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Texas Tech's HDFS Team Makes Global Impact on the Future of Ethiopian Educators

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August 27, 2018

HDFS Ethiopia trip

Executive Director of the Center for Early Head Start Stephanie Shine, Ph.D. led a team to Ethiopia this summer to share constructivist teaching skills with local educators

Alongside Dr. Shine, Early Childhood (EC) undergraduate student Helen Jennings and Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS) graduate and Director of Early Childhood Education in Midland ISD, Della Frye traveled to Ethiopia June 18–29 to deliver a course to over 60 early childhood professionals.

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