High quality early childhood teachers have a wealth of knowledge and use a range of skills
in their daily classroom practices, and research has consistently demonstrated the positive …

Team teaching among student teachers implies more than group composition: the challenge
is to teach collaboratively. This quantitative study provides insight into the dynamics of …

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, universities have moved rapidly to transition of various
courses and programs from face-to-face to online delivery mode. Involving pre-service …

Early childhood teacher preparation programs play a critical role in preparing teachers to
work with young children, yet the field knows relatively little about how these programs carry …

The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the evidence that is informing and
guiding personnel preparation (preservice) and continuing education (in-service) practices …

Practice-based coursework in higher education programs is considered a critical aspect of
early childhood practitioner preparation. Many undergraduates also have formal (eg …

The Knowledge Base of Early Childhood Teacher Education (ECTE) in relation to Early
Childhood Education (ECE) is value-laden within any particular socio-cultural, economic …

This causal-comparative research study identified the individual adult education
philosophical orientations and teaching style preferences of early childhood education …

Bandura (1997) developed the theory of self-efficacy as the confidence a person has to
successfully complete a task. The following research focused on teacher candidates who …

Pre-service teacher preparedness is a measurement of a teacher candidate's ability to
become an effective teacher (Clark, Byrnes, & Sudweeks, 2015). A growing number of …