Division K - Teaching and Teacher Education / Section 3: Focus on the Lives of Teachers (knowledge, thinking, dispositions, perspectives, ideology, reflective practice, and the moral dimensions of teaching)

Suzanne C. Carothers, New York University

Pre-Kindergarten Teachers’ School Readiness Beliefs, Classroom Practices, and Moderating Contextual Considerations - Cathy Yun, California State University - Fresno; Dale C. Farran, Vanderbilt University; Mark W. Lipsey, Vanderbilt University; Kerry Guess Hofer, Vanderbilt University; Carol Bilbrey, Vanderbilt University

Racial Incidents in the Classroom: A Qualitative Study on Preschool Teachers’ Perceptions and Intervention Strategies - Melinda Ramzel, Syracuse University; Robert P. Moreno, Syracuse University

Small Children, Big Conversations: Enacting Culture Circles in the Early Childhood Classroom - Mariana Souto-Manning, Teachers College, Columbia University; Dana Frantz Bentley, Buckingham, Browne, and Nichols School

The Evolution of Beliefs and Practices Around Issues of Race and Racism Among Early Childhood Education Majors/Graduates: A Longitudinal Study - Christy Tirrell-Corbin, University of Maryland - College Park; Meryl Yoches Barofsky, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; Jeanne Galbraith, SUNY - College at Cortland

Beatrice S. Fennimore, Indiana University of Pennsylvania