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Research
National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education
Investigator: Margaret Burchinal (with PI Robert Pianta, University of Virginia; Donna Bryant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Carollee Howes, University of California, Los Angeles; Karen La Paro and Catherine Scott-Little, University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
Funding: Institute of Education Sciences
The mission of the National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education (NCRECE) is to conduct research, disseminate research findings, and conduct leadership activities aimed at improving the quality of early childhood education across the United States. The center’s major activities include:
- Leadership – Providing leadership in field of early childhood education through:
- Capacity-building partnerships with regional and state higher education institutions that focus on research and teacher professional development
- Annual national leadership conferences, a working paper series, and book series focused on key topics in the field
- Interdisciplinary partnerships with research organizations and investigators aimed at linking early childhood education and the basic sciences
- Research – A randomized, controlled evaluation of the effects of two forms of support for teachers. The supports to teachers will improve the implementation of curricula and interaction with children, as well as promote gains in children's social and academic development. These approaches will focus in particular on promoting language and literacy skills, domains of child development that operate as gatekeepers to later achievement. This unique study will be conducted in partnership with two- and four-year college programs that train early childhood educators, and training programs for early childhood educators in city school systems.
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