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Simpson, Donald; Loughran, Sandra; Lumsden, Eunice; Mazzocco, Philip; Clark, Rory McDowall; Winterbottom, Christian – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2017
Living in poverty disadvantages young children reducing school readiness. "Pedagogy of listening" can potentially support resilience remediating against poverty's negative effects. Little, though, is known about how early childhood education and care (ECEC) practitioners work with children in poverty and the attainment gap between such…
Descriptors: Young Children, Poverty, School Readiness, Disadvantaged Youth
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Tabernik, Anna Maria; Williams, Paul R. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2010
"When compared with high-achieving countries around the world, the U.S. appears to be significantly behind in providing certain kinds of professional learning opportunities" (Wei, Darling-Hammond, Andree, Richardson, & Orphanos, 2009, p. 39). The present study was designed to investigate the relationship between sustained, targeted…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Science Achievement, Faculty Development, Low Achievement