Early childhood education has reached a level of unprecedented national and international focus. Parents, policy makers, and politicians have opinions as well as new questions about what, how, when, and where young children should learn. Teachers and program administrators now find curriculum discussions linked to dramatic new understandings about children's early learning and brain development. Early childhood education is also a major topic of concern internationally, as social policy analysts point to its role in a nation's future economic outlook. As a groundbreaking contribution to its field, this four-volume handbook discusses key historical and contemporary issues, research, theoretical perspectives, national policies, and practices. A wealth of information provides the user with up-to-date expert entries on a plethora of topics. Over three hundred entries in volumes 1, 2, and 3 cover such topics as: accountability assessment biculturalism bullying child abuse early intervention ethnicity Head Start No Child Left Behind Zero to three
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"This book serves as a guide to both social work professionals and social work students interested in early childhood education and care (from birth to Kindergarten).
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Carmen speaks Spanish at home; in school, she usually says one- or two-word phrases in English or combinations of English and Spanish phrases with English-speaking peers while speaking Spanish with Ms. Bullock and her Spanish-speaking ...
Early Childhood Education and Child Care: Challenges and Opportunities for America's Public Schools
"Rethinking Early Childhood Education" is alive with the conviction that teaching young children involves values and vision. This anthology collects inspiring stories about social justice teaching with young children. Included...
An awareness of pressing issues in the field of early childhood teacher education led the editors to develop this volume.
This book describes both how structural inequities deeply embedded in US society have a negative impact on children's development and learning and how educators who have a strong understanding of how children's development and learning ...
This second edition has been fully revised to reflect the current complexities and tensions inherent in curricular decision-making and features attention to policy, standardization, play, and diversity, providing readers with historical ...
In this book, Carol Garhart Mooney writes about the important task early childhood educators have to understand the foundational theories behind their daily practices.