{"pk":36008,"title":"\"Beyond Professional Development: Factors Influencing Early Childhood Educators’ Beliefs and Practices\nWorking With Dual Language Learners\"","subtitle":null,"abstract":"The National Association for the Education of Young Children\nand Head Start have clearly articulated their position on the provision of high-quality instruction for the 4 million dual language\nlearners (DLLs) enrolled in early childhood (EC) programs nationwide. Professional development (PD) provides a way for educators to increase their knowledge and skills; however, teacher\npractices in the classroom are strongly influenced by implicit beliefs about how children learn. This study examined the influence\nof 6 PD sessions related to high-quality instruction for DLLs and\nexamined other influential factors related to beliefs and practices.\nParticipants were 98 early childhood educators serving 3- and\n4-year-old DLLs in an urban area in the Southwest US. Quantitative findings indicate educators’ beliefs and practices shifted\nafter PD. Qualitative findings suggest that educators’ empathy, expectations, and external factors also influenced their beliefs and\npractices. Implications for PD and program design are discussed.","language":"eng","license":null,"keywords":[],"section":"Theme Section - Feature Articles","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/46h7515x","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Tracy","middle_name":"Griffin","last_name":"Spies","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Nevada, Las Vegas","department":""},{"first_name":"Catherine","middle_name":"","last_name":"Lyons","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Nevada, Las Vegas","department":""},{"first_name":"Margarita","middle_name":"","last_name":"Huerta","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Nevada, Las Vegas","department":""},{"first_name":"Tiberio","middle_name":"","last_name":"Garza","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Nevada, Las Vegas","department":""},{"first_name":"Cristina","middle_name":"","last_name":"Reding","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Nevada, Las Vegas","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2017-01-01T13:00:00-05:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/catesoljournal/article/36008/galley/26860/download/"}]}