Supporting Future Teachers in Providing Care for Young Children with Challenging Behaviors

1 online resource (50 pages) : PDF

2019

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Challenging behaviors exhibited by students can disrupt the schedule of daily learning. The purpose of this study was to gather the perceptions of early childhood education pre-service teachers on their levels of preparedness to work with children exhibiting challenging behaviors. Information was also gathered on what types of hands-on learning experiences they had in their teacher preparation programs that contributed to these levels of preparedness. Twenty-one pre-service teachers in the final semester of their undergraduate early childhood education licensure program participated in a survey either online or via a hard copy version of the survey to complete during a student teaching seminar at their university. The findings from this study were inconclusive and suggest that further research is necessary to evaluate the preparedness levels of pre-service teachers regarding children’s challenging behaviors. Limitations as well as recommendations for future research are discussed.

masters theses

Special education
Education
Early childhood education

M.Ed.

Birth-Kindergarten
Challenging Behaviors
Child Development
Early Childhood
Pre-Service Teacher
Teacher Training

Child & Family Studies

Anderson, Kelly

McCorkle, Laura
Rebich, Susan

Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2019.

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