基本説明
Title changed from The Praeger Handbook of Early Childhood Education. Discusses key historical and contemporary issues, research, theoretical perspectives, national policies, and practices.
Full Description
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
Contents
Volume I :Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Guide to Related Topics Abecedarian Program Academics Accreditation of Early Childhood Programs Act for Better Child Care (ABC) Action Research Addams, Jane (1860-1935) Adoption Advocacy and Leadership in Early Childhood Education Almy, Millie (1915-2001) American Associate Degree Early Childhood Educators (ACCESS) Ashton-Warner, Sylvia (1908-1984) Assessment in Early Childhood Assessment, Visual Art Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) Association for Constructivist Teaching (ACT) Attachment Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD) Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Autism Bandura, Albert (1925- ) Bank Street Behaviorism Behavior Management and Guidance Biculturalism Bilingual Education Binet, Alfred (1857-1911) Black Caucus (NAEYC) Blow, Susan Elizabeth (1843-1916) Bowlby, John (1907-1990) Brain Development Bronfenbrenner, Urie (1917-2005) Bruner, Jerome (1915- ) Bullying Center for the Child Care Workforce (CCW) Cerebral Palsy (CP) Child Abuse and Neglect Child Abuse and Neglect, Prevention of Child Art Child Care Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Child Care and Early Education Research Connections Child Care Subsidies and Tax Provisions Child Development Associate (CDA) National Credentialing Program Child Development Group of Mississippi (CDGM) Childrens Defense Fund (CDF) Childrens Media Childrens Museums Child Study Movement Classroom Discourse Classroom Environments Cognitive Development Comenius, John Amos (1592-1670) Computer and Video Game Play in Early Childhood Constructionism Constructivism Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) (1989) Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) The Creative Curriculum for Preschool Culture Curriculum Curriculum, Emotional Development Curriculum, Mathematics Curriculum, Music Curriculum, Physical Development Curriculum, Science Curriculum, Social Studies Curriculum, Visual Art Day Nurseries Deaf Children Development, Emotional Development, Language Development, Moral Development, Psychosocial Theory of Development, Social Developmental Delay Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood, A Taxonomy of Developmental-Interaction Approach Developmentally Appropriate Practice(s) (DAP) Developmental Systems Theories Dewey, John (1859-1952) Direct Instruction Model Disabilities, Young Children with Division for Early Childhood (DEC) Documentation Domestic Violence Down Syndrome Volume II :Early Care and Education Programs, Administration of Early Child Development and Care Early Childhood Education Journal (ECEJ) Early Childhood Environment Rating Scales (ERS) Early Childhood Music Education Commission (ECME) Early Childhood Research & Practice (ECRP) Early Childhood Research Quarterly (ECRQ) Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) Early Head Start Early Intervention Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development Ecology of Human Development Education 3-13 Eliot, Abigail Adams (1892-1992) Emergent Curriculum Environmental Assessments in Early Childhood Education Erikson, Erik H. (1902-1994) European Early Childhood Education Research Journal (EECERJ) Even Start Exchange Families Family Literacy Family Systems Theory (FST) Fathers Feminism in Early Childhood Education Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) Frank, Lawrence Kelso (1890-1968) Freud, Anna (1895-1982) Freud, Sigmund (1856-1939) Froebel, Friedrich (1782-1852) Gay or Lesbian Parents, Children with Gender and Gender Stereotyping in Early Childhood Education Gesell, Arnold (1880-1961) Gifted and Talented Children in the United States Good Start, Grow Smart Gordon, Ira J. (1923-1978) Grade Retention Grouping Hailmann, Eudora Lucas (18351904) Hailmann, William Nicholas (1836-1920) Hall, G(ranville) Stanley (1844-1924) Hawkins, David (1913-2002) and Hawkins, Frances Pockman (1913- ) Head Start High/Scope High/Scope Perry Preschool Study Hill, Patty Smith (1868-1946) History of U.S. Early Childhood Care and Education Hunt, Joseph McVicker (1906-1991) Hymes, James L., Jr. (1913-1998) IEA Preprimary Project Immigration Incarcerated Parents, Children of Inclusion Individualized Education Plan (IEP) Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Infant Care Intelligence Intelligence Quotient (IQ) Intelligence Testing Interagency Education Research Initiative (IERI) International Journal of Early Childhood (IJEC) International Journal of Early Years Education International Journal of Special Education International Kindergarten Union (IKU) International Reading Association (IRA) Isaacs, Susan (1885-1948) Journal of Early Childhood Research Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education (JECTE) Journal of Early Inte