Bridging the Gap Between Theory, Research and Practice, Volume 12: The Role of child Development Laboratory Programs in Early Childhood Education (Advances ... (Advances in Early Education and Day Care)

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THE EARLY HISTORY OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY PROGRAMS......Page 15
The Case for Historical Perspectives......Page 16
The Influence of G. Stanley Hall......Page 17
Emerging Structures for Supporting Child Study......Page 18
Dewey, Progressive Education, and Child Study......Page 19
Medicine, Child Welfare and Child Study......Page 20
Lawrence K. Frank......Page 21
CHILD DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY PROGRAMS - STORIES OVER TIME......Page 23
Merrill-Palmer Institute......Page 24
University of California-Berkeley Institute of Human Development......Page 28
Yale Child Study Center......Page 31
HISTORY AS PROLOGUE - WHERE HAVE WE BEEN AND WHERE ARE WE GOING?......Page 33
REFERENCES......Page 34
THE CHILDREN'S CENTER'S SURVIVAL BRINKMANSHIP, PERSISTENCE AND CREATIVITY......Page 36
Setting the Stage......Page 38
The Public Outcry......Page 39
Making Sense of Unfolding Events......Page 41
An Historical Perspective......Page 42
Surviving When Winds of Change Sweep Campus......Page 44
ACT TWO - SURVIVAL IN THE SHORT TERM......Page 46
ACT THREE - SURVIVAL AND SUSTAINABILITY......Page 48
Moving from Concept to Reality......Page 49
Breaking Ground - Planning for the Future......Page 51
EPILOGUE - ADVICE TO COMRADES PREPARING FOR BATTLE......Page 52
REFERENCES......Page 53
THE DILEMMA OF LINKING THEORY AND RESEARCH WITH PRACTICE AND INNOVATION IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY PROGRAMS......Page 55
INTRODUCTION......Page 56
HISTORY OF THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM AND OVERVIEW OF THE SELF-STUDY......Page 58
Dissatisfaction Leading to the Self-Study......Page 59
Methods Used in the Self-Study......Page 61
Discontinuity between Student Coursework and Application......Page 62
Discontinuity Between Goals of the Academic Unit and Nursery School......Page 65
Discontinuity Between the Needs and Wants of Families and Services Provided......Page 66
Discontinuity Between Nursery School Curriculum, Best Practice, and Educational Innovation......Page 68
Summary......Page 70
RESTRUCTURING THE LABORATORY SCHOOL: STRUCTURAL CHANGES AND ARTICULATING THE MISSIONS......Page 71
Structural Changes......Page 72
Articulating the Lab School Missions......Page 73
Educating and Training Students......Page 74
Course Revisions......Page 75
Recognizing Contributions of Undergraduate Students......Page 77
Serve as a Site for Scientific Inquiry and Research......Page 78
Marketing the Research Program......Page 79
Centralized and Unobtrusive Data Collection......Page 80
Communicating the Research Mission......Page 81
Best Practice and Educational Innovation......Page 82
Defining the Curriculum......Page 83
Recognizing and Building on Present Innovations......Page 86
CONCLUSIONS......Page 88
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 89
REFERENCES......Page 90
AN INSIDE PERSPECTIVE OF PARADIGM SHIFTS IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY PROGRAMS: BRIDGING THEORY AND PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION......Page 92
A Brief History of the Virginia Tech Child Development Lab School......Page 93
The Need for Revitalization......Page 95
Re-examining our Goals, Strategies and Processes......Page 96
Philosophy and Curriculum......Page 97
Staffing Lab School Classrooms: Professional Teachers vs. Graduate Students......Page 99
Empowering Staff......Page 101
Promoting Teacher as Researcher......Page 103
Staff Re-configuration: Creating a Shared Leadership......Page 105
Parent Partnerships: Creating an Amiable School......Page 108
DEVELOPING A MODEL LAB SCHOOL PROGRAM: IMPLICATIONS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER EDUCATORS......Page 109
Staying Abreast of the Field and the University Agenda......Page 110
Teachers and Students as Partners......Page 111
Models for Teacher Preparation......Page 112
Models for Generating Knowledge......Page 113
REFERENCES......Page 114
INTRODUCTION......Page 115
HISTORY OF SCHOOL-AGE LABORATORY SCHOOLS......Page 116
THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL MOVEMENT......Page 118
NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOLS......Page 120
Historical Context......Page 121
Enrolling a Diverse Population of Children and Families......Page 123
Change Comes to the College of Education......Page 124
Inspirations for Collaboration and Inquiry......Page 125
BECOMING A LEARNING COMMUNITY......Page 127
Creating Organizational Structures to Support a Laboratory Learning Community......Page 128
Roles and Responsibilities......Page 129
Structures for Studying Together......Page 131
Changing the Way in which College Students are Assigned to the Lab School......Page 133
Story 1: Studio Day......Page 134
Story 2: Beginning the Year......Page 136
REFLECTING ON OUR PROGRESS......Page 137
ARE WE A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL?......Page 139
REFERENCES......Page 140
BRIDGING THE GAP THROUGH COMMUNITY COLLABORATION: AN EVOLVING ROLE FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY PROGRAMS......Page 142
What are University-Community Partnerships and Collaborations?......Page 143
How......Page 144
COLLABORATION: CONGRUENCE WITH THE LAB SCHOOL MISSION AND FUNCTIONS......Page 147
The University of Rhode Island Child Development Centers......Page 149
Statewide Professional Development Activities......Page 150
Collaboration with the Public School System......Page 153
Collaboration with the Rhode Island Department of Education: looseness -1 The Rhode Island Early Childhood Summer Institutes......Page 154
Collaborations with Local Public School System: Two Examples......Page 155
Collaboration with Community Groups......Page 157
FUTURE DIRECTIONS......Page 159
REFERENCES......Page 162
FUNDING DILEMMAS: TOWARD SUSTAINABLE AND CREATIVE FINANCING IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY PROGRAMS......Page 165
INTRODUCTION......Page 166
Research......Page 167
Teaching......Page 168
Service......Page 170
ONE LABORATORY SCHOOL'S STORY......Page 172
Critical Appraisal of Tuition Costs......Page 173
Staffing......Page 174
Development Drive......Page 177
FOLLOW-UP AND LESSONS LEARNED......Page 178
REFERENCES......Page 180
THE CHANGING PROFILE OF TEACHING, RESEARCH AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES IN LAB SCHOOL PROGRAMS......Page 181
INTRODUCTION......Page 182
Subjects......Page 185
Characteristics of CD Programs......Page 186
Responses to Open-Ended Questions......Page 188
DISCUSSION......Page 190
Administrative Oversight and Control......Page 193
Demands of Teachers From Lab-School Activity......Page 194
Physical Facilities......Page 195
Staffing Patterns and Turnover......Page 196
Sources of Revenue to Support Lab School Activities......Page 197
SUMMARY......Page 198
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