Beginnings & Beyond: Foundations in Early Childhood Education

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Taylor & Francis US, 2004 - 674 Seiten
Beginnings & Beyond is designed to assist students in gaining essential knowledge and skills to become effective, competent teachers and caregivers. In this well-organized and dynamic presentation, this text addresses the fundamentals in early childhood education-from its history to present issues and future trends. With an emphasis on multiculturalism and NAEYC's developmentally appropriate practice, this edition promotes a "both/and" viewpoint, maintaining that there is more than one correct way to care for and educate young children. This is stressed in areas of early literacy, spiritual development, discipline, diversity and anti-bias strategies and family relationships. Expanded information on curriculum, along with concepts of multiple intelligence, ecological theory and NAEYC's Code of Ethical Conduct, highlight the importance of maintaining an awareness of each child's needs and interests. This well-organized material is enhanced by a host of sidebars, photos, chapter activities, integrated technology and more.

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CHAPTER
5
Nontraditional Perspectives
13
Interdisciplinary Influences
24
Summary
33
CHAPTER
39
CHAPTER 4
51
Schools with a Message
61
DEVELOPMENTAL AND LEARNING
71
Planning for the Environment
342
Creating the Environment
351
The Temporal Environment
365
Summary
374
Additional Readings
380
Curriculum Basics
386
Multiple Intelligences
401
Planning for Curriculum
409

Home Schooling
72
WHO IS THE CHILD?
90
Using Word Pictures
98
The Whole Child
112
Cultural Racial and Ethnic Considerations
122
Additional Readings
128
THEORIES
129
Behaviorist Theory
138
Sociocultural Theory
148
Maturation Theory
155
Using Developmental and Learning Theories
171
A Place for Faith
177
Who Are the Teachers?
183
The Teachers Role
189
Becoming a Teacher
198
A Key to Quality
206
The Beginning Teacher
214
Key Terms
220
Understanding What We Observe
231
Evaluating Children
244
The Portfolio
259
Summary
266
Additional Readings
272
Guiding Behavior
281
Summary
299
Partnership in Education
305
Todays Parent
312
TeacherParent Interactions
318
Summary
323
CHAPTER 9
329
Childs Play
418
The Teachers Role
424
Curriculum Perspectives Continue
430
Introduction
436
Role of the Teacher
444
Summary452
452
Introduction
458
The Teachers Role
467
Computers in the Classroom
477
References483
483
Language Skills in Early Childhood
492
The Teachers Role
494
Childrens Literature
512
Summary
518
Introduction
524
The Teachers Role
533
Conclusion
541
Social Skills in Early Childhood
548
Conclusion
560
Art
570
Summary
576
Helpful Web Sites
582
Introduction
588
The Importance of Childhood
596
Transmitting Values
610
Teaching for the 21st Century
622
Key Terms
629
APPENDIX
645
APPENDIX C
654
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Autoren-Profil (2004)

Ann Miles Gordon has been an early childhood professional for more than 45 years as a teacher of young children, a teacher of parents, and a teacher of college students. She has taught in laboratory schools, church-related centers, and private and public preschool and kindergarten programs. Ann taught at the Bing Nursery School, the laboratory school for Stanford University's Department of Psychology, where she was a head teacher and lecturer in the Psychology Department. Ann also served as an adjunct faculty member in several community colleges, teaching the full gamut of early childhood courses. Ann served as executive director of the National Association of Episcopal Schools for 14 years, where more than 1,100 early childhood programs were a part of her network. Ann is semi-retired and a hands-on grandmother of two, through which she brings an enhanced perspective on center-based care and early elementary grades.

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