[HTML][HTML] Do teachers' years of experience make a difference in the quality of teaching?

LJ Graham, SLJ White, K Cologon, RC Pianta - Teaching and teacher …, 2020 - Elsevier
Extensive reforms have been made to initial teacher education (ITE) to improve “teacher
quality” without any evidence to support the claim that beginning teachers are less …

The effects of language-and literacy-focused professional development on early educators and children: A best-evidence meta-analysis

J Markussen-Brown, CB Juhl, SB Piasta… - Early childhood …, 2017 - Elsevier
Professional development (PD) is increasingly used to improve early childhood educators'
skills and knowledge in providing quality language and emergent literacy environments for …

Guidelines for selecting professional development for early childhood teachers

RE Schachter, HK Gerde, H Hatton-Bowers - Early childhood education …, 2019 - Springer
Engaging teachers of young children in effective in-service professional development is a
critical component of establishing high quality early childhood education. However, not all …

Eliciting and responding to young children's talk: A systematic review of educators' interactional strategies that promote rich conversations with children aged 2–5 …

S Houen, K Thorpe, D van Os, E Westwood… - Educational Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
Interactions with adults early in life can enhance or inhibit children's learning and wellbeing
(Fox et al., 2010; OECD, 2020; Romeo et al., 2018). High-quality adult-child interactions …

Early childhood educators' knowledge about language and literacy: Associations with practice and children's learning

SB Piasta, S Park, KS Farley, LM Justice… - Dyslexia, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Educators' language and literacy knowledge is considered important for informing
classroom practices and thereby supporting children's early language and literacy …

Mapping the literature to identify early childhood coaches' backgrounds and training

RE Schachter, MJ Goldberg, J Lu… - Early Education and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Coaching is a key lever for supporting professional learning in early childhood, and coaches
serve a critical role in the coaching process. However, little is known about coaches …

Early childhood teachers' dispositions, knowledge, and skills related to diversity, inclusion, equity, and justice

SN Lang, E Tebben, SW Luckey, KM Hurns… - Early Childhood …, 2024 - Elsevier
All children deserve quality early care and education (ECE) experiences that value them
and lay a foundation for positive life trajectories. Unfortunately, many minoritized children in …

Effectiveness of large-scale, state-sponsored language and literacy professional development on early childhood educator outcomes

SB Piasta, LM Justice, AA O'Connell… - Journal of Research …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The current study investigated the effectiveness of large-scale, state-sponsored language
and literacy professional development (PD) intended to improve early childhood educators' …

At-scale, state-sponsored language and literacy professional development: Impacts on early childhood classroom practices and children's outcomes.

SB Piasta, KS Farley, SA Mauck… - Journal of …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Professional development (PD) is a potentially important mechanism for enhancing
classroom practices and children's learning. In this large-scale randomized controlled trial …

Preschool teachers' language-related pedagogical beliefs and their relation to observed classroom quality

N Wieduwilt, S Lehrl, Y Anders - Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2023 - Elsevier
This study examines the pedagogical beliefs of 205 German preschool teachers regarding
language education and the correlation between these beliefs and observed classroom …