Reforms in K-12 science education and their implications for PreK teaching, make this a
critical time for developing a unified vision for early childhood science education. The goal of …

When Pre-K Comes to School traces what happens—for institutions and teachers—when a
school district and community ECE centers partner to provide public pre-K. Wilinski …

This exploratory case study aims to determine how preschool teachers' epistemological
beliefs influence their pedagogical conceptualizations of science teaching. The research …

Public PreK programs are an increasingly popular policy tool to equalize early learning
opportunities. Programs can be universally available or targeted to support children's …

This qualitative research study explores how US preschool teachers experience time as they
grapple with linear “time for learning” policy initiatives.“Time for learning” positions children's …

The present article is a meta-ethnographic analysis of 15 first-order ethnographic studies
with a focus on quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC). The aim of the study is …

Background/Context: Public prekindergarten (pre-K) is increasingly common in US public
schools. The policy decision to house pre-K classrooms in public schools places pre-K …

This chapter clarifies and underscores the importance of interdisciplinarity in CDA/CDS
research, and then provides an overview of its salient and well-known connections to other …

This chapter introduces language-based methodologies and methods, which we argue are
particularly relevant to education policy and leadership studies. The chapter discusses …

Global efforts to measure and improve early childhood education (ECE) quality rarely
acknowledge that notions of quality are culturally informed and vary across place and time …