Transitions to Early Care and Education International Perspectives on Making Schools Ready for Young Children /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Laverick, DeAnna M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Renck Jalongo, Mary (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Σειρά: Educating the Young Child, Advances in Theory and Research, Implications for Practice ; 4
• Θέματα: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; Teaching.; Child development.; Childhood Education.; Learning & Instruction.; Teaching and Teacher Education.; International and Comparative Education.

Transitions to new educational experiences are a universal rite of passage encountered by children worldwide.  This volume in the Educating the Young Child:  Advances in Theory and Research, Implications for Practice series provides early childhood educators with a resource that focuses on the trans...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Foreword; Mary Renck Jalongo
• Introduction; DeAnna M. Laverick
• Part One - Programs and Practices
• 1. Transitions to Group Care for Infants, Toddlers and Families; Nancy Balaban
• 2. Examining the State of the Science:  Empirical Support for Kindergarten Transition Practices for Students with Disabilities; Laura Lee McIntyre and Leah K. Wildenger
• 3. Supporting and Sustaining Transition to Formal Schooling for Children on the Autism Spectrum; Joann M. Migyanka
• 4. Early Literacy:  Connections and Disconnections Between Oral Language and Literacy; Susan Hill
• 5. Teacher Outreach to Families Across the Transition to School:  An Examination of Teachers’ Practices and their Unique Contributions to Children’s Early Academic Outcomes; Annemarie H. Hindman, Lori E. Skibbe, and Frederick J. Morrison
• Part Two -Policies and Issues
• 6. Critical Perspectives on Transition to School: Reframing the Debate; Anne Petriwskyj and Susan Grieshaber
• 7. Transition in the Classroom:  The Teacher; Margaret King
• 8. Preparing Preschoolers for Kindergarten: A Look at Teacher Beliefs; Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo, Allison Sidle Fuligni, and Lynn A. Karoly
• 9. The School Readiness of Preschoolers from Urban Backgrounds; Regena F. Nelson
• 10. Culture, Health, and School Readiness: An Integrated Approach to Transition; Suzanne M. Winter
• Part Three - International Perspectives
• 11. Reconsidering Readiness: Should the Spotlight be on Children or on Schools?; Nancy K. Freeman and Beth Powers-Costello
• 12. Preparing Young Children for Schools in China: Critical Transitions for Chinese Children; Yaoying Xu
• 13. The Socio-Cultural Contexts of Early Education in Caribbean Societies:  A Focus on Transition to Primary School; Jaipaul Roopnarine and James E. Johnson
• 14. Transition to School:  Child, Family, and Community-Level Determinants; Magdalena Janus
• 15. Schools as Integrated Hubs for Young Children and Families; Tomoko Arimura, Carl Corter, Janette Pelletier, Zeenat Janmohamed, Sejal Patel, Palmina Ioannone and Saba Mir
• Index.