TY  - BOOK
AU  - Saracho,Olivia N.
AU  - Spodek,Bernard
TI  - Handbook of research on the education of young children /edited by Bernard Spodek, Olivia N. Saracho
SN  - 9780805847208
AV  - LB1119 .H363 2006
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Mahwah, New Jersey
PB  - Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
KW  - Early childhood education
KW  - Curricula
KW  - Research
N1  - Part I: Early Childhood Education and Child Development; Part II: Early Childhood Educational Curriculum; Part III: Foundations of Childhood Educational Policy; Part IV: Research and Evaluation Strategies for Early Childhood Education; 1 and indexes; 1. Introduction: A Researcher's Vade Mecum; Bernard Spodek and Olivia N. Saracho; 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 Regardin 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 Hsieh --; 24. Preschool Teachers' Professional Development; Olivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek; 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 Developmet in Young Children; David L. Gallahue and John C. Ozmun --; 7. The Development of Children's Creativity; Mark A. Runc; 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; Jaipual L. Roopnarine and Aysegul Metindogan --; 32. Historical Research in Early Childhood Education; Blythe S. F. Hinitz; 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 with 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; 2
N2  - The Handbook of Research and the Education of Young Children, Second Edition is an essential reference on research in ealry childhood education not only in the United States but throughout the world. It provides a comprehensive overview of important contemporary issues and the information necessary to make judgments about these issues. The field has changed significantly since the publication of the first edition of this Handbook in 1993, creating a need for an update. The Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children, Second Edition is thus focused on research conducted over the past decade or so. The volume makes the expanding knowledge base related to early childhood education readily available and accessible. It is a valuable tool for all who work and study in the field
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