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1 online resource (xiv, 440 pages) |
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Handbook of International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education- Front Cover; Handbook of International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; About the Editors; Contributors; Chapter 1: International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education; Contributions; Latin America and the Caribbean; Russia, Turkey, and the Middle East; Asia; New Zealand, Australia, and Papua New Guinea; Africa; Europe, the US, and Canada; References; PART I: Latin America and the Caribbean; Chapter 2: Early Childhood Education in the Caribbean Region |
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Sociohistorical FactorsThe Context for the Socialization of Children in Caribbean Societies; Ethnotheories About ECE; Parental Ideas About Childhood Development; Teachers ; Ideas About Early Education; Early Childhood Education Programs; Teacher Training in the Caribbean; Cognitive and Social Outcomes; Future Directions; References; Chapter 3: Early Childhood Education in Brazil: New Challenges for a National Curriculum Definition; A Picture of ECE in Brazil; Movement Toward Child-Centered Care and Education; Teacher Training; Early Assessment and Childhood Outcomes; Future Directions |
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PART II: Russia, Turkey, and the Middle EastChapter 5: Early Childhood Education in the Russian Federation; Preschool Education in Tsarist Russia; Preschool Education in Soviet Union; ECE Institutions in Today's Russia; The Philosophy of Early Childhood Education; ECE Curricular Models and Approaches; Program Quality; Teacher Preparation and Professional Development; Future Directions and Policies; Notes; References; Chapter 6: Early Childhood Education in Turkey; Sociohistorical Context of Early Education; History of Early Childhood Education in Turkey |
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Public National Early Childhood Education Programs in Turkey ; Institutional Early Childhood Education ; Services in Turkey; Education Program for -Month-Old Children; Preschool Education Program for -Month-Old Children; Numerical Data About Early Childhood Education in Turkey: Reports and Projects; Mobile Kindergarten and the Play Bus; References; Chapter 7: Moving Forward: Early Childhood Education in Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, and United Arab Emirate; Islamic Influences on Education; Educational Systems; Oman: Slowly but Surely |
| Summary |
"The Handbook of International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education provides a groundbreaking compilation of research from an interdisciplinary group of distinguished experts in early childhood education (ECE), child development, cultural and cross-cultural research in the psychological sciences, etc. The chapters provide current overviews of ECE in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, Africa, Europe, the US, and Canada, and convey how ECE is multi-sectorial, multi-cultural, and multi-disciplinary, undergirded by such disciplines as neuroscience, psychological anthropology, cross-cultural human development, childhood studies, and political science."--Provided by publisher |
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Print version record |
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Education.
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Comparative education.
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Early childhood education.
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Multicultural education.
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Children.
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early childhood education.
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Children
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Comparative education
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Early childhood education
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Education
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Multicultural education
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Roopnarine, Jaipaul L., editor
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Johnson, James E., editor
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Flannery Quinn, Suzanne, editor
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Patte, Michael M., editor
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| ISBN |
9781315562193 |
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1315562197 |
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