Resistance, Reproduction, Both, or Neither: Exploring the Influence of Early Childhood Professional Development Specialists on the Field of Early Childhood

Autor: Rebecca E. Gomez
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: NHSA Dialog. 15:81-94
ISSN: 1930-9325
1524-0754
DOI: 10.1080/15240754.2011.636487
Popis: This article details the findings from a qualitative study that explored the ways individuals who work with early childhood education (ECE) practitioners in professional development settings influenced those practitioners’ understandings of early childhood policy and early childhood systems. Defined as individuals who work in the professional development and early childhood policy, the professional development specialists in this study influenced ECE practitioners in ways that caused a shift in their thinking about ECE policy as well as their conceptualization of ECE systems.
Databáze: OpenAIRE