Early Childhood Education and School Readiness in India Quality and Diversity /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Kaul, Venita (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Bhattacharjea, Suman (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Child development.; Educational sociology .; Education and sociology.; Economic development.; Youth in development.; Early Childhood Education.; Sociology of Education.; Development and Children.

This volume makes a comprehensive assessment of the status and quality of early educational experiences at preschool and early primary grades in India. It raises a serious concern that despite high enrolment in preschools, children's school readiness levels remain low at ages five and six, and...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part 1 Background
• Chapter 1 Introduction: Positioning School Readiness and Early Childhood Education in the Indian Context Venita Kaul
• Chapter 2 Research in India on Early Childhood Education and School Readiness: Some Learnings Venita Kaul
• Part 2 Children Ready for School
• Chapter 3 Till What Age is 'Age' Relevant? Examining the Effect of Age on Early Learning Manjistha Banerji and Mansi Nanda
• Chapter 4 Positioning Psycho-Social Development Within the Construct of School Readiness: Challenges and Opportunities Meenakshi Dogra and Aparajita Bhargarh Chaudhary
• Chapter 5 Does Participation in Preschool Help Children's Early Grade Learning? Wilima Wadhwa, Suman Bhattacharjea and Manjistha Banerji
• Part 3 Schools Ready for Children
• Chapter 6 Where do young children go? Provisioning in Early Childhood Education Purnima Ramanujan and Nayan Dave
• Chapter 7 What Works for School Readiness? Understanding Quality in Preschool Education Aparajita Bhargarh Chaudhary and Venita Kaul
• Chapter 8 Language Literacy and Bilingualism in the Early Years Sunita Singh
• Chapter 9 Situating Teacher Beliefs Sunita Singh and Aparajita Bhargarh Chaudhary
• Chapter 10 Are Schools 'Ready for Children'? Assumptions and Ground Realities Suman Bhattacharjea
• Part 3 Families Ready for School
• Chapter 11 Participation Trends in ECE programs: Who Goes Where and Why? Ben Alcott, Suman Bhattacharjea, Purnima Ramanujan and Mansi Nanda
• Chapter 12 As We Look Ahead T.S. Saraswathi, Venita Kaul and Suman Bhattacharjea.