Early childhood education 96/97 / Editor Karen Menke Paciorek

CONTENTS

Unit 1 Perspectives
Portrait of the American Child, 1995.
A Call to Action; Improving the Situation of Children
The next baby boom
The world's 5 Best Ideas, etc.
Unit 2 CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILIES
Educational Implications of development Transitions
The Amazing minds of Infants
Creativity and the Child's Social, etc.

UNIT 3 EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES
A PRESCHOOL AND PRIMARY PROGRAMS
Bringing the Dap message to Kindergarten and primary
Teaching young children: Educators seek 'Developmental Appropriateness, etc.

UNIT 4 GUIDING AND SUPPORTING YOUNG CHILDREN
B ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION
Nurturing Kids: Seven ways of Being Smart, Kristen
The Challenges of assessing young children appropriately
Aiming for New Outcomes: The Promise and the Reality, etc.

UNIT 5 CURRICULAR ISSUES
OVERVIEW
Diversity: A Program for all children
Project work with Diverse students: Adapting curriculum based on the reggio Emilia approach
Curriculum webs; Weaving connections from children to teachers, etc.

UNIT 6 REFLECTIONS
OVERVIEW
Starting Points: Executive summary of the report of the Carnegie corporation of new York task force on meeting the needs of young children
Sisterhood and sentimentality--America's Earliest preschool centers, etc

Include index: p. 241-243.