VPK's Influence on Veteran Preschool Teachers' Teaching Practices
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.
VPK's Influence on Veteran Preschool Teachers' Teaching Practices
2077
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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