The Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children is the essential reference on research on early childhood education throughout the world. This singular resource provides a comprehensive overview of important contemporary issues as well as the information necessary to make informed judgments about these issues. The field has changed significantly since the publication of the second edition, and this third edition of the handbook takes care to address the entirety of vital new developments.
A valuable tool for all those who work and study in the field of early childhood education, this volume addresses critical, cutting edge research on child development, curriculum, policy, and research and evaluation strategies. With a multitude of new and updated chapters, The Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children, 3rd Edition makes the expanding knowledge base related to early childhood education readily available and accessible.
Contents
INTRODUCTION
1. Introduction: A Contemporary Researcher’s vade mecum (redux)
Olivia N. Saracho
Bernard Spodek
Part I. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
2. Cognitive Development and the Education of Young Children
Kelvin L. Seifert
3. Young Children’s Peer Relations and Social Competence
Gary Ladd
Casey M. Sechler
4. The Emotional Basis of Learning and Development in Early Childhood Education
Susanne A. Denham
Katherine M. Zinsser
Chavaughn A. Brown
5. Motor Development in Young Children
Jackie Goodway
JohnOzmun
David L. Gallahue
6. The Development of Children’s Creativity
Mark A. Runco
Nur Cayirdag
Part II. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM and INSTRUCTION
7. Rethinking Language Education in Early Childhood: Socio-Cultural Perspectives
Jim Anderson
Lyndsay Moffatt
Marianne McTavish
Jon Shapiro
and Issues in Children’s Literature
Olivia N. Saracho
9. Early Literacy: Towards a Semiotic approach
Susan E. Hill
Sue Nichols
10. The Education of Young Dual-Language Learners: An Overview
Robert Rueda
David B. Yaden, Jr.
11. Mathematics for Early Childhood Education
Catherine Sophian
12. Science Education in the Early Years
Lucia A. French
Suzanne D. Woodring
13. Techno-Tykes: Digital Technologies in Early Childhood
Marina Umaschi Bers
Elizabeth R. Kazakoff
14. Social Competence Education in Early Childhood: A Sociocultural Perspective
Stacy DeZutter
Melissa K. Kelly
15. Repositioning the Visual Arts in Early Childhood Education: Continuing Reconsideration
Christine Marmé Thompson
16. The Dance of Learning
Karen Bradley
17. Musical Childhoods: A Survey of Contemporary Research
Susan Young
18. Play in Earl...
