Handbook of research on the education of young children / edited by Bernard Spodek.

Other author Spodek, Bernard.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Macmillan Pub. Co. ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, ©1993.
Descriptionxix, 568 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Subjects
Child development.
Early childhood education--Curricula.
Early childhood education--Research.
Child development--Research.

Contents Introduction / Bernard Spodek -- Cognitive development and early childhood education / Kelvin L. Seifert -- Motor development and movement skill acquisition in early childhood education / David L. Gallahue -- There and then, intangible and internal : narratives in early childhood / Dennie Palmer Wolf -- Young children's peer relationships : forms, features, and functions / Gary W. Ladd, Cynthia C. Coleman -- The emotional basis of learning / Serena Wieder, Stanley I. Greenspan -- Curriculum alternatives in early childhood education : a historical perspective / Bernard Spodek, Patricia Clark Brown -- The role of play in early childhood development and education : issues in definition and function / Anthony D. Pellegrini, Brenda Boyd -- Visions of children as language users : language and language education in early childhood / Anne Haas Dyson, Celia Genishi -- Emerging literacy in the early childhood years : applying a Vygotskian model of learning and development / Jana M. Mason, Shobha Sinha.
Contents Fostering the mathematical learning of young children / Arthur J. Baroody -- Social studies in early childhood education / Cynthia Szymanski Sunal -- The arts and early childhood education : a cognitive developmental protrait of the young child as artist / Jessica Davis, Howard Gardner -- Music in early childhood education / J. Craig Peery -- Science in early childhood education / Ann C. Howe -- Multicultural education for young children : racial and ethnic attitudes and their modification / James A. Banks -- Electronic media and early childhood education / Douglas H. Clements, Bonnie K. Nastasi -- Testing, tracking, and retaining young children : an analysis of research and social policy / Samuel J. Meisels, Dorothy M. Steele, Kathleen Quinn-Leering -- The morass of school readiness screening : research on test use and test validity / Lorrie A. Shepard, M. Elizabeth Graue -- Play environments for early childhood education / James D. Dempsey, Joe L. Frost -- Child care for young children / Carollee Howes, Claire E. Hamilton -- The influence of parents on children's development and education / Joseph H. Stevens, Jr., Ruth A. Hough, Joanne R. Nurss.
Contents Portrait of a changing field : policy and practice in early childhood special education / Jeannette A. McCollum, Susan P. Maude -- The education of linguistically and culturally diverse children / Eugene E. Garcia -- Effective preschool and kindergarten programs for students at-risk / Nancy Karweit -- Preparing teachers for early childhood programs in the United States / Olivia N. Saracho -- Early childhood care and development : issues from the developing country perspective / Judith A. Evans -- Young children and measurement : standardized and nonstandardized instruments in ealry childhood education / William L. Goodwin, Laura D. Goodwin -- The interpretive voice ; qualitative research in early childhood education / Daniel J. Walsh, Joseph J. Tobin, M. Elizabeth Graue -- Studying educational settings / Thelma Harms, Richard M. Clifford -- Trends in demographic and behavioral research on teaching in early childhood settings / Donald L. Peters -- The research-policy connection : moving beyond incrementalism / Sharon L. Kagan -- Chinese and Japanese kindergartens : case study in comparative research / Harold Stevenson, Shinying Lee, Theresa Graham.
Local noteLittle-284372
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 92021051
ISBN0028974050 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks LB1119 .H25 1993 ✔ Available Place Hold