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 July 2007:Early Childhood Educators as Learners: Engaging Approaches for Professional Development. In this issue of Beyond the Journal (BTJ), you will find articles and resources on a wide range of professional development and early childhood topics, including two articles published exclusively online: one highlights using videos with teacher education students and another focuses on prekindergarten professional development.

In this issue of Beyond the Journal, readers will see the following graphic in the lower left corner of the opening page of articles in PDF format:

The numbers indicate which of the 10 NAEYC Early Childhood Program Standards are addressed through the content of the article. This notation identifies information relevant to early childhood educators who are engaged in program quality improvement and/or seeking NAEYC Accreditation. For an introduction to the NAEYC Early Childhood Program Standards and Accreditation Criteria online, go to www.naeyc.org/academy/web_ready/IntroNewCriteria.asp.

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Early Childhood Educators as Learners

BTJ exclusives!

Analyzing Videos to Learn to Think Like an Expert Teacher—Early Childhood Mathematics Education Graduate Courses/Joon Sun Lee, Herbert P. Ginsburg, and Michael D. Preston
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Prekindergarten Academies—A Snapshot of Teachers Engaged in Professional Development/Courtney Crim, Nicole Andrews, Jacqueline Hawkins, Jenifer Thornton, and Juanita Copley
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From the July issue of Young Children

Inclusion and Disability Awareness Training for Educators in the Kids Like You, Kids Like Me Program/Julie Mickel and Jayne Griffin (expanded version)
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Early Childhood Educators as eLearners: Engaging Approaches to Teaching and Learning Online/Chip Donahue, Selena Fox, and Debra Torrence
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Resources for Early Childhood Educators as Learners
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Voices of Practitioners: Teacher Research in Early Childhood Education.   Read the newest 2007 VOICES! A first grade teacher and her university-based collaborator make interesting discoveries about their children’s writing development and, in the process, about their relationships with the children.  Photo: © Ellen B. Senisi

Additional features

First Grade Study Groups Deepen Math Learning/ Marie W. Sloane (expanded version)
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Augmentative and Alternative Communication in the Early Childhood Years/Mary Frances Hanline, Débora Nuñes, and M. Brandy Worthy
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The Reading Chair/Isabel Baker and Miriam Baker Schiffer
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Of Primary Interest. Centering Your Classroom: Setting the Stage for Engaged Learners/Gayle M. Stuber
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New Books/Gail Perry
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