Handbook of research on the education of young children /
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| Imprint: | New York : Macmillan Pub. Co. ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, c1993. |
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| Description: | xix, 568 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1432244 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction / Bernard Spodek
- Pt. I. Child Development and Early Education. 2. Cognitive Development and Early Childhood Education / Kelvin L. Seifert. 3. Motor Development and Movement Skill Acquisition in Early Childhood Education / David L. Gallahue. 4. There and Then, Intangible and Internal: Narratives in Early Childhood / Dennie Palmer Wolf. 5. Young Children's Peer Relationships: Forms, Features, and Functions / Gary W. Ladd and Cynthia C. Coleman. 6. The Emotional Basis of Learning / Serena Wieder and Stanley L. Greenspan
- Pt. II. Foundations of Early Childhood Educational Curriculum. 7. Curriculum Alternatives in Early Childhood Education: A Historical Perspective / Bernard Spodek and Patricia Clark Brown. 8. The Role of Play in Early Childhood Development and Education: Issues in Definition and Function / Anthony D. Pellegrini and Brenda Boyd. 9. Visions of Children as Language Users: Language and Language Education in Early Childhood / Anne Haas Dyson and Celia Genishi. 10. Emerging Literacy in the Early Childhood Years: Applying a Vygotskian Model of Learning and Development / Jana M. Mason and Shobha Sinha. 11. Fostering the Mathematical Learning of Young Children / Arthur J. Baroody. 12. Social Studies in Early Childhood Education / Cynthia Szymanski Sunal. 13. The Arts and Early Childhood Education: A Cognitive Developmental Portrait of the Young Child as Artist / Jessica Davis and Howard Gardner. 14. Music in Early Childhood Education / J. Craig Peery. 15. Science in Early Childhood Education / Ann C. Howe. 16. Multicultural Education for Young Children: Racial and Ethnic Attitudes and Their Modification / James A. Banks. 17. Electronic Media and Early Childhood Education / Douglas H. Clements and Bonnie K. Nastasi
- Pt. III. Foundations of Early Childhood Educational Policy. 18. Testing, Tracking, and Retaining Young Children: An Analysis of Research and Social Policy / Samuel J. Meisels, Dorothy M. Steele and Kathleen Quinn-Leering. 19. The Morass of School Readiness Screening: Research on Test Use and Test Validity / Lorrie A. Shepard and M. Elizabeth Graue. 20. Play Environments for Early Childhood Education / James D. Dempsey and Joe L. Frost. 21. Child Care for Young Children / Carollee Howes and Claire E. Hamilton. 22. The Influence of Parents on Children's Development and Education / Joseph H. Stevens, Jr., Ruth A. Hough and Joanne R. Nurss. 23. Portrait of a Changing Field: Policy and Practice in Early Childhood Special Education / Jeannette A. McCollum and Susan P. Maude. 24. The Education of Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Children / Eugene E. Garcia. 25. Effective Preschool and Kindergarten Programs for Students At-Risk / Nancy Karweit. 26. Preparing Teachers for Early Childhood Programs in the United States / Olivia N. Saracho. 27. Early Childhood Care and Development: Issues from the Developing Country Perspective / Judith A. Evans
- Pt. IV. Research Strategies for Early Childhood Education. 28. Young Children and Measurement: Standardized and Nonstandardized Instruments in Early Childhood Education / William L. Goodwin and Laura D. Goodwin. 29. The Interpretive Voice: Qualitative Research in Early Childhood Education / Daniel J. Walsh, Joseph J. Tobin and M. Elizabeth Graue. 30. Studying Educational Settings / Thelma Harms and Richard M. Clifford. 31. Trends in Demographic and Behavioral Research on Teaching in Early Childhood Settings / Donald L. Peters. 32. The Research-Policy Connection: Moving Beyond Incrementalism / Sharon L. Kagan. 33. Chinese and Japanese Kindergartens: Case Study in Comparative Research / Harold Stevenson, Shinying Lee and Theresa Graham.