| Description |
x, 562 pages ; 26 cm |
| Series |
Garland reference library of social science ; vol. 598 |
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Garland reference library of social science ; v. 598
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| Contents |
International Early Childhood Care and Education: Historical Perspectives / Gary A. Woodill -- Themes in Late 20th-Century Child Care and Early Education: A Cross-National Analysis / Lawrence Prochner -- The Development of Preschool and Primary Education in the People's Socialist Republic of Albania / Bedri Dedja -- Early Childhood Education in Antigua and Barbuda / Patricia Canning and Edris Bird -- Preschool Education in Argentina / Carlos Hector Hurtado -- Australian Early Childhood Education / S. Vianne McLean, Barbara Piscitelli, Gail Halliwell and Gerald F. Ashby -- Early Childhood Education in Austria / Wilhelm Wolf -- Early Childhood Education in Bahrain / May Al-Arrayed Shirawi -- Preschool Education in Belgium / Marc Depaepe and Ferre Laevers -- Elementary School Education for Young Children in Belgium / George Meuris -- Early Childhood Education in Botswana / Ruth Monau -- Primary Education in Botswana / John H. Yoder -- Preschool Education in Brazil: Historical and Critical Perspectives / Lucia Regina Goulart Vilarinho -- Primary and Preschool Education in Bulgaria / Plamen Radev -- Early Childhood Education in Canada / Andrew Biemiller, Ellen M. Regan and Donna Lero -- Preschool Education in Chile / Selma Simonstein Fuentes and Maria Cristina Varas Aceituno -- Primary, or Basic, Education in Chile / Mario Zambrano Bobadilla -- Special Education in Chile / Hernan Ahumada Aldoney and Shelma Soto Sanchez -- Early Childhood Education in the People's Republic of China / Zihixin Laing and Lijuan Pang -- Preschool Education in Costa Rica / Irma Zuniga Leon -- Preprimary and Primary Education in Cyprus / Antonis Papadopoulos -- Early Childhood Education in Finland / Mikko Ojala and Martti T. Kuikka -- Early Childhood Education in France / Marie-Therese Le Normand -- Preschool Education in Germany / Arnulf Hopf -- Primary Education in Germany / Hans A. Horn -- Preschool and Primary Education in Ghana / George O. Collison -- Early Childhood Education in Great Britain / Audrey Curtis -- Preschool Education and Care in Hong Kong / Silvia Opper -- Preschool Institutional Education in Hungary / Eva Knoll Pereszlenyi -- Primary Education in Hungary / Agnes Szilagyi -- Kindergarten and Primary Teacher Training in Hungary / Suzanne Hunyady -- Early Childhood Education in India / Venita Kaul -- Preacademic and Academic Education in Iran / Mohamad Yamani Douzi Sorkhabi -- Kindergarten and Primary School Education in Iran / Zahra Sabbaghian -- The Preschool Educational Network in Israel / Rina Micholwitz -- The Italian Preschool and Compulsory School System / Caterina Cicogna -- Early Education in Japan: From Ancient Times to the Present / Isaaki Noguchi, Sumie Ogawa, Tomoyoshi Yoshikawa and Santaro Hashimoto -- Preschool and Primary Education in Kenya / George Godia -- Early Childhood Education in Liberia / J. Nyanquoi Gormuyor -- Preschool Education in Malaysia / Rohaty Mohd Majzub -- Early Education in the Maltese Islands / Joseph A. Xerri -- Family Policy and Preschool Programs in the Netherlands / Elisabeth Singer -- The Development of Primary Education in the Netherlands / Ernst Mulder -- Early Childhood Education in New Zealand: The Winds of Change / Anne B. Smith -- Preschool and Primary Education in Nigeria / Joseph A. Aghenta and J. Nesin Omatseye -- Early Childhood Education in the Sultanate of Oman / Thuwayba Al-Barwani -- Preschool Education in Russia / Larisa A. Paramonova, Valentina D. Sych, Larisa R. Anosova, Liubovj N. Pavlova and Valentina M. Ivanova -- Preschool and Primary Education in South Africa / Christoffel Jansen, Elsie Calitz, Lydia Du Toit, Hester Grobler, Annemarie Kotze, Maria Lancaster, Joan Orr, Aletta Smith and Elizabeth Swanepoel -- Preschool Education in Spain: Historical and Present Perspectives / Antonio Molero Pintado and Maria del Mar del Pozo Andres -- Early Childhood Education in the Sudan / Gasim Badri -- Early Childhood Education in Swaziland / Marissa Rollnick -- Early Childhood Education in Taiwan / Hui-Ling Wendy Pan -- Early Childhood Education and Care in Turkey / Tanju Gurkan -- Primary Education in the United Arab Emirates / Mahmoud Ahmed Ajjawi -- Contested Terrain: Early Childhood Education in the United States / Steven A. Gelb and Kathryn D. Bishop -- Early Childhood Education in the Yemen Republic / Azza Ghanem, Amat Al-Razzak, A. Hummed Al-Hawri, Waheeba Al-Fakih and Mohammed A. Al-Soofi -- References: Comparative Early Childhood Education - An English Bibliography |
| Summary |
Looks at early childhood education and teacher training in nearly 50 countries, including the United States, Argentina, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Iran, Italy, Kenya, Oman, Russia and Taiwan |
| Analysis |
Pre-school children Education |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Early childhood education -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Author |
Bernhard, Judith.
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Prochner, Laurence Wayne, 1956-
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Woodill, Gary.
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| LC no. |
92023846 |
| ISBN |
082404939X (alk. paper) |
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