Influences of professional development on changes in Head Start teachers' beliefs about early childhood education

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melinda Raab ◽  
Carol Trivette
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Head Start ◽  
Head Start Teachers ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Teachers Beliefs

Providing Early Childhood Education Teacher Candidates Diverse Clinical Understandings through Professional Development School Experiences

2016 ◽  
pp. 143-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lea Ann Christenson ◽  
Janese Daniels ◽  
Judith Cruzado-Guerrero ◽  
Stephen T. Schroth ◽  
Marisa Dudiak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Developmentally Appropriate ◽  
Early Childhood Teacher ◽  
Teacher Education Programs ◽  
Education Teacher ◽  
Childhood Education

Teacher education programs serving early childhood education teacher candidates have unique challenges and need to work to ensure that each future educator be exposed to a variety of settings and practices throughout their preparation in order to best prepare them to serve the needs of their future young students. A solid background in human development, a well-rounded complement of methods courses grounded in developmentally appropriate practice and experience in a diverse variety of Professional Development Schools (PDS) will go far in meeting this goal. In Pre-K through 3rd grade classrooms early childhood teacher educators can significantly shape these competencies through their choice of, support for, and use of PDSs.

The Importance of Future Kindergarten Teachers' Beliefs about the Usefulness of Games Based Learning

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dionysios Manessis
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Computer Games ◽  
Kindergarten Teachers ◽  
Computer Usage ◽  
Learning Beliefs ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Education Data ◽  
Teachers Beliefs

This paper examines the importance of future kindergarten teachers' beliefs about the usefulness of Games Based Learning in Early Childhood Education. Data were collected by using questionnaires which were given to the participants at the end of an introductory level, Information and Communication Technologies course. The sample of this study was 200 students attending a Bachelor in Education degree at the faculty of Early Childhood Education, University of Athens, in Greece. Results indicated that the majority of the sample had very positive beliefs about the use of Games Based Learning in pre-school education. Most of the students agreed that educational digital games are a useful way to enhance young children's learning. Beliefs were significantly affected by: year of study, frequency of computer usage, experience in a pre-school classroom, previous experience in playing computer games, and previous courses about the use/integration of educational technologies in kindergarten classroom.

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