Blanche Desjean-Perrotta, EdD, is associate dean for teacher education and professor of early childhood and elementary education in the Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA).
Dr. Desjean-Perrotta has experience as a teacher for 16 years in early childhood classrooms and also served as an elementary school principal. She received her doctorate in Teaching and Teacher Education in early childhood education at the University of Arizona. She researches effective teacher-education models and pursues a research agenda for environmental literacy in teacher education. Her collaborative research has helped to facilitate the inclusion of environmental education into the existing teacher education program.
Dr. Desjean-Perrotta has received the UTSA President's Distinguished Achievement Award in recognition of teaching excellence and twice has been given the Northside Independent School District Community Partnership of the Year Award for her collaborative work in the public schools.
Blanche Desjean-Perrotta lives in San Antonio, Texas.
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Teachers' Choice Award
"This book should be in every early childhood classroom and used as another 'teacher' with great ideas... I certainly see this as a wonderful must-have tool for early childhood educators and parents, too.
--Mary Myron, ETSU, University School
"I teach in a community where the parents are still pushing academics for preschool. This book enables me to make my class age appropriate in teaching the children what is important to them."
--Anne Waldruff, River Road Preschool
"There is a concise but thorough introduction about the importance of dramatic play that will be especially helpful to the novice teacher. The reader is reminded of the value of gender and cultural inclusiveness... A valuable addition to the early childhood library!"
--Dr. Patricia Kuby, Athens State University