Early Childhood

This landmark volume includes contributions from key figures in children's television, outlining the history of Sesame Street, the research involved, and the global impacts it has made. For readers in children & media and developmental psych...

Implementing a Standards-Based Curriculum in the Early Childhood Classroom demonstrates how pre-service and in-service teachers can develop mathematics, language arts, and integrated curricula suitable for equipping young children with the knowledge, dispositions, and skills needed to operate succes..

Implementing a Standards-Based Curriculum in the Early Childhood Classroom demonstrates how pre-service and in-service teachers can develop mathematics, language arts, and integrated curricula suitable for equipping young children with the knowledge, dispositions, and skills needed to operate succes..

This book provides a snapshot of early childhood education and care from 22 different countries.It offers insights into the development and history of early childhood in different countries, including economic and political transitions that lead to changes in early childhood provision and policy...

This book is framed around the notion of transition as a time of change for those involved in the transition process, and as a time for reconceptualising beliefs, policy and practice. It explores transition from a number of international perspectives. Readers will be stimulated to consider how they ..

This book is framed around the notion of transition as a time of change for those involved in the transition process, and as a time for reconceptualising beliefs, policy and practice. It explores transition from a number of international perspectives. Readers will be stimulated to consider how they ..

This book discusses the impact on children’s learning when iPads were introduced in three very different early years settings in Brisbane, Australia. It outlines how researchers worked with pre-school teachers and parents to explore how iPads can assist with letter and word recognition, the developm..

This book discusses the impact on children’s learning when iPads were introduced in three very different early years settings in Brisbane, Australia. It outlines how researchers worked with pre-school teachers and parents to explore how iPads can assist with letter and word recognition, the developm..

Written by two of the foremost scholars on the language and literacy skills of African American school aged kids, the goal of the book is to highlight and synthesize their contributions to this body of knowledge. This very readable volume will be important to students, clinicians, and teachers, lear..

Mathematics and Diverse Students provides detailed profiles of teachers across the nation who have implemented effective mathematics instruction for diverse student populations..

Mathematics and Diverse Students provides detailed profiles of teachers across the nation who have implemented effective mathematics instruction for diverse student populations..

Representing the state of the art in multimedia applications and their promise for enhancing early literacy development, this volume, the first synthesis of evidence-based research in its field, broadens the field of reading research by looking beyond print-only experiences to young readers’ encount..