我们的使命
The mission of the Early Childhood program within the 教学系 and 学习 at bet8体育娱乐入口 is to prepare early 童年 professionals with the knowledge, 技能, and dispositions needed to support the work of young children and their families within a variety of 学习 environments. The faculty share a commitment to two broad views that unite graduate study across degree programs: (1) a focus on an image of the child that reflects the multiplicities of children and 童年 that positions them as rich, 主管, and complex social actors (2) a democratic approach towards early 童年 that attends to socially-just educative practices that recognize the many modalities by which children learn, 表达, 和交流.
本科 and Master's degree students develop understandings of 学习, 教学, and the role of research in promoting a vision of early 童年 education that is deep, 严格的, 和所有孩子都息息相关. Doctoral students become qualified as researchers and teacher educators to work within institutions of higher education, 非营利组织的设置, or other academic environments to further understandings of the child, 童年, and the complex phenomena that impact the lived realities of children's experiences.
我们的承诺, to both research and practice, supports the agency of children through a focus on emerging scholarship, 方法, and approaches that maintain a critical negotiation of traditional and re-conceptualized approaches to early 童年 development, 护理, and education and the perspective that a professional 护理er in early 童年 is both an intellectual and ethical pursuit.
核心能力
安吉拉Eckhoff
副教授
安吉拉Eckhoff is an 副教授 of 教学 and 学习 and director of the Virginia Early Childhood Policy Center at bet8体育娱乐入口 in Virginia. She holds a dual PhD from the University of Colorado -Boulder in Educational Psychology and Cognitive Science. She is a coeditor of the Growing in STEM column for 年幼的孩子 and the Full STEAM Ahead column for 教育幼儿 from the National Association for the Education of 年幼的孩子. Dr. Eckhoff researches informal 学习 environments for children and families, the role of creativity in child development and 学习, as well as arts-based early 童年 pedagogical practices.
Seongryeong余
助理教授
Dr. Seongryeong余 is an assistant professor of 教学 and 学习 in the Early Childhood and 小学 Education. 她获得了博士学位.D. in 课程 and 指令 with a dual major in Comparative and 国际 Education from Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Yu's research focuses on investigating the diverse language-literacy practices of young children in various cultural and geographic contexts, emphasizing their meaning-making, 学习, 以及归属感. Her work explores how children negotiate identities, 塑造语言库, and develop a fluid sense of self through their literacy practices, contributing crucial insights to build an inclusive classroom environment.
米歇尔·阿诺德
讲师
米歇尔·阿诺德 is an avid learner and educator, serving as a lecturer of elementary 方法 at bet8体育娱乐入口. Dr. Arnold also works with the elementary education (preK-6) master's program with initial licensure. She holds a PhD and master's degree from bet8体育娱乐入口 and a bachelor's degree from the College of William and Mary. Dr. Arnold is interested in pedagogy that generates interest and engagement among students and the ways diversity influences student interest and engagement. 目前, her research and service center around home literacy practices and creating access to literacy-rich experiences. Prior to joining academia at bet8体育娱乐入口, Dr. Arnold was a classroom teacher, 指导教练, and reading specialist serving Title I schools in Virginia.