Abstract This article uses Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (CRP) and Culturally Responsive
Teaching (CRT) as the theoretical frameworks and qualitative metasynthesis as the …

Preservice teachers (PSTs) must learn to approach curriculum and pedagogy in a socially
just way. Descriptive examination of early childhood PSTs' personal funds of knowledge is …

This study explores the potential of cogenerative dialogues to help teachers develop the
adaptive instructional practices necessary for ambitious approaches to teaching diverse …

In this study we examine how improvisation can facilitate understanding how teachers
respond to children's multiple resources, interests, experiences, and skills in early childhood …

A developmentally appropriate learning environment provides learning experiences that
support whole child development as young children are provided with opportunities to …

In this paper the authors demonstrate how play can serve as a space for assessing and
promoting children's mathematical thinking. Analyzing data from a larger study of …

Capturing the breadth and variety of children's understanding is critical if studies of
children's mathematical thinking are to inform policy and practice in early childhood …

Job crafting is the process of individuals redefining and adjusting their job in personally
meaningful ways to improve their work experience. In this multiple case study, we explore …

The authors (two classroom teacher researchers and two university researchers) explore the
potential of improvisational teaching for justice‐oriented literacy instruction with adolescent …

Background/Context Early childhood education joined the standards movement in 2002 with
the Good Start, Grow Smart initiative, with advocates arguing that standards were a tool for …