Preschool curriculum

Author: Johnson
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: One of the "Early Childhood Education Translation Series." This book introduces readers to a large number of new important topics, trends, and developments in early childhood education, covering areas such as child care, early childhood education curricula, and specific models. The book not only constructs a framework for various curricula and service institutions in early childhood education programs but also establishes a coherent and holistic concept of early childhood education in the evolving field of education. The other four volumes in the series are "Research Methods in Development" (Second Edition), "Scientists in the Cradle—Mind, Brain, and Child Learning," "Emergent Curriculum," and "McGraw-Hill Family Teaching."
The third edition of "Early Childhood Education Curriculum" has facilitated this daunting yet challenging professional task by incorporating a large number of impressive new important topics, contemporary trends, and developmental milestones related to early childhood education within a single book. The innovation of this edition lies in its dedication to expanding content on initial planning, sociopolitical policies that impact children and families, the internationally renowned and highly successful Reggio Emilia system, and constructivist approaches applied in "children's museums." The new edition also depicts Montessori and Bank Street approaches applied to ECE. All chapters in the third edition have been substantially revised. Each chapter covers overlapping knowledge domains in early childhood education, integrating outcomes from educational, practical, and policy perspectives.
An important purpose of reading this book is not only to build a broad awareness of the transmission of various curricula and service institutions in early childhood education programs but also to begin establishing a coherent and holistic conceptual perspective in our ever-developing and evolving field of education. This field, which is not only expanding to adapt to internal professional driving forces but also influences countless children and adults both domestically and internationally, has been profoundly impacted.