Handbook of research on the education of young children

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Preface = ⅸ
• Acknowledgments = xi
• About the Contributors = xiii
• 1 Introduction / Bernard Spodek = 1
• Part I CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND EARLY EDUCATION = 7
• 2 Cognitive Development and Early Childhood Education / Kelvin L. Seifert = 9
• 3 Motor Development and Movement Skill Acquisition in Early Childhood Education / David L. Gallahue = 24
• 4 There and Then, Intangible and Internal: Narratives in Early Childhood / Dennie Palmer Wolf = 42
• 5 Young Children's Peer Relationships: Forms, Features, and Functions / Gary W. Ladd ; Cynthia C. Coleman = 57
• 6 The Emotional Basis of Learning / Serena Wieder ; Stanley I. Greenspan = 77
• Part II FOUNDATIONS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM = 89
• 7 Curriculum Alternatives in Early Childhood Education: A Historical Perspective / Bernard Spodek ; Patricia Clark Brown = 91
• 8 The Role of Play in Early Childhood Development and Education: Issues in Definition and Function / Anthony D. Pellegrini ; Brenda Boyd = 105
• 9 Visions of Children as Language Users: Language and Language Education in Early Childhood / Anne Haas Dyson ; Celia Genishi = 122
• 10 Emerging Literacy in the Early Childhood Years: Applying a Vygotskian Model of Learning and Development / Jana M. Mason ; Shobha Sinha = 137
• 11 Fostering the Mathematical Learning of Young Children / Arthur J. Baroody = 151
• 12 Social Studies in Early Childhood Education / Cynthia Szymanski Sunal = 176
• 13 The Arts and Early Childhood Education: A Cognitive Developmental Portrait of the Young Child as Artist / Jessica Davis ; Howard Gardner = 191
• 14 Music in Early Childhood Education / J. Craig Peery = 207
• 15 Science in Early Childhood Education / Ann C. Howe = 225
• 16 Multicultural Education for Young Children: Racial and Ethnic Attitudes and Their Modification / James A. Banks = 236
• 17 Electronic Media and Early Childhood Education / Douglas H. Clements ; Bonnie K. Nastasi = 251
• Part III FOUNDATIONS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONAL POLICY = 277
• 18 Testing, Tracking, and Retaining Young Children: An Analysis of Research and Social Policy / Samuel J. Meisels ; Dorothy M. Steele ; Kathleen Quinn-Leering = 279
• 19 The Morass of School Readiness Screening: Research on Test Use and Test Validity / Lorrie A. Shepard ; M. Elizabeth Graue = 293
• 20 Play Environments for Early Childhood Education / James D. Dempsey ; Joe L. Frost = 306
• 21 Child Care for Young Children / Carollee Howes ; Claire E. Hamilton = 322
• 22 The Influence of Parents on Children's Development and Education / Joseph H. Stevens, Jr. ; Ruth A. Hough ; Joanne R. Nurss = 337
• 23 Portrait of a Changing Field: Policy and Practice in Early Childhood Special Education / Jeannette A. McCollum ; Susan P. Maude = 352
• 24 The Education of Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Children / Eugene E. Garcia = 372
• 25 Effective Preschool and Kindergarten Programs for Students At-Risk / Nancy Karweit = 385
• 26 Preparing Teachers for Early Childhood Programs in the United States / Olivia N. Saracho = 412
• 27 Early Childhood Care and Development: Issues from the Developing Country Perspective / Judith A. Evans = 427
• Part IV RESEARCH STRATEGIES FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION = 439
• 28 Young Children and Measurement: Standardized and Nonstandardized Instruments in Early Childhood Education / William L. Goodwin ; Laura D. Goodwin = 441
• 29 The Interpretive Voice: Qualitative Research in Early Childhood Education / Daniel J. Walsh ; Joseph J. Tobin ; M. Elizabeth Graue = 464
• 30 Studying Educational Settings / Thelma Harms ; Richard M. Clifford = 477
• 31 Trends in Demographic and Behavioral Research on Teaching in Early Childhood Settings / Donald L. Peters = 493
• 32 The Research-Policy Connection: Moving Beyond Incrementalism / Sharon L. Kagan = 506
• 33 Chinese and Japanese Kindergartens: Case Study in Comparative Research / Harold Stevenson ; Shinying Lee ; Theresa Graham = 519
• Name Index = 537
• Subject Index = 559