Research

TEDCC is proud to help add new knowledge to the fields of child development and early education. The research that happens in our classrooms, conducted by faculty, students and teachers, enlivens our thinking, fuels our discourse and helps to shape our curriculum.

In conjunction with the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development in Tufts' School of Arts and Sciences, TEDCC functions as a laboratory school for students and faculty where current theory and practice in early childhood education is applied.  Both undergraduate and graduate students schedule daily appointments to observe interactions in the classroom. In addition to this, faculty members have the opportunity to do research at the Center. After completing a research request form and obtaining consent from the families of the children at the Center, faculty members and students are able to begin their research projects.  Observations for students and faculty >