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EJ611831 PS530783
Title: Teachers' Beliefs: The "Whys" behind the "How Tos" in Child Care Classrooms.Author(s): Cassidy, Deborah J.; Lawrence, Jennifer M.
Source: Journal of Research in Childhood Education, v14 n2 p193-204 Spr-Sum 2000
Publication Date: 2000
ISSN: 0256-8543
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJFEB2001
Examined 12
child caregivers' ability to articulate their beliefs concerning
teacher practice, and personal and professional influences related
to those beliefs. Found that 33 percent of teachers' rationales
focused on children's socio-emotional development, 10 percent on
cognitive development, and 6 percent on language development. Teachers
with 4-year degrees provided twice as many cognitively-focused rationales
as teachers with less education. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: *Beliefs; *Caregiver Attitudes; Caregiver Child
Relationship; *Child Caregivers; Comparative Analysis; *Day Care;
Early Childhood Education; *Influences; Interviews; Preschool Teachers;
Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Qualifications; Teacher Student Relationship
