ERIC Number: EJ1310269
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 20
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Transitioning from Primary-Grade Classrooms to Infant/Toddler Rooms: Early Childhood Preservice Teachers' Growth and Challenges
Jung, Jeesun; Recchia, Susan; Ottley, Jennifer
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, v42 n3 p245-264 2021
This qualitative study explores how a group of preservice teachers, all of whom had been well prepared to become primary-grade teachers, made a transition into infant/toddler group care settings. The authors used the teachers' daily journal entries, individual interview, document analysis (course syllabus, weekly planning sheets), and weekly team planning meetings as data sources. Findings revealed that the teachers initially struggled to work with the infants/toddlers and that their long-held notions of children, teaching, and learning were challenged. Yet, their daily work with the children over 15 weeks of practicum helped them deepen and broaden, and become more skillful and insightful of early childhood education, which the teachers found applicable to primary-grade teaching.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Infants, Toddlers, Preschool Education, Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Practicums, Teaching Skills, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Effectiveness, Experiential Learning, Age Differences, Teacher Competencies, Attitude Change, Observation, Interpersonal Relationship, Language Usage, Interpersonal Communication, Curriculum, Creative Activities, Teacher Role, Holistic Approach, Time Management, Classroom Techniques, Altruism, Caring
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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