Enhancing the Landscape of Early Learning Training Environments

Author(s):  
Crystal Loose

This chapter will detail the necessity of professional learning for instructors in early learning environments. Training methods will be addressed with emphasis placed on the utilization of technology as a tool for training and the education of young children. An often-overlooked ingredient, the audience found within training environments, will also be discussed. The degree of educational experience and generational impacts will be considered as a key piece of successful collaboration. Finally, preservice teacher education will be addressed pertaining to the impact on future classroom success.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew James Hirshberg ◽  
Lisa Flook ◽  
Richard J Davidson

Early career attrition from teaching disrupts school continuity, precludes many of those who leave the profession from achieving expertise, and drains limited economic resources from educational systems. Because low resource schools experience higher levels of teacher attrition, the phenomenon also contributes to inequitable educational opportunities for socioeconomically disadvantaged students. Although reducing premature attrition is an important policy objective, rates of teacher attrition have remained elevated and stable for at least the last two decades. In a cluster randomized controlled trial design (N=98), we examined the impact of a nine-week meditation-based intervention (MBI) that was integrated into undergraduate preservice teacher education on persistence in the teaching profession three-years later. Participants assigned to the MBI were six times more likely to still be teaching three-years into their career (Odds Ratio=6.05, 95% CI[1.83, 25.37], p=.002). Benefit-cost analysis indicated that integrating a MBI into preservice teacher education incurs minimal costs on the teacher education program but yields substantial predicted savings to educational systems with $2.6 return on every dollar invested. Implications for teacher education and teacher learning are discussed.


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