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9781849207379

Early Childhood Education

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    9781849207379

  • ISBN10:

    1849207372

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2011-12-06
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

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Summary

Early years and early childhood is a vibrant area of educational practice. The field is continually developing and is faced with contemporary advances, challenges and debates in terms of theories, research and practice. This collection, compiled by Iram Siraj-Blatchford, one of the most influential researchers in early years education, and Aziza Mayo, an emerging expert, provides an authoritative overview of early years education. Volume One: Foundational and Contemporary Thought on Young Children, Home and Society looks at the works of the foundational thinkers in early years development. It then sets out the current theories about the pathways and mechanisms of children's cognitive and socio-emotional development in the early years and how the home, community and institutional contexts impact on this development. Volume Two: Implications for Early Childhood Curriculum and Pedagogy investigates international research in a range of topics such as effective home (and 'natural') learning environments and community and other settings in the early years. Furthermore, the volume looks at cultural diversity within and between societies, play and playful pedagogies and peer tutoring. Volume Three: Early Childhood Programmes, Social Mobility and Social Justice puts forward research on international perspectives on unequal childhoods and how these inequalities can affect early childhood education. It also examines strategies and programmes to increase the effectiveness of early childhood settings and how to sustain this development. Volume Four: Current Debates in Early Childhood Education Research considers effective practices of researching early years education by looking at examples of longitudinal studies and randomized controlled trials. It suggests instruments to monitor and evaluate early childhood education and effective application of mixed quantitative and qualitative research towards policy changes.

Table of Contents

Foundational and Contemporary Thought on Young Children, Home and Society
Vygotsky, Piaget and Education
a Reciprocal Assimilation of Theories and Educational Practices
Getting Vygotskian about Theory of Mind
Mediation, Dialogue and the Development of Social Understanding
From Social Interaction to Higher Psychological Processes
a Clarification and Application of Vygotsky's Theory
From Mead to a Structural Symbolic Interactionism and beyond
Nature-Nurture Reconceptualized in Developmental Perspective
a Bioecological Model
Socioeconomic Status Modifies Heritability of IQ in Young Children
Parenting and Its Effect on Children
On Reading and Misreading Behaviour Genetics
Ecology of Developmental Processes
Culture Structures the Environment for Development
Learning from Others
Children's Construction of Concepts
Development in the Family
First-Hand Learning through Intent Participation
Autonomy and Relatedness in Cultural Context
Implications for Self and Family
Cultural Models, Socialization Goals and Parenting Ethnotheories
a Multicultural Analysis
Post-Vygotskian Lenses on Western Early Childhood Education
Moving the Debate forward
An Integrative Model for the Study of Developmental Competencies in Minority Children
Implications For Early Childhood Curriculum and Pedagogy
Executive Summary to Eager to Learn
Educating Our Pre-Schoolers
Quality Support Infrastructure in Early Childhood
Still (Mostly) Missing
Quality of the Pre-School and Home Environment as a Context of Children's Language Development
Effects of the Home-Learning Environment and Pre-School Center Experience upon Literacy and Numeracy Development in Early Primary School
The Stability of Parenting Behaviours over the First Six Years of Life
Cultural Variation in Young Children's Access to Work or Involvement in Specialized Child-Focused Activities
a Window into Different Cultural Worlds
Young Children's Everyday Activities in the United States, Brazil and Kenya
Researching Pedagogy in English Pre-Schools
Playing and Working in Kindergarten
Cognitive Co-Construction in Two Educational Situations
Symbolic Play
Opportunities for Cognitive and Language Development in Pre-School Settings
Playing House
a 'Sideways' Glance at Literacy and Identity in Early Childhood
The Playing-Learning Child
Towards a Pedagogy of Early Childhood
Make-Believe Play versus Academic Skills
a Vygotskian Approach to Today's Dilemma of Early Childhood Education
Serious Fun
Pre-Schoolers Engage in More Exploratory Play When Evidence Is Confounded
Conceptualizing Progression in the Pedagogy of Play and Sustained Shared Thinking in Early Childhood Education
a Vygotskian Perspective
Curricular Quality and Day-to-Day Learning Activities in Pre-School
Children's Early Numeracy in England, Finland and People's Republic of China
Constructing Cultural-Historical Tools for Supporting Young Children's Concept Formation in Early Literacy and Numeracy
Learning Dispositions and the Role of Mutual Engagement
Factors for Consideration in Educational Settings
Fostering Young Children's Representation, Planning and Reflection
a Focus in Three Current Early Childhood Models
Social and Emotional Learning in the Kindergarten Classroom
Evaluation of the Strong-Start Curriculum
a Family-Strengths Approach to Early Language and Literacy Development
Early Childhood Programmes, Social Mobility and Social Justice
The Early Education of Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Children
Educational Disadvantage in the Early Years
How Do We Overcome It? Some Lessons from Research
New Policy Conclusions from Starting Strong II and Update on the OECD Early Childhood Policy Reviews
a Nordic Approach to Early Childhood Education and Socially Endangered Children
Contrasting Visions of Early Childhood Education
Examples from Rural and Urban Settings in Zimbabwe and India
Socioeconomic and Environmental Determinants of Child-Care Patterns of Pre-Schoolers in Pakistan
Do Child-Care Centers Benefit Poor Children after School Entry?
The Long-Term Contribution of Early Childhood Education to Children's Performance
Evidence from New Zealand
Pre-School Program Improves Cognitive Control
The Socio-Emotional Effects of Non-Maternal Child Care on Children in the U.S.A.
a Critical Review of Recent Studies
The Impact of Pre-School on Young Children's Cognitive Attainments at Entry to Reception
Pre-School Experience in 10 Countries
Cognitive and Language Performance at Age Seven
The Effect of Pre-School on Children's School Readiness
Inequality in Pre-School Education and School Readiness
Fostering High-Quality Teaching with an Enriched Curriculum and Professional Development Support
The Head Start REDI Program
Introducing Literacy to Four-Year-Olds
Creating Classroom Cultures in Three Schools
a Book Reading Intervention with Pre-School Children Who Have Limited Vocabularies
The Benefits of Regular Reading and Dialogic Reading
Bilingual Language Development
What Do Early Years Practitioners Need to Know?
Current Debates in Early Childhood Education Research
The Effects of Pre-School Education
What We Know, How Public Policy Is or Is Not Aligned with the Evidence Base and What We Need to Know
The Quest for Quality in Early Day Care and Pre-School Experience Continues
Defining and Evaluating 'Quality' Early Childhood Education in an International Context
Dilemmas and Possibilities
Evidence-Informed Program Improvement
Using Principles of Effectiveness to Enhance Quality and Impact of Family-Based Prevention Programs
Program Quality and Early Childhood Inclusion
Recommendations for Professional Development
The Effects of Outcome-Driven Authentic Assessment on Classroom Quality
Translation of Research into Interventions
Shifting from Developmental to Postmodern Practices in Early Childhood Teacher Education
Improving Pre-School Classroom Processes
Preliminary Findings from a Randomized Trial Implemented in Head Start Settings
The Stockholm Project
Constructing a Pedagogy That Speaks in the Voice of the Child, the Pedagogue and the Parent
Early Childhood Development in Africa
Interrogating Constraints of Prevailing Knowledge Bases
Transformative Paradigm
Mixed Methods and Social Justice
Mixed Methods in International Collaborative Research
The Experiences of the International Study of Parents, Children and Schools
Mixing Qualitative and Quantitative Research in Developmental Science
Uses and Methodological Choices
The Early Childhood Classroom Observation Measure
Capturing Quality in Early Childhood through Environmental Rating Scales
Caring for Children around the World
a View from Home
Assessing the Quality of Early Years Learning Environments
Educational Research and Evidence-Based Policy
The Mixed-Method Approach of the Eppe Project
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