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

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

Lea Ann Christenson, Janese Daniels, Judith Cruzado-Guerrero, Stephen T. Schroth, Marisa Dudiak, Ocie Watson-Thompson
ISBN13: 9781522575078|ISBN10: 1522575073|EISBN13: 9781522575085
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7507-8.ch054
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Christenson, Lea Ann, et al. "Providing Early Childhood Education Teacher Candidates Diverse Clinical Understandings Through Professional Development School Experiences." Early Childhood Development: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 1083-1104. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7507-8.ch054

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Christenson, L. A., Daniels, J., Cruzado-Guerrero, J., Schroth, S. T., Dudiak, M., & Watson-Thompson, O. (2019). Providing Early Childhood Education Teacher Candidates Diverse Clinical Understandings Through Professional Development School Experiences. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Early Childhood Development: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1083-1104). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7507-8.ch054

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Christenson, Lea Ann, et al. "Providing Early Childhood Education Teacher Candidates Diverse Clinical Understandings Through Professional Development School Experiences." In Early Childhood Development: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1083-1104. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7507-8.ch054

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Abstract

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.

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