Preface
Section I: Broadening Awareness, Transforming Beliefs, and Developing Community
Chapter 1: Activity Plan Simulations: Preservice Teachers Developing Skills to Interact with Exceptional Early Childhood Children in Inclusive Settings
Leslie Craigo
Chapter 2: Creating Voice: Using Mock Interviews and a Parent Panel to Establish Communicative Skills in Preservice Teachers
Christopher Meidl
Chapter 3: Making Tacit Cultural Beliefs Visible in Early Childhood Teacher Education: Facilitating Video-Cued Discussions with Teacher Candidates
MinSoo Kim-Bossard
Chapter 4: Interrupted: Immigrant Family Stories Re-inform Perspectives on Family Partnerships
Rebecca J. Pruitt
Chapter 5: Listening to Voices of Families and Communities
Julia Ann Williams
Chapter 6: A Pattern of Practice: The Fabric of a Playful, Active Learning Community
Laurel Byrne
Chapter 7: Professional Learning Communities from the Inside Out: Teacher Candidates’ Perceptions and Experiences
Jill A. Smith
Section II: Innovation in Curriculum & Instruction
Chapter 8: Hydroponic gardens as a learning tool with pre-service teachers
Louise Ammentorp
Chapter 9: Let’s have a Mathematical Conversation: Assessing Pre-service Teachers’ ability to do Mathematics
Alan Bates
Chapter 10: Connecting things in ECE teaching and learning: The ‘Six Objects Task’
Alyse Hachey
Chapter 11: Seeking to Create Tech-Savvy Teachers
Lisa Minicozzi
Chapter 12: Successful Strategies and Outcomes in an Online Undergraduate Educator Preparation Program: A Way to Diversify the Early Childhood Teaching Force
Billie Bromer
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Index