Child advocacy and early childhood education policies in the Caribbean

This volume explores early childhood education policies and practices in the Caribbean. Early childhood development has gained increasing importance as part of national agendas to achieve social and economic goals. Regional guidelines and action plans have been developed, but progress across nations...

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Other Authors Berson, Ilene R. (Editor), Berson, Michael J. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2016]
SeriesResearch in global child advocacy.
Subjects
Early childhood education > Social aspects > Caribbean Area.
Early childhood education > Government policy > Caribbean Area.
Education, Elementary > Social aspects > Caribbean Area.
Education, Elementary > Government policy > Carribean Area.
Education > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
Educational strategies and policy.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806610730
DOI10.1108/978-1-68123-256-0
Physical Description1 online resource (v, 237 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • development, care, and education in the earliest years of life: past, present, and lessons for the majority world / Kofi Marfo, Ilene R. Berson, and Michael J. Berson
  • Toward cross-sector integration of early childhood services in St. Lucia : using policy, historical, and linguistic factors to inform future progress / Patriann Smith and Kofi Marfo
  • Quality in early childhood education : the Puerto Rico experience / Annette López de Méndez, Víctor E. Bonilla-Rodríguez, and Claudia X. Alvarez-Romero
  • A move toward completing the early childhood development policy in Belize / Alberto Luis August
  • From "bull in the pen" to one, two, three, and then? : transitioning from outdoor play to indoor activities
  • When heavy desks do not move : move the way to think about desks / Trician Bailey and Megan Cross
  • Voices from parents : issues of early childhood education in Belize / Erin M. Casey
  • A postcolonial waltz : encouraging meaningful mathematics learning in Jamaica's early childhood classrooms / La-Toya Latty and Lissa Ledbetter
  • Boys won't read : what can teachers do to engage boys in reading? / Sharon Edwards and Lori Rakes
  • Developing the "ideal Caribbean child" : employing social-emotional and behavioral assessment and intervention practices in health and family life education / Tavis D. Jules and Gina Coffee
  • Children at risk : girls' sexual abuse and child protection issues in Jamaica / Paul Miller.

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