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- Title: Moving Toward a More Robust Research Agenda: A Response to Hyson Et Al
- Author : Early Childhood Research & Practice
- Release Date : January 22, 2009
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,Nonfiction,Family & Relationships,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 56 KB
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In both the early care and education and K-12 worlds, teacher preparation and education are highly politicized issues as diverse stakeholders grapple with the decline in the quality of the U.S. educational system. In K-12 education, there is a great deal of ongoing controversy about the merits of certification, the value of college and university schools of education, the best ways to measure teacher effectiveness, and how to guide new teachers through the critical first five years of service. In early care and education, whether to require a college degree at all (and if so, which one) vs. whether other forms of professional development are sufficient continues to be a source of lively debate (Bogard, Traylor, & Takanishi, 2008; Early et al., 2008). Many are looking to research for answers, but in both K-12 and early care and education, research models and approaches are not necessarily designed to answer today's questions. Both fields are in urgent need of more complex, comprehensive, and rigorous research to identify the optimal content and structure of teacher education programs, teaching work environments, and ongoing teacher support.