This book intends to provide the reader with multiple examples of effective and innovative practices when teaching preservice or inservice teachers. Chapters will describe in-class activities and program level initiatives on a variety of important topics. The chapters are written by experts who have successfully implemented these practices.

Preface Section I: Broadening Awareness, Transforming Beliefs, and Developing Community Chapter 1: Activity Plan Simulations: Preservice Teachers Developing Skills to Interact with Exceptional Early Childhood Children in Inclusive Settings Leslie Craigo Chapter 2: Creating Voice: Using Mock Interviews and a Parent Panel to Establish Communicative Skills in Preservice Teachers Christopher Meidl Chapter 3: Making Tacit Cultural Beliefs Visible in Early Childhood Teacher Education: Facilitating Video-Cued Discussions with Teacher Candidates MinSoo Kim-Bossard Chapter 4: Interrupted: Immigrant Family Stories Re-inform Perspectives on Family Partnerships Rebecca J. Pruitt Chapter 5: Listening to Voices of Families and Communities Julia Ann Williams Chapter 6: A Pattern of Practice: The Fabric of a Playful, Active Learning Community Laurel Byrne Chapter 7: Professional Learning Communities from the Inside Out: Teacher Candidates’ Perceptions and Experiences Jill A. Smith Section II: Innovation in Curriculum & Instruction Chapter 8: Hydroponic gardens as a learning tool with pre-service teachers Louise Ammentorp Chapter 9: Let’s have a Mathematical Conversation: Assessing Pre-service Teachers’ ability to do Mathematics Alan Bates Chapter 10: Connecting things in ECE teaching and learning: The ‘Six Objects Task’ Alyse Hachey Chapter 11: Seeking to Create Tech-Savvy Teachers Lisa Minicozzi Chapter 12: Successful Strategies and Outcomes in an Online Undergraduate Educator Preparation Program: A Way to Diversify the Early Childhood Teaching Force Billie Bromer About the Editors About the Contributors Index