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Exploring Your Role: A Practitioner's Introduction to Early Childhood Education, 1/e

Mary Renck Jalongo, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Joan P. Isenberg, George Mason University

Published July, 1999 by Prentice Hall Career & Technology

Copyright 2000, 482 pp.
Cloth
ISBN 0-13-526915-6


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Summary

Appropriate for courses in Introduction to Early Childhood, Methods in Early Childhood, or Early Childhood Curriculum Written by two award-winning teachers, this introductory text is based on the standards of professional preparation by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. It clearly focuses on the process of becoming a knowledgeable, caring, competent, and reflective practitioner who will work with children from birth through eight years of age. The book addresses the concerns new teachers often have about their effectiveness and prepares them to work with young children in a variety of settings.

Features


Each chapter contains full case studies in One Child, Three Perspectives.

  • Designed to stimulate discussion.
Provides a series of interviews with leading experts—Profiled in Ask the Expert—a feature that shares “current thinking” in the field.
  • Introduces students to leaders in the field.
Opens each chapter with a vignette—Invites readers to compare, contrast, and connect their own experiences to those portrayed within the chapter.
  • Encourages teacher reflection.
Closes each chapter with an In-Class Workshop—Based on actual workshops conducted at conferences and training sessions.
  • Gives instructors a strong teaching resource.
Features a text-specific companion Website—Contains chapter objectives, an interactive on-line study guide, and additional classroom resources.
  • Gives students practice exercises and additional resources.
An ABC video comes with the text—Video clips are integrated with text, containing six segments.
  • Extends information in the book.
A compendium of resources.
  • Offers a storehouse of information to early childhood practitioners that orients them to resources in the field.


Table of Contents
    1. Exploring Your Role as a Reflective Practitioner.
    2. Exploring Your Child Advocacy Role from a Historical Perspective.
    3. Exploring Your Role as a Child Development Specialist.
    4. Exploring Your Role in Fostering Children's Learning.
    5. Exploring Your Role in Designing a Safe, Healthy, and Appropriate Early Childhood Environment.
    6. Exploring Your Role as a Curriculum Developer.
    7. Exploring Your Role in Planning for Children's Learning.
    8. Exploring Your Role in Documenting Children's Learning.
    9. Exploring Your Role in Guiding Children's Behavior.
    10. Exploring Your Role in Supporting Families.
    11. Exploring Your Role as a Professional in the Field of Early Childhood Education.
    Compendium of Early Childhood Materials and Resources.

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