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Episode 59: Preparing Preservice Teachers (with Kelli Barker)

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In this episode, I’m talking to someone I’ve wanted to share with you for a long time.  One of my best friends from grad school, Kelli Barker.  She’s now the director of the Adelle and Dale Young Child Development Lab at Utah State University. She’s sharing what a lab school is as well as what she’s learned about helping college students and preservice teachers understand human development and apply that to their personal and professional lives. 

This is a bit of a longer episode, but I think it’s actually one of the shorter conversations we’ve had with each other.  I think you’re going to love Kelli’s insight on preparing young professionals and on applying human development principles to life.

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Notes from the Show:

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Learn more about Kelli, Utah State University (Go, Aggies), and the Dale & Adelle Young Child Development Lab.

I reference Fred Rogers as I mention working on a project. You can read about presentation I later made at the Fred Rogers Institute, where I included Kelli’s comments, here.


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In early education, there is too much distance between what we know and what we do. I bridge the gaps that exist between academia, decision-makers, educators, and parents so that together, we can improve the quality of early education while also respecting and protecting the childhood experience.

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