New perspectives in early childhood teacher education :  bringing practitioners into the debate / 
a project of the National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators ; edited by Stacie G. Goffin, David E. Day. 
 - viii, 232 pages ;  24 cm. 
 - Early childhood education series. .
 - Early childhood education series (Teachers College Press). .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Acknowledgments --  Introduction: Early Childhood Teacher Education in Context --  Facilitating the Distinctive Role of Infant and Toddler Teachers --  Defining Competence as Readiness to Learn --  Preparing Early Childhood Educators for Constructivist Teaching --  "You Might as Well Go on Home" --  The Competence of Entry-Level Early Childhood Teachers: Teachers as Learners --  New, with Something More to Learn: Comments on the Skills Necessary for Entry into an Early Childhood Classroom as a Competent Teacher --  Listening to Teachers to Improve the Profession --  Moving Beyond an Initial Level of Competence as an Infant Teacher --  Preparing Early Childhood Teachers for Careers in Learning --  Deepening Teacher Competence Through Skills of Observation --  Preserving Commitment to Teaching and Learning --  Developmental Stages in the Lives of Early Childhood Educators --  Knowledge of Child Development and the Competence of Developing Teachers --  Reflections on the Growth and Development of Teachers in Early Childhood Education --  Preparing Tomorrow's Inventors --  The Value of Developmentally Appropriate Practice for All Children --  Viewed Through a Prism: The Multifaceted Enterprise of Early Childhood in Higher Education --  Accomplishing My Work as a Teacher Educator: Hopes, Practices, Supports, and Constraints --  Early Childhood Teacher Educators in the Context of Professional Change --  Reflections of an Early Childhood Teacher Educator In-the-Making --  "Women's Work" --  Thoughts on Educating Teachers --  Moving Toward a Vision of Early Childhood Education --  Epilogue: Generating New Perspectives in Early Childhood Teacher Education --  Index --  About the Editors and Contributors. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0807733814 9780807733813 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>94020991 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Early childhood teachers--Training of--United States<br/>Early childhood education--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LB1732.3.  / N48 1994 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>370.71