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The Professional Identities Of Child And Youth Program Assistants (Cypas) At A Military Installation, Katherine Susan Clark
The Professional Identities Of Child And Youth Program Assistants (Cypas) At A Military Installation, Katherine Susan Clark
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This six-month long phenomenological case study seeks to add to the body of literature regarding the impact of learning on the construction of professional identities for early childhood care and education professionals by drawing on sociocultural theories of learning and identities. Specifically, this study explores how nine Child and Youth Program Assistants' (CYPAs) professional identities construction was impacted by their personal and professional learning experiences. The study was conducted in the Southwestern region of the U.S. at Quartz CDC (QCDC) located on Ft. Gem Military Installation where the CYPAs were employed as early childhood professionals.
The analysis of multiple data …