ERIC Number: ED614251
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 97
Abstractor: ERIC
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The State of Early Childhood Higher Education in Rhode Island: The Rhode Island Early Childhood Higher Education Inventory
Austin, Lea J. E.; Kipnis, Fran; Sakai, Laura; Whitebook, Marcy; Ryan, Sharon
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment
The Rhode Island Early Learning Council (Council) is engaged in a multi-year planning process to build a coordinated early childhood system. An essential component of this system is access to appropriate early childhood higher education. To assist in this process, the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE) at the University of California, Berkeley, was asked to investigate early childhood higher education opportunities available to the state's early learning workforce. The Early Childhood Higher Education Inventory (Inventory) was designed to gain a clearer picture of the early childhood offerings in a state's higher education system. This document presents the Inventory findings. The Inventory includes three modules: (1) Mapping Module; (2) Program Module; and (3) Faculty Module. Each of the four colleges offering early childhood degrees in Rhode Island agreed to participate in the Inventory. This report presents highlights from the three modules of the Inventory, followed by recommendations for addressing the challenges identified in the findings and for building on promising practices. The appendices describe the Inventory methodology and present supplementary tables for both the Program and Faculty Modules.
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Course Content, Academic Degrees, Elementary Education, Required Courses, Child Development, Teaching Skills, Infants, Toddlers, Student Teaching, Teacher Certification, Special Education
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment. Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California at Berkeley, 2521 Channing Way #5555, Berkeley, CA 94720. Tel: 510-643-7091; Web site: https://cscce.berkeley.edu/
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: University of California, Berkeley. Center for the Study of Child Care Employment
Identifiers - Location: Rhode Island
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