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Recoges Lo Que Siembras: Examining The Relationship Between Family Engagement And School Readiness Skills For Latino Head Start Children, Johayra Bouza
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Family engagement has been found to be a protective factor for low-income children’s school readiness. However, few studies have examined the relationship between family engagement as a multidimensional construct and school readiness skills for Latino preschool children from low-income families. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between three dimensions of family engagement, children’s language skills assessed in both Spanish and English and teacher-reported approaches to learning skills. Participants included 301 Latino children from low-income families enrolled in the Miami-Dade County Head Start program. Family engagement was assessed using the Spanish form of the Family Involvement Questionnaire …
Preschool Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge For Science, Alexandra D. Alexander
Preschool Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge For Science, Alexandra D. Alexander
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Preschool teachers and their interactions with children are the most important aspect of classroom quality (Gunn, et al., 2013). Therefore, it is important to understand what factors contribute to successful early educators. Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) is a prime construct of interest that relates positively with child outcomes (Ball, 1988; Kanter & Konstantinopolous, 2010; McCray & Chen, 2012; Munck, 2007). Over the past decade, leaders in early educational research have identified science to be an “ideal domain for early childhood education” (Bowman, Donovan, & Burns, 2001, p. 209). However, there is currently no research examining the PCK for early science. …