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Serving as an orientation to early childhood education (ECE) for ages 0–8, this text's constructivist approach to learning encourages active involvement by asking students to observe, question, reflect, research, and analyze what early childhood educators do and why they do it.

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• Note: Each chapter begins with an Introduction
• I Community
• 1 Joining a Community of Learners
• Questioning as a Strategy
• Interviewing as a Strategy
• Observing as a Strategy Analyzing and Synthesizing as Strategies
• Researching as a Strategy
• Reflecting as a Strategy
• Writing as a Strategy Documentation
• Through Portfolios as a Strategy
• 2 Getting Information and Support
• How Can You Find Information and Resources?
• Exploring Sources and Resources
• Models of Professional Collaboration
• Professional Literature Community Resources
• Educational Technology Resources
• II Children 3: Observing Children's Development in Early Childhood Education
• Children in Infant Programs
• Children in Toddler Settings
• Children in Preschool Settings
• Children in Kindergarten Settings
• Children in Primary School Settings
• 4 Children as Sense Makers
• The Three Kinds of Knowledge
• The Intellectual Development of Very Young Children
• The Intellectual Development of Two- to Seven-Year-Old Children
• The Intellectual Development of Seven- to Eleven-Year-Old
• Children 5: Views of Children Over Time
• The Concept of Childhood Ancient Times
• The Fourth to Seventh Centuries
• The Middle Ages
• The Fourteenth to Sixteenth Centuries
• The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
• The Nineteenth Century
• The Twentieth Century
• Children's Views of Childhood 6: Exploring the Lives of Young Children and Families
• Issues Affecting Young Children and Families
• Violence as an Issue
• Multiple Perspectives on Issue
• Child Abuse and Neglect as an Issue
• Technology as an Issue
• Coordinating Multiple Perspectives
• III Settings
• 7 Professionals in Early Childhood Settings
• Types of Early Childhood
• Programs Funding Early Childhood Education
• Administration of Early Childhood Education
• Programs
• 8 Creating Curriculum in Field Experiences
• What Is Curriculum?
• Field Experiences
• Field Experience Seminar with Dr. K. IV
• Professionalism
• 9 Views of Professionals Over Time
• A Constructivist View of History
• Why Study Early Childhood History?
• Justification for the Field of Early Childhood
• Education Pioneers in Early Childhood Education
• The Kindergarten Movement in America
• The Child Study Movement
• The Nursery School and Child-Care Movement
• Laws and Government Standards
• Professional Standards
• A Look Forward
• 10 Meeting Today's Early Childhood Professionals
• Teaching Administration Auxiliary Personnel Advice From Professionals
• 11 Personal Development as a Professional Considering the Future Personal
• Reasons for a Career in Early Childhood Education
• What Is a Good Teacher?
• Professionalism in Early Childhood Education
• Developing Autonomy Transitions
• Glossary
• References
• Index