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This article highlights the importance of nurturing preservice teachers as they develop the dispositions essential to establish empowering relationships with children’s families. The authors identify and describe several key dispositions necessary for working with families and offer suggestions for ways that these elements might be integrated into early childhood teacher preparation programs.
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Baum, A.C., Swick, K.J. Dispositions Toward Families and Family Involvement: Supporting Preservice Teacher Development. Early Childhood Educ J 35, 579–584 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-007-0229-9
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