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1 online resource (763 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Section I Foundations; Chapter 1 The Origins of the Current Era of Early Childhood Care and Education; Infant School; Kindergarten; Origins of Child Care; ECCE Between the Wars; ECCE During World War II; Child Care and Preschool in the 1960s to the 1990s; Kindergarten in the 1950s to the 1990s; Current Scene; Conclusion; References; Chapter 2 Not All Children Grow Up the Same: Child Development, Diversity, and Early Care and Education; Culture and Traditional Theories of Child Development |
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To Piaget or Not to Piaget: Revisiting Developmentally Appropriate PracticeVygotsky's Short Life and Lasting Influence on Early Care and Education; Rethinking Developmental Concepts Across the Early Years; Infant Attachment and Separation; Preschool Peer Acceptance and Play; Self-Esteem in Kindergarten and the Primary Grades; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 The Sociocultural Process of Child Development; Beyond Culture as an Independent Variable in Development; Culture as the Integration of Person and Context in the Developmental Process |
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Development as Transformations in Participation in Communities of PracticeCulture as Interpretive Meaning-Making in the Developmental Process; Interpenetrating Relations Between Person and Context; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4 Perspectives on Play in Early Childhood Care and Education; Conceptual Background; Development/Cultural Perspectives; Theoretical Perspectives; Educational/Curricular Perspectives about Play; Final Remarks; References; Chapter 5 Research in Early Childhood Care and Education Since 1970: Drivers, Questions, and Implications; Early Large-Scale Studies |
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Policy Research and ImplicationsEthnographic Studies; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6 The Importance of Families and Home Environments in the Lives of Young Children; Caregiving Processes and Home Environmental Conditions Associated with Child Well-Being; Active, Multifaceted Agents Living in a Dynamic, Complex World; Conclusion; References; Section II Practices with Young Children; Chapter 7 Culturally Sustaining and Humanizing Practice in Early Childhood Care and Education; Introduction; Framing the Conversation; Situating our Own Stories |
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Six Commitments for Humanizing, Culturally Sustaining Early Childhood ClassroomsConclusions; Note; References; Chapter 8 Early Childhood Care and Education for Bilingual Children and the Road to Multilingualism; Developmental and Contextual Considerations; Instructional Strategies to Promote Learning in Young Bilingual Children; Language of Instruction in the Early Education of Young Bilingual Children; The Early Childhood Policy Context for Bilingual Children and Their Families; Beyond Bilingualism: On the Road to Multilingualism; Conclusions; References |
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Chapter 9 The Significance of Infant/Toddler Care and Education: A Call to Unite Research, Policy, and Practice |
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Print version record |
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Early childhood education.
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Education, Primary.
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early childhood education.
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Education, Primary.
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Early childhood education.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brown, Christopher Pierce, editor
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McMullen, Mary Benson, 1958- editor
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File, Nancy, editor
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| ISBN |
9781119148074 |
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1119148073 |
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