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44 produkter
High-Quality Early Learning for a Changing World
What Educators Need to Know and Do
Häftad, 2018
390 kr
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This concise and accessible resource provides an overview of the fundamentals of teaching in early childhood settings (pre-K–2), with a focus on what high-quality practices look like. It details the features of developmentally appropriate, linguistically responsive, culturally relevant/sustaining …
Practical Transformations and Transformational Practices
Globalization, Postmodernism, and Early Childhood Education
Av Sharon Ryan, Susan Grieshaber
Inbunden, 2005
1293 kr
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Both traditional and progressive curricula are inadequate for the task of responding to the economic, political, social, and cultural changes that have occurred as a result of globalization. This book documents some of the ongoing work occurring in early childhood settings that is aimed at …
View from the Little Chair in the Corner
Improving Teacher Practice and Early Childhood Learning (Wisdom from an Experienced Classroom Observer)
Av Cindy Rzasa Bess, Sharon Ryan
Häftad, 2009
320 kr
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This is a down-to-earth, heart-to-heart book about what it takes to be an exceptional early childhood teacher. The author uses her experience as a classroom observer and a developmental psychologist to create a rationale for best practice - the reasoning behind the best (worst, and average) …
Infants and Toddlers at Work
Using Reggio-inspired Materials to Support Brain Development
Av Ann Lewin-Benham, Sharon Ryan
Inbunden, 2010
691 kr
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Provides a wealth of practical and specific activities and materials to use with infants and toddlers to enhance growth and development. It looks at current research from the neurosciences to show what teachers and childcare providers can do with very young children. For each activity presented, …
Connecting Emergent Curriculum and Standards in the Early Childhood Classroom
Strengthening Content and Teaching Practice
Av Sydney L. Schwartz, Sherry M. Copeland m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
349 kr
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Provides teachers with resources to bring content alive in pre-school classrooms, and ways to document it. It includes lists of key content ideas to guide teacher observations of, and interactions with, young children. Chapters focus on ways to extend children's emerging use of content in the …
Seen and Heard
Children's Rights in Early Childhood Education
Av Ellen Lynn Hall, Sharon Ryan
Häftad, 2011
345 kr
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Using examples from a Reggio-inspired school with children from ages 6 weeks to 6 years, the authors emphasize the importance of children’s rights and our responsibility as adults to hear their voices. Seen and Heard summarizes research and theory pertaining to young children’s rights in the United …
Big Science for Growing Minds
Constructivist Classrooms for Young Thinkers
Av Jacqueline Grennon Brooks, Sharon Ryan
Häftad, 2011
349 kr
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Strong evidence from recent brain research shows that the intentional teaching of science is crucial in early childhood. Big Science for Growing Minds describes a groundbreaking curriculum that invites readers to rethink science education through a set of unifying concepts or “big ideas.” Using an …
What If All the Kids Are White?
Anti-Bias Multicultural Education with Young Children and Families
Av Louise Olsen Derman-Sparks, Patricia G. Ramsey m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
361 kr
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In this updated edition, two distinguished early childhood educators tackle the crucial topic of what White children need and gain from anti-bias and multicultural education. The authors propose seven learning themes to help young White children resist messages of racism and build identity and …
Twelve Best Practices for Early Childhood Education
Integrating Reggio and Other Inspired Approaches
Av Ann Lewin-Benham, Sharon Ryan
Häftad, 2011
402 kr
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In her new book, popular author Ann Lewin-Benham draws on her intimate knowledge and experience with the Reggio Approach to present 12 “best practices” inspired not only by Reggio, but also by play-based and Montessori approaches to early childhood education. These practices are demonstrated, one …
Twelve Best Practices for Early Childhood Education
Integrating Reggio and Other Inspired Approaches
Av Ann Lewin-Benham, Sharon Ryan
Inbunden, 2011
800 kr
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In her new book, popular author Ann Lewin-Benham draws on her intimate knowledge and experience with the Reggio Approach to present 12 “best practices” inspired not only by Reggio, but also by play-based and Montessori approaches to early childhood education. These practices are demonstrated, one …
Starting with Their Strengths
Using the Project Approach in Early Childhood Special Education
Av Deborah C. Lickey, Denise J. Powers m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
361 kr
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This book provides a comprehensive and practical guide to using the project approach when teaching young children with special needs. While focusing on children’s individual strengths, which include their interests, intelligences, and unique styles of learning, this resource demonstrates teaching …
Play's the Thing
Teachers' Roles in Children's Play
Av Elizabeth Jones, Gretchen Reynolds m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
349 kr
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Responding to current debates on the place of play in schools, the authors have extensively revised their groundbreaking book. They explain how and why play is a critical part of children’s development, as well as the central role adults have to promote it. This classic textbook and popular …
Moral Classrooms, Moral Children
Creating a Constructivist Atmosphere in Early Childhood
Av Rheta DeVries, Betty Zan m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
402 kr
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This classic bestseller, now updated for today's diverse teaching force and student populations, explores the benefits of sociomoral practices in the classroom. The authors draw on recent research to show how these approaches work with children ages 2-8. They focus on how to establish and maintain …
Language Building Blocks
Essential Linguistics for Early Childhood Educators
Häftad, 2012
349 kr
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Language Building Blocks is an accessible resource that familiarises early childhood professionals with linguistics, the scientific study of language. Knowledge of linguistics will enable early childhood educators to successfully teach young children core competencies, ranging from phonemic …
Inclusion in the Early Childhood Classroom
What Makes a Difference?
Av Susan L. Recchia, Sharon Ryan
Häftad, 2013
402 kr
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In this engaging book, the authors share stories from their practice and research about several young children with a variety of developmental delays and disabilities and their teachers. They explore the ways that teachers and children respond in real classrooms to real challenges, examining both …
Multicultural Teaching in the Early Childhood Classroom
Approaches, Strategies and Tools, Preschool-2nd Grade
Av Mariana Souto-Manning, Sharon Ryan
Häftad, 2013
349 kr
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This unique book features an array of approaches, strategies, and tools for teaching multiculturally in the early years. The teachers and classrooms portrayed here provide young children with rich educational experiences that empower them to understand themselves in relation to others. You will see …
Everyday Artists
Inquiry and Creativity in the Early Childhood Classroom
Av Dana Frantz Bentley, Sharon Ryan
Häftad, 2013
402 kr
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For the young child, art is a way of solving problems, conceptualising the world, and creating new possibilities. In Everyday Artists, the author addresses the disconnect that exists between the teaching of art and the way young children actually experience art. In doing so, this book questions …
Everyday Artists
Inquiry and Creativity in the Early Childhood Classroom
Av Dana Frantz Bentley, Sharon Ryan
Inbunden, 2013
773 kr
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For the young child, art is a way of solving problems, conceptualising the world, and creating new possibilities. In Everyday Artists, the author addresses the disconnect that exists between the teaching of art and the way young children actually experience art. In doing so, this book questions …
States of Child Care
Building a Better System
Häftad, 2013
458 kr
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This accessible, up-to-date account of the chronic issues plaguing child care reform offers viable solutions drawn from a model state child care system in the state of North Carolina. Original data illustrates the complex landscape of US child care, as well as the ambiguous relationship society has …
Early Years Matter
Education, Care, and the Well-Being of Children, Birth to 8
Av Marilou Hyson, Heather Biggar Tomlinson m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
361 kr
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This accessible and engaging work introduces current and future teachers, child care providers, and others interested in early childhood education to the importance of the early years in children’s well-being and success. It summarizes the research on the value of high-quality services for young …
Healthy Learners
A Whole Child Approach to Reducing Disparities in Early Education
Av Robert Crosnoe, Claude M. Bonazzo m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
376 kr
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The early childhood field has long understood that targeting the intersection of health and learning is integral to serving children, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds. Yet this developmentally informed educational philosophy has been jeopardized by an increased emphasis on …
STEM Learning with Young Children
Inquiry Teaching with Ramps and Pathways
Av Shelly Counsell, Lawrence Escalada m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
390 kr
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This teacher’s guide provides the background information, STEM concepts, and strategies needed to successfully implement an early STEM curriculum (Ramps and Pathways) with young children, ages 3–8. R&P actively engages young children in designing and building ramp structures using wooden cove …
Early Intervention Guidebook for Families and Professionals
Partnering for Success
Häftad, 2016
445 kr
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This guidebook on family–professional partnerships has beenused as a go-to early intervention resource in university coursework, for inservice professional development, and as a support to families in (or considering) early intervention. This new edition has been completely revised to reflect …
Continuity in Children's Worlds
Choices and Consequences for Early Childhood Settings
Av Melissa M. Jozwiak, Betsy J. Cahill m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
390 kr
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Children’s experiences when they transition from home to school, from classroom to classroom, and from school to school raise issues of continuity that permeate every aspect of early childhood education. This book uses practitioner stories to investigate beliefs about continuity and discontinuity …
A Critical Introduction to Wisdom, Understanding and Virtue
Av Sharon Ryan
Inbunden, 2028
1409 kr
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Practical Transformations and Transformational Practices
Globalization, Postmodernism, and Early Childhood Education
Av Susan Grieshaber, Sharon Ryan
E-bok, 2005
1277 kr
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Both traditional and progressive curricula are inadequate for the task of responding to the economic, political, social, and cultural changes that have occurred as a result of globalization. This book documents some of the ongoing work occurring in early childhood settings that is aimed at …
Culture and Child Development in Early Childhood Programs
Practices for Quality Education and Care
Av Carollee Howes, Sharon Ryan
Häftad, 2009
402 kr
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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 …
Supporting Boys' Learning
Strategies for Teacher Practice, Pre-K - Grade 3
Av Barbara Sprung, Merle Froschl m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
320 kr
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Helps teachers develop knowledge and strategies for teaching boys in ways that build on their strengths, respect their individual development levels, and adhere to principles of child development. Research has raised concerns about boys' vulnerability in terms of social-emotional development, …
