On a Joyful Note: The Practice of Attending to Joy for Educator Wellbeing

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Experiencing joy as an early childhood teacher or educator

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Do early childhood educators experience joy in their work with young children? Is early childhood education a joyful profession or is joy all but lost?

These questions have guided a recent study and the findings are reported here.

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