Robert Pianta
Batten Bicentennial Professor of Early Childhood Education, and Founding Director of the Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning, University of Virginia, USAAbout the author:
My research interests include the study of teacher-student interactions and relationships and their impact on student learning. I’m particularly interested in identifying experiences in teacher preparation that optimize the benefits of interactions.
What I want to achieve:
I hope that my research and policy work will help strengthen the early educator workforce in areas that seem core to the value of early childhood education – the connections formed between teachers and children. I believe that technically sound and practically relevant tools are in short supply and can make a real difference in defining and strengthening the features of quality that matter.