Authors: Carol Seefeldt
ISBN-13: 9780807737811, ISBN-10: 080773781X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Date Published: April 1999
Edition: 3rd Edition
Bringing educators completely up to date, this Third Edition includes two totally new chapters on inclusion and the multicultural world of the early childhood class room; an overview of current developments in the field; and unique coverage of curriculum-making, teaching strategies, play, reading, math, science, social studies, movement, music, and art. Once again, this text will enable educators to make decisions about what curriculum content is appropriate for young children by presenting the best thinking of authorities in curriculum content areas.
Preface | ||
1 | Determining the Early Childhood Curriculum: The Evolution of Goals and Strategies Through Consonance and Controversy | 1 |
2 | A Review of Research on Play | 27 |
3 | Oral Language in the Early Childhood Classroom: Building on Diverse Foundations | 54 |
4 | Emergent Literacy: What Research Reveals About Learning to Read | 80 |
5 | Fostering Each Child's Understanding of Mathematics | 106 |
6 | Research on Early Science Education | 133 |
7 | Early Childhood Social Studies | 159 |
8 | Research in Early Childhood Music and Movement Education | 179 |
9 | Art for Young Children | 201 |
10 | The Multicultural Worlds of Childhood in Postmodern America | 218 |
11 | Curricular Considerations for Young Children in Inclusive Settings | 243 |
12 | An Integrated Early Childhood Curriculum: Moving from the What and the How to the Why | 265 |
About the Editor and the Contributors | 289 | |
Index | 295 |