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171. The Early Childhood Curriculum

     By Suzanne Krogh, Kristine Slentz

     Examines the meaning of curriculum, discusses curriculum integration, describes how to plan, create, and evaluate a curriculum, and examines how modern literacy, mathematics, social studies, science, and expressive arts curricula evolved into their present forms. Methods of assessing children's...

     Published March 31st 2001 by Routledge
172. Early Childhood Development and Its Variations

     By Kristine Slentz, Suzanne Krogh

     Provides an overview of development, then describes principles and sequences of physical, cognitive, and social/emotional development at the infant, toddler, preschool, and primary levels. Individual differences and developmental norms are stressed throughout....

     Published March 31st 2001 by Routledge
173. Psychological Perspectives on Early Childhood Education

     Reframing Dilemmas in Research and Practice

     Edited by Susan L. Golbeck

     Series: Rutgers Invitational Symposium on Education Series

     The field of early childhood education and the science of psychology have a long and closely intertwined history. The study of young children's learning within school contexts provides a test of developmental theory while at the same time identifies the limits of psychology for informing practice....

     Published February 28th 2001 by Routledge
174. Success for All

     Research and Reform in Elementary Education

     Edited by Robert E. Slavin, Nancy A. Madden

     Success for All is a comprehensive reform model for elementary school that combines state-of-the-art curriculum, research-based instructional methods, assessments, and professional development with one-to-one tutoring, extensive family support services, and other strategies to ensure that every...

     Published December 31st 2000 by Routledge
175. G Is for Growing

     Thirty Years of Research on Children and sesame Street

     Edited by Shalom M. Fisch, Rosemarie T. Truglio

     Series: Routledge Communication Series

     This volume--a collection and synthesis of key research studies since the program's inception over three decades ago--serves as a marker of the significant role that Sesame Street plays in the education and socialization of young children. Editors Shalom M. Fisch and Rosemarie T. Truglio have...

     Published October 31st 2000 by Routledge
176. Connecting Children

     Care and Family Life in Later Childhood

     By Kalwant Bhopal, Julia Brannen, Ellen Heptinstall

     Connecting Children focuses on children's understandings of care and their views of different family lives. It portrays the lives of children aged 11-12 and shows how families connect children in different ways both in the household but also in their wider kinship networks. The children studied...

     Published August 30th 2000 by Routledge
177. Contested Childhood

     Diversity and Change in Japanese Preschools

     By Susan D. Holloway

     In Contested Childhood, Holloway, an educational and developmental psychologist, examines the Japanese preschool and identifies the cultural models that guide Japanese child-rearing as being contentious and fragmented. She looks at the societal, religious and economic factors that shape various...

     Published May 30th 2000 by Routledge
178. Education in Edge City

     Cases for Reflection and Action, 2nd Edition

     By Reg Hinely, Karen Ford, Alexandra Leavell

     Education in Edge City, Second Edition is a unique collection of cases designed to provide preservice teachers with opportunities for realistic decision making. A hypothetical city, residential communities, a school district, and school buildings are described. Within this setting, students,...

     Published December 31st 1999 by Routledge
179. Research With Children

     Perspectives and Practices

     Edited by Pia Christensen, Allison James

     Research with Children is a unique resource book on the methodology of childhood research. Leading and new researchers within the social studies of childhood discuss central questions of epistemology and methodology, demonstrating the links between theory and practice. The theoretical and practical...

     Published December 15th 1999 by Routledge
180. Introduction to the Anatomy and Physiology of Children

     A Guide for Students of Nursing, Child Care and Health

     By Janet MacGregor

     Published in 2002, 'Introduction to the Anatomy and Physiology of Children' is a valuable addtion to Allied Health....

     Published November 24th 1999 by Routledge