SIG-Early Education and Child Development

Christopher P. Brown, The University of Texas at Austin

Early Childhood Faculty Beliefs and Self-Efficacy on Preparing the Early Childhood Workforce to Work With Dual Language Learners - Giselle Emilia Navarro-Cruz, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona; Norma Leon, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona; Carolyne Crolotte, Early Edge California

Perceived Mismatches in How Preservice Teachers Were Expected to Teach and How They Were Taught - Christopher P. Brown, The University of Texas at Austin; David Patrick Barry, West Chester University; Da Hei Ku, The University of Texas at Austin; Kate Puckett, Eastern Oregon University

The Photographic Portrayal of Males in Early Childhood Textbooks - Mi-Hwa Park, Murray State University; Jessica Branch, Murray State University

Why Is Play So Difficult? Exploring Play Pedagogy in Early Childhood Teacher Education - Jolyn Blank, University of South Florida