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"Community engagement is increasingly becoming an integral part of research. "Community-engaged research" (CEnR) introduces new stakeholders as well as unique challenges to the protection of participants and the integrity of the research process. We-a group of representatives of CTSA-funded institutions and others who share expertise in research ethics and CEnR-have identified gaps in the literature regarding (1) ethical issues unique to CEnR; (2) the particular instructional needs of academic investigators, community research partners, and IRB members; and (3) best practices for teaching research ethics. This paper presents what we know, as well as what we still need to learn, in order to develop quality research ethics educational materials tailored to the full range of stakeholder groups in CEnR."

Museum learning across 4 programs for 4 to 7 year olds--interviews to assess saliency of learning experiences which is an aspect of comparative interest for my CEnR...what's the value added to preschool and museum learning experiences from the museum-based preschool program?

A model to follow in thinking about our program evaluation and research for the museum-based preschool program. This article outlines a series of planned studies, emergent results to date, and highlights collaborative nature of the work. Need to look for follow up publications that provide specific results, conclusions, recommendations.

The draft revisions to the Belmont Report and to the Code of Federal Regulations compiled by CCPH and published fall 2015

Great resource for identifying measures to use within program evaluation in preschool--includes a table of assessment tools, their purposes, target age groups, and target areas

Focus on parent-child interactions, and informal learning intervention to strengthen children's number understanding (link between museum-based learning to informal learning)

A joint position statement from leading professional orgs in Early Childhood--includes trends and issues as valuable background info, plus recommendations, plus FAQs about program evaluation.

This checklist by the Harvard Center on the Developing Child would have been a really great tool as we were developing our preschool evaluation plan with CMoR/YWCA--still will be a good tool to evaluate the quality of our plan at this point.

Trusted source in early childhood (Zero to Three), useful checklists and terminology for identifying and refining evaluation project.

Introducing The Sprout School!

Discussion of how mixed-income housing can relieve concentrated poverty through community-based participation to understand the needs and perspectives of low-income families.

"If we want faculty to be involved in communities but reward them for other activities, we are our own worst enemies" [7]."

"Yet while faculty members want to (and should) be recognized and rewarded for their efforts, many express frustration that promotion and tenure systems have not caught up with institutional priorities, changes in the dynamic nature of scholarship, or the aspirations of the emerging guard of academic citizens.2"