Nancy Freeman

Department of
Instruction and Teacher Education

Nancy Freeman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Early Childhood Education

Children's Center at USC and Child Development Research Center
University of South Carolina

Department of Instruction and Teacher Education

225 Child Development Research Center

1530 Wheat Street

Columbia, SC 20201

803-777-2470
803-777-0549 (fax)

Curriculum Vitae

nfreeman@sc.edu

Interests and Projects

The Children's Center at USC and the USC Child Development and Research Center (CDRC) were launched in September, 2003. The Center is designed to be a research and demonstration site serving USC students and the entire early childhood community.

President-Elect of the Executive Committee of the National Association of Early Childhood Teachers Educators.

Certified in Modules I – IV by WestEd, Program for Infant/Toddler Caregivers and a leader in the SC Infant/Toddler Faculty Development Initiative supported by the SC Department of Social Services to bring PITC train-the-trainer coursework to South Carolina.

Chair of the South Carolina Governor’s Advisory Committee for Child Regulation.

Selected Publications


Freeman, N. K. & Feeney, S.  The new face of early childhood education:  Who are we?  Where are we going?  Young Children,
61 (5), 10-16.

Ethics and the Early Childhood Educator: Using the NAEYC Code of Ethics

Available from NAEYC

Teaching the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct: An Activities Sourcebook

Available from NAEYC

November, 2004 Young Children: Thematic issue on the ethical dimensions of early childhood education.

http://www.journal.naeyc.org/btj/200411/

A Constructivist in the Lecture Hall? Helping Pre-service Teachers Claim their Voice Teacher Development,2,(2).

http://www.triangle.co.uk/tde/

Look to the East to Gain a New Perspective: Understand Cultural Differences, Appreciate Cultural Diversity

http://www.pbs.org/kcts/preciouschildren/earlyed/read_east.html

Ethics and the Center Director - What Should a Good Director Do? Child Care Information Exchange

http://mail.ccie.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=5013922&search=ethics&category=all

Early Childhood Education as an Emerging Profession - Ongoing Conversations Child Care Information Exchange

http://mail.ccie.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=5014338&search=feeney&category=all

Service Learning in Preschool: An Intergenerational Project Involving Five-Year-Olds, Fifth Graders, and Senior Citizens. Early Childhood Education Journal, 28(4), 211-217. http://www.servicelearning.org/lib_svcs/lib_cat/index.php?library_id=5740

Volume 1: The Campus Children's Center: Maintaining Standards While Inviting Research and Observation, by Nancy K. Freeman, Ph.D. Volume 2: Essays On ...
www.campuschildren.org/publications.html

Course Information

EDEC 340: The Young Child: Development, Care and Education Syllabus

Web resources that reflect my interests and professional work:

National Association for the Education of Young Children

particularly the Code of Ethical Conduct

and the Supplement for Adult Educators

and the Supplement for Program Administrators

National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators

Zero to Three

Program for Infant/Toddler Care

National Coalition for Campus Children's Centers

Project Approach