Approaches to Early Childhood Education

Abstract

I. INTRODUCTION 1. Historical Perspectives on Early Childhood Education. 2. Child Care. 3. The Head Start Program. II. BROAD APPROACHES. 4. Classes for Parents and Young Children: The Family Center Model. 5. The Eriksonian Approach. 6. Behavior Analysis and Principles in Early Childhood Education. 7. The Constructivist Perspective on Early Education: Applications to Children's Museums. 8. The Project Approach: An Overview. 9. Montessori Education Today. 10. Mixed-Age Classrooms for Young Children. III. SPECIFIC PROGRAMS. 11. The Portage Project: An International Home Approach to Early Intervention for Young Children and Their Families. 12. The Developmental-Interaction Approach at Bank Street College of Education. 13. The High/Scope Curriculum for Early Childhood Care and Education. 14. The Ausubelian Preschool Classroom. 15. Educating the Young Thinker Model from Research to Practice: A Case Study of Program Development, or the Place of Theory and Research in the Development of Educational Programs. 16. Reggio Emilia: An Approach or an Attitude? IV. INTEGRAL DIMENSIONS. 17. Including Everyone: A Model Preschool Program for Typical and Special-Needs Children. 18. A Framework for Culturally Relevant, Multicultural, and Anti-Bias Education in the 21st Century. Epilogue. Index.

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