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McEvoy Lecture

September 13, 2007

Quality in Early Child Care & Education: It's All About Relationships

9:00am to 11:00am

Pohlad Hall at the Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis

This McEvoy lecture provided an overview of how and why relationships with adults are essential during early development, what long- and short-term implications there are for children when attachment and interaction is high versus low quality, and what implications there are for early childhood professional development programs and public policies given the essential role of adult interactions during early childhood.

Featured Speakers

Robert Pianta, Ph.D., is Dean of the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. His research focuses on investigating the effects of schooling on children's social and academic outcomes and on improving school and classroom experiences through teachers' professional development.

Byron Egeland, Ph.D., is the Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Development at the University of Minnesota. His research focuses on the areas of child maltreatment, the development of high risk children, developmental psychopathology, and intervention with high risk families.

Lecture Handouts

Egeland Handout

Full-screen slides (pdf file, color, 8 pages)

Pianta Handout

Full-screen slides (pdf file, color, 15 pages)

Six slides per page (pdf file, color, 3 pages)

Related Resources

McEvoy Memorial Page

Mary A. McEvoy Award for Public Engagement and Leadership

Early Childhood Policy Studies Program

Sponsored by:

H.B. Fuller Foundation
President's Initiative on Children, Youth, and Families
Center for Early Education and Development
College of Education and Human Development
University of Minnesota