Carollee Howes – författare

The authors draw on their experiences as a developmental psychologist and as a teacher educator to provide ways for teachers to create positive child-teacher relationships and classroom climates. This forward-looking volume applies attachment theory to child-teacher relationships...explores strategies that teachers can use to foster positive student behavior...provides narrative examples from early childhood classrooms serving primarily low-income children of color...and uses stories from exemplary classrooms as well as those in which teachers are struggling with relationships.

Early childhood education programs are expected to provide exemplary care for all children - poor and affluent, children of colour and White children - while also adapting care to include children’s families and cultures. These two sets of expectations are often difficult for teachers and programs to meet. In this book, Carollee Howes shows how high-quality programs successfully adapt child development guidelines within cultural contexts, and why quality needs to be and can be measured in culturally specific ways.

The school readiness of young dual language learners depends on high-quality preschool programs that meet their needs— but how should schools promote and measure the progress of children learning two languages? Find out what the research says in this authoritative resource, which investigates the experiences of dual language learners in preschool classrooms and the policy implications of these critical findings.The most comprehensive, up-to-date research volume on this topic, this book is a must for policy makers and administrators serving the growing number of dual language learners in today's classrooms. Presenting the eye-opening results of their observational studies of early education classrooms, more than 25 experts give readers the invaluable insights they'll need to-assess the quality of instruction and classroom practices with sensitive, reliable measurement tools-identify and strengthen factors that contribute to the development of English language proficiency-determine whether instruction in children's home language helps them develop school readiness skills-ensure a culturally responsive classroom environment that promotes gains in both languages-support the teacher-child relationship, vital to promoting language and literacy development-understand and improve the early learning experiences of low-income dual language learners-shape future research efforts and policy decisions with a helpful synthesis of the research in this volumeWith this compendium of current research— sure to influence preschool practices for years to come— policy makers and administrators will have the foundational knowledge they need to ensure a high-quality, appropriate education for young children learning two languages.

Professional development practices that really improve child outcomes that's what every early childhood education program needs. With this authoritative research volume, administrators and policy makers will discover the latest findings on best professional development practices and learn how to scale up successful efforts across an entire district or state. Based on the annual leadership symposium of the National Centre for Research on Early Childhood Education (NCRECE), this book is a must for anyone engaged in high-level efforts to ensure teacher quality. Through clear explanations of cutting-edge research from two dozen respected contributors, readers will: investigate specific, field-tested professional development (PD) models that improved both teacher practice and child outcomes (with a spotlight on Robert Pianta's effective MyTeachingPartner framework) learn how these models helped educators teach academic content areas (early literacy, math, and science) and improve children's social-emotional skillsexamine positive teacher attributes that PD efforts should target, such as increased self-regulation skills and reduced cognitive overloaddiscover success strategies for scaling up professional development efforts through existing infrastructure and more investment in teacher quality (includes an extended case study on a comprehensive PD program in Texas) explore the policy implications of the professional development interventions described in this volume Essential reading for early childhood administrators, policy makers, and researchers, this important book will help bring about widespread improvements in professional development programs key to advancing teacher quality and better outcomes for young children.