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Title Handbook of research on the education of young children / edited by Bernard Spodek, Olivia N. Saracho
Edition Second edition
Published Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006

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Description xvi, 600 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Contents 1. Introduction: A Researcher's Vade Mecum / Bernard Spodek and Olivia N. Saracho -- Part I. Early Childhood Education and Child Development -- 2. Cognitive Development and the Education of Young Children / Kelvin L. Seifert -- 3. Young Children's Peer Relations and Social Competence / Gary W. Ladd, Sarah L. Herald and Rebecca K. Andrews -- 4. Children's Morality: Perspectives and Research / Eva Johansson -- 5. The Emotional Basis of Learning and Development in Early Childhood Education / Susanne A. Denham -- 6. Motor Development in Young Children / David L. Gallahue and John C. Ozmun -- 7. The Development of Children's Creativity / Mark A. Runco -- Part II. Early Childhood Educational Curriculum -- 8. Reconceptualizing Language Education in Early Childhood: Socio-Cultural Perspectives / Jim Anderson, Lyndsay Moffatt and Jon Shapiro -- 9. Emergent Literacy: Symbols at Work / Susan E. Hill and Sue Nichols -- 10. The Literacy Education of Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Young Children: An Overview of Outcomes, Assessment, and Large-Scale Interventions / Robert Rueda and David B. Yaden, Jr. -- 11. The Development of Young Children's Early Number and Operation Sense and its Implications for Early Childhood Education / Arthur J. Baroody, Meng-lung Lai and Kelly S. Mix -- 12. Repositioning the Visual Arts in Early Childhood Education: A Decade of Reconsideration / Christine Marme Thompson -- 13. The Dance of Learning / Karen Bradley and Mary Szegda -- 14. The Musical Development and Education of Young Children / Graham F. Welch -- 15. Pretend Play / Robert D. Kavanaugh -- 16. Early Childhood Multicultural Education / Patricia G. Ramsey -- Part III. Foundations of Early Childhood Educational Policy -- 17. Creating Play Environments for Early Childhood: Indoors and Out / John A. Sutterby and Joe Frost -- 18. Childhood Poverty: Implications for School Readiness and Early Childhood Education / Rebecca M. Ryan, Rebecca C. Fauth and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn -- 19. Effective Preschool Programs for Children at Risk of School Failure: A Best-Evidence Synthesis / Bette Chambers, Alan C. K. Cheung and Robert E. Slavin -- 20. Educational Policy in the United States Regarding Bilinguals in Early Childhood Education / Ann-Marie Wiese and Eugene E. Garcia -- 21. Child Care for Young Children / Carollee Howes and Kay Sanders -- 22. Family Context in Early Childhood: A Look at Practices and Beliefs That Promote Early Learning / Barbara H. Fiese, Tanya Eckert and Mary Spagnola -- 23. Early Childhood Teachers' Beliefs and Attitudes About Inclusion: What Does the Research Tell Us? / Michaelene M. Ostrosky, Bernadette M. Laumann and Wu-Ying Hsieb -- 24. Preschool Teachers' Professional Development / Olivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek -- Part IV. Research and Evaluation Strategies for Early Childhood Education -- 25. Alternative Means of Assessing Children's Learning in Early Childhood Classrooms / Dominic F. Gullo -- 26. Evaluating the Quality of Early Childhood Educational Settings / Richard Lambert, Martha Abbott-Shim and Annette Sibley -- 27. Integration, Innovation, and Evaluation in School-Based Early Childhood Services / Janette Pelletier and Carl Corter -- 28. Qualitative Research: Paradigms and Possibilities / J. Amos Hatch and Gina Barclay-McLaughlin -- 29. Feminist Issues in Early Childhood Scholarship / Candra D. Thornton and Lisa S. Goldstein -- 30. Beyond Certainties: Postmodern Perspectives, Research, and the Education of Young Children / Susan Grieshaber and Sharon Ryan -- 31. Early Childhood Education Research in Cross-National Perspective / Jaipaul L. Roopnarine and Aysegul Metindogan -- 32. Historical Research in Early Childhood Education / Blythe S. F. Hinitz
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Subject Child development -- Research.
Child development.
Early childhood education -- Curricula.
Early childhood education -- Research.
Author Saracho, Olivia N.
Spodek, Bernard.
LC no. 2005019445
ISBN 0805847200 (casebound : alk. paper)
0805847219 (paperback: alk. paper)