Castle (education, Oklahoma State U.) provides guidance for conducting early childhood teacher research. She describes the unique characteristics of the field, the role of research in the professional development of early childhood teachers, how to generate research questions, research planning, the role of data and its interpretation, ways to share research findings, and research applications in teacher development. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Kathryn Castle is Professor and Chuck & Kim Watson Endowed Chair in Education in the School of Teaching and Curriculum Leadership at Oklahoma State University.