The pre-K debates : current controversies and issues
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The pre-K debates : current controversies and issues
Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co., c2011
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Effective child development strategies / James J. Heckman
- The right policy at the right time : the Pew Prekindergarten Campaign / Sara D. Watson
- Debate 1 : Targeted versus universal preschool. The economic case for targeted preschool programs / Art Rolnick and Rob Grunewald
- Preschool as public entitlement : advancing children or political interests? / Bruce Fuller
- Four reasons the United States should offer every child a preschool education / W. Steven Barnett
- About everyone's child : winning public support for early learning / David Lawrence, Jr.
- Universal plus : what's worth doing is worth doing well / Sharon Lynn Kagan and Jocelyn Friedlander
- Debate 2 : Teacher credentials versus competencies and supports. Minimum requirements for preschool teacher educational qualifications / W. Steven Barnett
- Bachelor's degrees are necessary but not sufficient : preparing teachers to teach young children / Barbara T. Bowman
- College credentials and caring : how teacher training could lift young children / Bruce Fuller
- A degree is not enough : teachers need stronger and more individualized professional development supports to be effective in the classroom / Robert C. Pianta
- B.A. plus : reconciling reality and reach / Sharon Lynn Kagan and Rebecca E. Gomez
- Competencies and credentials for early childhood educators : what do we know and what do we need to know? / Margaret Burchinal, Marilou Hyson, and Martha Zaslow
- The importance of early childhood teacher preparation : the perspectives and positions of the National Association for the Education of Young Children / Barbara A. Willer, Alison Lutton, and Mark R. Ginsberg
- Debate 3 Cognitive/academic emphasis versus whole child approach. The cognitive/academic emphasis versus the whole child approach : the 50-year debate / Sandra J. Bishop-Josef and Edward Zigler
- The importance of kindergarten-entry academic skills / Greg J. Duncan
- Academic preschool : the French connection / E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
- Classroom practices and children's motivation to learn / Deborah Stipek
- Classroom-based intervention as a way to support low-income preschoolers' emotional and behavioral development : pressing challenges and potential opportunities / C. Cybele Raver and Genevieve Okada
- The great balancing act : optimizing core curricula through playful pedagogy / Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
- Debate 4 Public schools only versus other sites. The case for public preschool / Kathleen McCartney, Margaret Burchinal, and Todd Grindal
- Preschool programs should be coordinated in the public schools with supports from Head Start and child care / Walter S. Gilliam
- Public schools as the hub of a mixed-delivery system of early care and education / W. Steven Barnett and Debra J. Ackerman
- Applying choice-based multivenue education concepts to preschool education / Daniel E. Witte
- Issue 1 How can quality and accountability in preschool programs be insured? A model preschool program / Edward Zigler
- How to make early childhood programs highly effective / Lawrence J. Schweinhart
- Why the child-parent center education program promotes life-course development / Arthur J. Reynolds and Cathy Momoko Hayakawa
- Assessing accountability and ensuring continuous program improvement : why, how, and who / Ellen C. Frede, Walter S. Gilliam, and Lawrence J. Schweinhart
- Issue 2 What should come before and after preschool? The link between consistent caring interactions with babies, early brain development, and school readiness / J. Ronald Lally
- What should come before preschool : lessons from early Head Start / Helen Raikes, Rachel Chazan-Cohen, and John M. Love
- Home visitation / Deborah Daro
- Economic benefits of intervention programs implemented in the first decade of life / Arthur J. Reynolds, Judy A. Temple, and Barry A.B. white
- Transforming America's primary education system for the 21st Century : integrating K-12 education with prekindergarten / Ruby Takanishi
- Redirecting Title I / Edward Zigler
- Lessons from the states. Prekinder0
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Edited by a founder of Head Start and two other highly respected experts, this forward-thinking book gathers a who's who of more than 40 leading thinkers in early childhood education for a rigorous examination of the most-debated pre-K issues. In a clear and compelling point-counterpoint format, this book gives current and future decision-makers multifaceted perspectives on critical questions.
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