The Essentials

The Essentials
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Publisher : Essentials
Total Pages : 80
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ISBN-10 : 1938113357
ISBN-13 : 9781938113352
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis The Essentials by : Marie Masterson

The basic information family child care providers need to run a successful program in a warm, welcoming setting for children and their families

Culture and Child Development in Early Childhood Programs

Culture and Child Development in Early Childhood Programs
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Publisher : Teachers College Press
Total Pages : 334
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ISBN-10 : 9780807775189
ISBN-13 : 0807775185
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis Culture and Child Development in Early Childhood Programs by : Carollee Howes

Early childhood education programs are expected to provide exemplary care for all children—poor and affluent, children of color 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. This important book: Closely examines ECE programs considered exemplary for low-income children of color. Shows how directors and teachers successfully use practices derived from their cultural communities to implement universal standards of child care. Identifies the commonalities in good early childhood programs that are shared across class, race, and ethnic communities. Offers best practices based on extensive assessments, interviews, and observations. “Will have immediate relevance for policy debates, for understanding the mechanisms of program effects, and for educators who wish to deepen their knowledge of practice.” —Robert C. Pianta, University of Virginia “I urge all higher education faculty, in-service teacher trainers, accreditation observers, researchers, text-book writers and policymakers of standards to read this book.” —From the Foreword by Louise Derman-Sparks

From Neurons to Neighborhoods

From Neurons to Neighborhoods
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Publisher : National Academies Press
Total Pages : 610
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ISBN-10 : 9780309069885
ISBN-13 : 0309069882
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis From Neurons to Neighborhoods by : National Research Council

How we raise young children is one of today's most highly personalized and sharply politicized issues, in part because each of us can claim some level of "expertise." The debate has intensified as discoveries about our development-in the womb and in the first months and years-have reached the popular media. How can we use our burgeoning knowledge to assure the well-being of all young children, for their own sake as well as for the sake of our nation? Drawing from new findings, this book presents important conclusions about nature-versus-nurture, the impact of being born into a working family, the effect of politics on programs for children, the costs and benefits of intervention, and other issues. The committee issues a series of challenges to decision makers regarding the quality of child care, issues of racial and ethnic diversity, the integration of children's cognitive and emotional development, and more. Authoritative yet accessible, From Neurons to Neighborhoods presents the evidence about "brain wiring" and how kids learn to speak, think, and regulate their behavior. It examines the effect of the climate-family, child care, community-within which the child grows.

Child Care for Low-income Families

Child Care for Low-income Families
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Publisher : National Academies
Total Pages : 80
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ISBN-10 : NAP:11675
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Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis Child Care for Low-income Families by : Deborah Phillips

Child Care Administration

Child Care Administration
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Publisher : Goodheart-Wilcox Publisher
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1590706005
ISBN-13 : 9781590706008
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Child Care Administration by : Linda S. Nelson

Planning quality programs for young children.

The Early Childhood Care and Education Workforce

The Early Childhood Care and Education Workforce
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Publisher : National Academies Press
Total Pages : 224
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ISBN-10 : 9780309219372
ISBN-13 : 030921937X
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis The Early Childhood Care and Education Workforce by : National Research Council

Early childhood care and education (ECCE) settings offer an opportunity to provide children with a solid beginning in all areas of their development. The quality and efficacy of these settings depend largely on the individuals within the ECCE workforce. Policy makers need a complete picture of ECCE teachers and caregivers in order to tackle the persistent challenges facing this workforce. The IOM and the National Research Council hosted a workshop to describe the ECCE workforce and outline its parameters. Speakers explored issues in defining and describing the workforce, the marketplace of ECCE, the effects of the workforce on children, the contextual factors that shape the workforce, and opportunities for strengthening ECCE as a profession.

Reconceptualizing Quality in Early Childhood Education, Care and Development

Reconceptualizing Quality in Early Childhood Education, Care and Development
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 311
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ISBN-10 : 9783030690137
ISBN-13 : 303069013X
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis Reconceptualizing Quality in Early Childhood Education, Care and Development by : Zoyah Kinkead-Clark

Recognizing the various ecological contexts that support children’s development while amplifying voices from across the globe, this book challenges narrow interpretations of quality and best practice. Each author offers a unique perspective on issues germane to the field of early childhood education: perceptions of children, curriculum, teacher education, and play-based learning. An innovative, timely, and much-needed contribution, this book represents an inclusive collection of theoretical and cultural knowledge, as well as research. Such a diverse multicentric lens opens new intellectual pathways for authentic, reciprocal knowledge exchange, while ensuring that a reimagining of early childhood education remains at the core of our teaching practice, scholarship, and activism. This book invites everyone to imagine, to dare to believe, to hope, and to act—in the interests of children, in the interests of communities and families, and in the moral precepts of equity, inclusion and justice.

How is Child Care Quality Measured?

How is Child Care Quality Measured?
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Publisher : Inter-American Development Bank
Total Pages : 86
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ISBN-10 : 9781597822237
ISBN-13 : 159782223X
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis How is Child Care Quality Measured? by : Florencia López Boo

This toolkit is designed to be a resource for researchers and technical staff of any discipline, working for governments and institutions interested in measuring and monitoring the quality of child care centers serving infants ages 0 to 3 years (36 months).

Economics of Child Care

Economics of Child Care
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Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Total Pages : 207
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ISBN-10 : 9781610440608
ISBN-13 : 1610440609
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis Economics of Child Care by : David M. Blau

"David Blau has chosen seven economists to write chapters that review the emerging economic literature on the supply of child care, parental demand for care, child care cost and quality, and to discuss the implications of these analyses for public policy. The book succeeds in presenting that research in understandable terms to policy makers and serves economists as a useful review of the child care literature....provides an excellent case study of the value of economic analysis of public policy issues." —Arleen Leibowitz, Journal of Economic Literature "There is no doubt this is a timely book....The authors of this volume have succeeded in presenting the economic material in a nontechnical manner that makes this book an excellent introduction to the role of economics in public policy analysis, and specifically child care policy....the most comprehensive introduction currently available." —Cori Rattelman, Industrial and Labor Relations Review