Drs. Dawnita Gallo, Erin Gillett, and Sungok Reina Park recently visited Early Childhood Education students at the MState Detroit Lakes campus. The Early Childhood program director, Sue Teneyck-Stafki, invited us in order to promote the Transfer Pathway opportunity between the programs. We visited with students, answered their questions, and promoted the opportunity to complete their four-year Early Childhood Education degree […]
Dr. Erin Gillett, Professor of Early Childhood Education in the School of Teaching and Learning, contributed to a recent article on InForum. In the piece, about summer and COVID-related learning losses, Dr. Gillett offered several ideas for parents and caregivers to combat “summer slide.” Read the Article
Drs. Erin Gillett and Layna Cole, Early Childhood Education, were invited to contribute to an online article published by WalletHub: 2018’s Best Places to Live in Minnesota for Families. They responded to the following questions: What are some tips for young families looking for quality public schools and affordable housing in Minnesota? How can local officials in Minnesota make their […]
Dr. Erin Gillett, professor, School of Teaching and Learning, had an entry published in the SAGE Encyclopedia of Contemporary Early Childhood Education. The piece, “Early Literacy Development,” describes the relationship between children’s language development their burgeoning literacy development. It also identifies several experiences parents, caregivers and teachers can provide to promote early literacy development in children from birth to age […]
Dr. Erin Gillett, STL, presented a research poster at the Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Conference. The poster, A Thematic Analysis of Teacher Candidate Journals within a South African Preparatory School Case Study, outlined the initial results of an ongoing research project with colleagues Boyd Bradbury and Ximena Suarez-Sousa.