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Embracing Disability Identity: Representation in Literature as a Tool Towards Inclusivity

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. 

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Maria Mavrides Calderon, Isabel Mavrides-Calderon
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Young Children
March 1, 2022

Toward Pro-Black Early Childhood Teacher Education

In this article, we share a few practices (of many) that we use to prepare preservice teachers as anti-racist, pro-Black educators.

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Authored by: 
Meir Muller, Eliza G. Braden, Susi Long, Gloria Swindler Boutte, Kamania Wynter-Hoyte
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Young Children
March 1, 2022

Preparing Early Childhood Educators

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.

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Authored by: 
Annie Moses, Mary Harrill
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Young Children
Vol. 77, No. 1
March 1, 2022

Spring 2022

Preparing Early Childhood Educators
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.
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Read the Higher Education Leadership Report

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.
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Young Children
September 1, 2019

Applying Knowledge to Practice: How Degree Apprenticeships Support Early Educators

Today, the field is in the midst of another of those periods, with widespread calls for all teachers of infants through third graders to have associate or bachelor’s degrees in early childhood education and to receive fair compensation.

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Alison Lutton
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October 24, 2016

Teacher Research: The Role of Higher Education

NAEYC has long supported teacher research efforts in the early childhood field, as it advances the field’s understanding of child development and produces creative approaches to building high-quality learning experiences for young children.

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Authored by: 
Mary Harrill
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