Foundations of early childhood education : teaching three-, four-, and five-year-old children
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Foundations of early childhood education : teaching three-, four-, and five-year-old children
Prentice Hall, c1991
2nd ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This introduction to early childhood education focuses on three-, four- and five-year olds in preschools, nursery schools, day care centres and kindergartens, drawing together explanations of the traditions, practices and developmental theories that govern society's dealings with young children. The book also offers coverage of curriculum planning, ideas for teaching and stimulating young children, information on educational assessment practitioners, literacy, the teaching of at-risk and handicapped children and on how to extend teaching professionalism beyond the classroom.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- historical traditions
- early childhood institutions and programs
- becoming an early childhood practitioner
- the child in the early childhood program
- planning and organizing the physical environment
- planning and organizing the social environment
- working with parents
- evaluation in early childhood programs
- play in early childhood education
- creative activities
- language and literacy
- cognitively oriented learning - science and mathematics
- social-personal learning - the social studies and beyond
- toward professionalism
- index.
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