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Preparing Early Childhood Educators to Work in Diverse Urban Settings by Diane Horn - 2003This article focuses on the challenges confronted by early childhood educators as they seek to offer developmentally effective programs and services for all children, especially those who live in urban settings characterized by cultural diversity. To meet the challenges, the programs that prepare these educators must take account of important research findings (e.g., children under age 6 are more likely to be poor than any other age group of Americans). These programs also need to develop practical strategies to ensure that teachers are prepared to work with children from a range of cultural backgrounds (e.g., infuse interdisciplinary perspectives with a focus on cultural diversity throughout professional preparation programs).To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Diane Horn
University of Rhode Island
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DIANE M. HORM is currently associate dean of the College of Human
Science and Services and professor of human development and family
studies at the University of Rhode Island. She specializes in child development and early childhood education and serves as the director of
the University of Rhode Island’s two Child Development Centers, the lab
schools, which fulfill teaching, research, and service/outreach missions for
the campus and region. Her scholarly work is in three areas: evaluation of
programs that serve young children and their families, assessment of young
children, and professional development of the early childhood workforce.
She was selected to be a Visiting Scholar by the U. S. Department of
Education’s Office of Educational Research and Improvement for 1998–
1999. As a Visiting Scholar, she worked in the National Institute on Early
Childhood Development and Education and coedited New Teachers for a New
Century: The Future of Early Childhood Professional Preparation.
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