Foundations of Early Childhood Education: Teaching Children in a Diverse Society is designed to help increase the quality in early care and education programs through training teachers. It features skill building with a solid theoretical base, and provides students with an overview of early childhood programs through the use of examples, anecdotes, and scenarios. Readers will come away with an understanding of what makes a quality early childhood education program, where children gain the foundations they need for school success and beyond.
I would strongly recommend this text.′ -Jo Albin-Clark, Senior Lecturer in Early Years Education, Edge Hill University This book introduces all the most important aspects of early years care and education, and will help you develop the ...
FOUNDATIONS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: Teaching Children in a Diverse Society
The text presents an overview of important theory grounded in the key skills new educators need to succeed - from respect for the diversities of children and families to achieving the most current NAEYC standards.
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Upon completion of study with Beginnings & Beyond, students will have an in-depth understanding of the fundamentals of early childhood education -- from its history to present issues and future...
There has also been an increase in the percentage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children on track, ... low levels of object substitution, as measured by the Child-initiated pretend play assessment (ChIPPA) (Stagnitti 2007).
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Creating a professional portfolio is your first (and an ongoing) effort to define and redefine yourself as an educator ... and critically examining how they can inform your own practice are important tasks for an education professional.
This book accomplishes three objectives: It gives readers the basic methodology and techniques followed in the contributors' funds of knowledge research; it extends the boundaries of what these researchers have done; and it explores the ...
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