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Matthews, Mona W.; Kesner, John E. – Reading Horizons, 2008
This article describes how young children's early relationships with caregivers and other significant adults, such as teachers, do far more than introduce and mediate their literacy experiences. These relationships are the experience, and only with time and development do young children differentiate from these experiences the signs and symbols as…
Descriptors: Play, Caregivers, Young Children, Developmental Psychology
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Deal, Debby; White, C. Stephen – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2006
As political mandates in the United States continue to demand increasing levels of literacy by all young children, the importance of identifying factors that influence novice teachers' development over time become more critical. In this article, we explore Phase I of a longitudinal study, which describes the evolving literacy beliefs and practices…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Beginning Teachers, Young Children, Teacher Attitudes