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Hemmeter, Mary Louise; Snyder, Patricia; Kinder, Kiersten; Artman, Kathleen – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2011
We examined the effects of a professional development intervention that included data-based performance feedback delivered via electronic mail (e-mail) on preschool teachers' use of descriptive praise and whether increased use of descriptive praise was associated with changes in classroom-wide measures of child engagement and challenging behavior.…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Faculty Development, Intervention
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Maloney, Carmel; Konza, Deslea – Issues in Educational Research, 2011
This paper describes a school's participation in a project designed to support critical reflection of teachers' beliefs about best practice in early childhood education, and how these beliefs and practices intersected with shifting policies and trends in the broader early childhood field. The "Professional Learning" Project (PL project),…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Cooperation, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs
Joseph, Gail E.; Sandall, Susan R.; Schwartz, Ilene S. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2010
An essential teaching companion for instructors of pre-K educators, this convenient CD-ROM is a vivid blueprint for effective inclusive education using the popular "Building Blocks" approach. Following the structure of the bestselling textbook, this comprehensive guide helps teacher educators provide effective instruction on the three types of…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Textbooks, Group Activities, Faculty Development