
Authored by:
Christine Lux, Nanci L. Red Bird, Allison B. Wilson
This article is organized to support readers to learn about and utilize strategies for institutions to prepare teachers provide culturally responsive learning experiences to increasingly diverse populations of children..
This cluster of Young Children articles focuses on impactful practices for teacher educators and preparation programs related to syllabi, course assignments, and class activities as well as clinical and field experiences.
This cluster of Young Children articles focuses on impactful practices for teacher educators and preparation programs related to syllabi, course assignments, and class activities as well as clinical and field experiences.
Early childhood education and higher education are not often linked in the public sphere, yet both are critical infrastructure in the United States and both prepare individuals to understand what it means to be part of society.
NAEYC asked a few 2021 ECE graduates about their experiences working to obtain their degree and what the future holds for them in the profession. Read what they have to say.
In this training, get insights on the core considerations, principles of child development, guidelines for DAP in action, and implications for higher education faculty.
