SCSDFacultyandStudentPaper GetsPublishedintheEarly ChildhoodEducationJournal

SCSD Assistant Professor Dr. Mollie Romano along with students Diana Abarca and Katherine Perez recently had their research published in the Early Childhood Education Journal. The publication, "The BabyTok Project: Examining the Feasibility and Acceptability of a LightTouch Social Media Project for Infant–Toddler Teachers", describes the use of a social media project for infant-toddler teachers that used TikTok to share information about early language development and how teachers can support it with the babies in their rooms Student authors Perez and Abarca played an instrumental role in the research for this project Perez led the initial data coding and conducted literature reviews on the use of TikTok for educational purposes Abarca conducted the integration of findings across the quantitative post-test survey and the post-interviews Other Master’s students were part of the development team for the videos including graduates Megan Cabana, Grayce Hoskins, Tyra Ivy and Anna Libbey