The Culture Of Child Care

Author : Carollee Howes
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807775189

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Culture and Child Development in Early Childhood Programs by Carollee Howes Pdf

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

Author : Kay E. Sanders,Alison Wishard Guerra
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780190218096

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The Culture of Child Care by Kay E. Sanders,Alison Wishard Guerra Pdf

As societies are experiencing increasing levels of immigration from contexts outside of the Western, industrialized world, child care programs are experiencing, simultaneously, increasing diversity in enrollment. A question that has been raised by early childhood advocates and practitioners is whether the former articulations regarding definitions of quality, models of relationships, and peer relations in the child care context are accurate and relevant within the increasing racial, linguistic, and ethnic diversity of the United States. The Culture of Child Care provides a much-needed integration of research pertaining to crucial aspects of early childhood development-- attachment in non-familial contexts, peer relations among ethnically and linguistically diverse children, and the developmental importance of child care contexts during early childhood. This volume highlights the interconnections between these three distinct bodies of research and crosses disciplinary boundaries by linking psychological and educational theories to the improvement of young children's development and experiences within child care. The importance of cultural diversity in early childhood is widely acknowledged and discussed, but up until now, there has been little substantive work with a cultural focus on today's educational and early child care settings. This innovative volume will be a unique resource for a wide range of early childhood professionals including basic and applied developmental researchers, early childhood educators and advocates, and policymakers.

Author : Robert A. Levine,Sarah Levine,Suzanne Dixon,Amy Richman,P. Herbert Leiderman,Constance H. Keefer,T. Berry Brazelton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1994-08-26
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0521331714

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Child Care and Culture by Robert A. Levine,Sarah Levine,Suzanne Dixon,Amy Richman,P. Herbert Leiderman,Constance H. Keefer,T. Berry Brazelton Pdf

Child Care and Culture examines parenthood, infancy, and early childhood in an African community, revealing patterns unanticipated by current theories of child development and raising provocative questions about the concept of "normal" child care. Comparing the Gusii people of Kenya with the American white middle class, the authors show how divergent cultural priorities create differing conditions for early childhood development. Combining the perspectives of social anthropology, pediatrics, and developmental psychology, the authors demonstrate how child care customs can be responsive to varied socioeconomic, demographic, and cultural conditions without inflicting harm on children. This text will be of interest to researchers in child development and anthropology.

Author : Kay E. Sanders,Alison Wishard Guerra
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Child care
ISBN : 019021810X

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The Culture of Child Care by Kay E. Sanders,Alison Wishard Guerra Pdf

"The Culture of Child Care provides a much-needed integration of research pertaining to crucial aspects of early childhood development-- attachment in non-familial contexts, peer relations among ethnically and linguistically diverse children, and the developmental importance of child care contexts during early childhood"--

Author : Michael E. Lamb,Kathleen J. Sternberg,Carl-Philip Hwang,Anders G. Broberg
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-02
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317760078

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Child Care in Context by Michael E. Lamb,Kathleen J. Sternberg,Carl-Philip Hwang,Anders G. Broberg Pdf

Child care is an integral part of the web of influences and experiences that shape children's development. Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach that covers both historic and economic contexts, this unique book characterizes child care in 18 countries on five continents. Specific historical roots and the current social contexts of child care are delineated in industrialized as well as in developing countries. To increase the depth of crosscultural analysis and integration, commentators from countries and disciplines other than the authors comment on the issues raised in each chapter.

Author : Janet Gonzalez-Mena
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Child care
ISBN : 0767420721

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Multicultural Issues in Child Care by Janet Gonzalez-Mena Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Integrating the Science of Early Childhood Development
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2000-11-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309069885

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From Neurons to Neighborhoods by National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Integrating the Science of Early Childhood Development Pdf

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.

Author : Ann Pelo,Margie Carter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0942702964

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From Teaching to Thinking by Ann Pelo,Margie Carter Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Head Start programs
ISBN : UIUC:30112104074205

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Multicultural Principles for Head Start Programs by Anonim Pdf

Author : Judy S. DeLoache
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2000-05-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0521664756

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A World of Babies by Judy S. DeLoache Pdf

'Manuals' for new parents illustrating many models of babyhood, shaped by different values and cultures.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Supporting the Parents of Young Children
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309388573

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Parenting Matters by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Supporting the Parents of Young Children Pdf

Decades of research have demonstrated that the parent-child dyad and the environment of the familyâ€"which includes all primary caregiversâ€"are at the foundation of children's well- being and healthy development. From birth, children are learning and rely on parents and the other caregivers in their lives to protect and care for them. The impact of parents may never be greater than during the earliest years of life, when a child's brain is rapidly developing and when nearly all of her or his experiences are created and shaped by parents and the family environment. Parents help children build and refine their knowledge and skills, charting a trajectory for their health and well-being during childhood and beyond. The experience of parenting also impacts parents themselves. For instance, parenting can enrich and give focus to parents' lives; generate stress or calm; and create any number of emotions, including feelings of happiness, sadness, fulfillment, and anger. Parenting of young children today takes place in the context of significant ongoing developments. These include: a rapidly growing body of science on early childhood, increases in funding for programs and services for families, changing demographics of the U.S. population, and greater diversity of family structure. Additionally, parenting is increasingly being shaped by technology and increased access to information about parenting. Parenting Matters identifies parenting knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with positive developmental outcomes in children ages 0-8; universal/preventive and targeted strategies used in a variety of settings that have been effective with parents of young children and that support the identified knowledge, attitudes, and practices; and barriers to and facilitators for parents' use of practices that lead to healthy child outcomes as well as their participation in effective programs and services. This report makes recommendations directed at an array of stakeholders, for promoting the wide-scale adoption of effective programs and services for parents and on areas that warrant further research to inform policy and practice. It is meant to serve as a roadmap for the future of parenting policy, research, and practice in the United States.

Author : Alma Gottlieb,Judy S. DeLoache
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-20
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781107137295

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A World of Babies by Alma Gottlieb,Judy S. DeLoache Pdf

A fully revised and updated second edition of this successful guide to childcare advice in different cultures around the globe.

Author : National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on the Science of Children Birth to Age 8: Deepening and Broadening the Foundation for Success
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309324885

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Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 by National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on the Science of Children Birth to Age 8: Deepening and Broadening the Foundation for Success Pdf

Children are already learning at birth, and they develop and learn at a rapid pace in their early years. This provides a critical foundation for lifelong progress, and the adults who provide for the care and the education of young children bear a great responsibility for their health, development, and learning. Despite the fact that they share the same objective - to nurture young children and secure their future success - the various practitioners who contribute to the care and the education of children from birth through age 8 are not acknowledged as a workforce unified by the common knowledge and competencies needed to do their jobs well. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 explores the science of child development, particularly looking at implications for the professionals who work with children. This report examines the current capacities and practices of the workforce, the settings in which they work, the policies and infrastructure that set qualifications and provide professional learning, and the government agencies and other funders who support and oversee these systems. This book then makes recommendations to improve the quality of professional practice and the practice environment for care and education professionals. These detailed recommendations create a blueprint for action that builds on a unifying foundation of child development and early learning, shared knowledge and competencies for care and education professionals, and principles for effective professional learning. Young children thrive and learn best when they have secure, positive relationships with adults who are knowledgeable about how to support their development and learning and are responsive to their individual progress. Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 offers guidance on system changes to improve the quality of professional practice, specific actions to improve professional learning systems and workforce development, and research to continue to build the knowledge base in ways that will directly advance and inform future actions. The recommendations of this book provide an opportunity to improve the quality of the care and the education that children receive, and ultimately improve outcomes for children.

Author : Emily Plank
Publisher : Redleaf Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781605544632

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Discovering the Culture of Childhood by Emily Plank Pdf

View the culture of childhood through a whole new lens. Identify age-based bias and expand your outlook on and understanding of early childhood as a culture. Examine various elements of childhood culture: language, belief economics, arts, and social structure to understand children's dispositions of questioning, engagement, and cooperation. Emily Plank specializes in play-based education, diversity and culture in early childhood education, and outdoor learning. In 2011, the Iowa Association for the Education of Young Children identified Emily as one of seven emerging leaders. She earned her bachelor's degree from Pepperdine University. She and her family currently reside in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Author : Adele Pillitteri
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Page : 1806 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781582559995

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Maternal & Child Health Nursing by Adele Pillitteri Pdf

Growing research shows that many children from immigrant and refugee families are not doing well in school, due in part to linguistic and cultural disadvantages. Teaching dual-language learners requires cultural sensitivity, an understanding of language acquisition, and intentional teaching strategies. Combining research and techniques, this resource helps early childhood educators support dual-language learners as they develop the skills necessary for school readiness and success.