VPK's Influence on Veteran Preschool Teachers' Teaching Practices

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Laura Monsalvatge

Location

2077

Format Type

Paper

Start Date

January 2015

End Date

January 2015

Abstract

This qualitative study explored how three veteran preschool teachers' daily teaching practices were influenced by the adoption of Florida Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) program and the VPK assessment. Through semi-structured, one-to-one interviews, each teacher told her story of teaching before and after VPK. The findings revealed these veteran teachers continued to embrace developmentally-appropriate practices and refused to teach to a test. They also held to their beliefs that building children's social and emotional skills took precedence over teaching academic skills.

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VPK's Influence on Veteran Preschool Teachers' Teaching Practices

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This qualitative study explored how three veteran preschool teachers' daily teaching practices were influenced by the adoption of Florida Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) program and the VPK assessment. Through semi-structured, one-to-one interviews, each teacher told her story of teaching before and after VPK. The findings revealed these veteran teachers continued to embrace developmentally-appropriate practices and refused to teach to a test. They also held to their beliefs that building children's social and emotional skills took precedence over teaching academic skills.