The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is the world’s largest professional membership organization, with nearly 60,000 individual members and 52 Affiliates (https://www.naeyc.org/about-us). The 2024 annual conference […]
Dr. Seon Chun-Burbank
Associate Professor/Chair of Early Childhood Education
Dr. Seon Chun-Burbank has been in the field of Early Childhood Education over 20 years as a full-time faculty member and an administrator in three higher education institutions, a pre-K teacher, a consultant, and a researcher.
She is actively engaged in the professional community, presenting nationally and internationally, conducting research, co-chairing conferences, and volunteering for various professional and community-based non-profits. Born-again Christian during her college years, Dr. Chun-Burbank believes that VU is her mission field where she can share God’s love and grace with others.
2024 Annual Conference for the Association of Constructivist Teaching
The 2024 Annual Conference for the Association of Constructivist Teaching (ACT) was hosted by Boulder Journey School in Boulder, Colorado (https://www.boulderjourneyschool.com). The school, founded in 1984 through a collaborative effort […]
2023 Association for Constructivist Teaching Conference
The 2023 Association for Constructivist Teaching (ACT) conference was held at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, during the peak of the 2023 Fall leaf color season (“peak week”). […]
Association for Constructivist Teaching 2022
Constructivist teaching is rooted in Piaget’s theory of cognitive and social development which focuses on the structure of human knowledge and the process by which it is constructed. Founding members […]
Visions for the Future
2022 Annual Conference of California Association for the Education of Young Children The theme of the conference was Visions for the Future. Considering many changes and much public interest in […]
The Power of Mobiles for STEAM Learning
Realizing that one of the most joyful blessings God has given me is great and generous mentors throughout my life, I have a strong desire to mentor students through scholarly […]
ePortfolios at the Association of Constructivist Teaching
In mid-October, fall colors abounded on the Ann Arbor campus of the University of Michigan. And there were lots of Constructivist educators – students, classroom teachers, administrators, higher education faculty […]
CAAEYC (California Association for the Education of Young Children) Conference
I attended at the 2019 Annual CAAEYC (California Association for the Education of Young Children) Conference & Expo t as a presenter and a Board member. The conference was held […]
Intergenerational Engagement in the Classroom
I attended and gave a presentation with Dr. Jinhee Kim (Kennesaw State University) at the largest early childhood education conference in the world, the 2017 NAEYC (National Association for the […]
Soaring to New Heights
I attended the 2017 annual California Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC) Conference & Expo held in Ontario, CA from March 23 – 26, 2017. CAEYC is a […]