ERIC Number: EJ883289
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 31
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Fostering High-Quality Teaching with an Enriched Curriculum and Professional Development Support: The Head Start REDI Program
Domitrovich, Celene E.; Gest, Scott D.; Gill, Sukhdeep; Bierman, Karen L.; Welsh, Janet A.; Jones, Damon
American Educational Research Journal, v46 n2 p567-597 2009
This randomized controlled trial tested whether teaching quality in Head Start classrooms could be improved with the addition of evidence-based curriculum components targeting emergent language or literacy and social-emotional development and the provision of associated professional development support. Participants were lead and assistant teachers in 44 Head Start classrooms. Teachers received 4 days of workshop training along with weekly in-class support from a mentor teacher. End-of-year observations indicated that compared with the control group, intervention teachers talked with children more frequently and in more cognitively complex ways, established a more positive classroom climate, and used more preventive behavior-management strategies. Results supported the conclusion that enriched curriculum components and professional development support can produce improvements in multiple domains of teaching quality. (Contains 5 tables.)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Mentors, Teacher Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Youth, Classroom Environment, Faculty Development, Emotional Development, Early Intervention, Emergent Literacy, Language Acquisition, Social Development, Teacher Improvement, Workshops, Observation, Comparative Analysis, Program Effectiveness, Teacher Student Relationship, Behavior Modification, Interaction, Skill Development
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania
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