Completed BBCSS Projects: Committee on Early Childhood Pedagogy

Synthesize the research on early childhood pedagogy from the relevant scholarship in child development and education. The synthesis will highlight the key areas where progress has been made in early childhood pedagogy, as well as the areas where knowledge is uncertain.
Review and synthesize theory, research, and applications in the social and behavioral sciences such as anthropology, linguistics, psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and sociology, which contribute to our understanding of early childhood pedagogy.
Review research concerning special populations such as children living in poverty, children with limited English proficiency, children with disabilities in order to highlight early childhood education practices which are effective in enhancing the development of these children.
Produce a coherent distillation of the knowledge base, and develop its implications for pedagogy, the training of teachers and child care professionals, and practice in early childhood education programs.
Draw out major policy implications of the research findings.
Prepare a research agenda to guide the Department of Education in developing program directions and funding priorities.
Develop a strategy for engaging the support and enhancing the knowledge of those who will teach, develop curricula for, and provide the organizational structure for the education of young children.