Math and Science for Young Children

About Rebecca HowardRosalind Charlesworth

Rosalind Charlesworth Ph.D. was professor emerita and retired department chair in the Department of Child and Family Studies at Weber State University in Ogden Utah. Dr. Charlesworths career in early childhood education included experiences with both typical and non-typical young children in laboratory schools public schools and day care centers plus research in social and cognitive development and behavior. Throughout her career she was known for her contributions to research on early childhood teachers' beliefs and practices. Rebecca Howard Ph.D. is an early childhood consultant professional development trainer and university instructor. She holds an interdisciplinary doctorate in educational leadership and an Master of Arts in theater. Dr. Howard is a member of Phi Kappa Phi and is a faculty member at Miami University in Oxford Ohio where she has held a variety of teaching and advising positions since 2000 in the areas of teacher education educational leadership interdisciplinary studies and theater. She founded the Oxford Early Childhood Center in 1986 and she was owner/administrator and lead teacher until the program closed in 2014. While operating OECC she created the OECC Integrated Curriculum which was grounded in creativity and culturally responsive practice as foundational pedagogical components of a comprehensive approach to development across domains. She has presented at numerous professional conferences provided extensive professional development trainings over a wide range of topics published articles for Childhood Education and Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism and authored a chapter on dramatic play and gender performance in the book Children Under Construction: Play as Curriculum (2010).