Contemporary perspectives on families, communities, and schools for young children

Early childhood education has always been an enterprising one. Innovative models that provide connections among the family, community, and school of early childhood will continue to emerge through the years to acknowledge new educational ideologies, new social demands, and new knowledge. The issues...

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Other Authors Saracho, Olivia N. (Editor), Spodek, Bernard (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, 2005.
SeriesContemporary perspectives in early childhood education.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781918116717
DOI10.1108/978-1-60752-483-0
Physical Description1 online resource (xvii, 263 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Challenges and realities: family-community-school partnership / Olivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek
  • The relationship of parents to early childhood education through the years / Bernard Spodek and Olivia N. Saracho
  • Young children experiencing divorce and family transitions: how early childhood professionals can help / Marion F. Ehrenberg ... [et al.]
  • Family context and psychological development in early childhood: educational implications / Enrique B. Arranz Freijo
  • Parenting self-efficacy, competence in parenting, and possible links to young children's social and academic outcomes / Priscilla K. Coleman and Katherine H. Karraker
  • Emotion regulation: implications for children's school readiness and achievement / Julia M. Braungart-Rieker and Ashley L. Hill
  • Young children's achievement: does neighborhood residence matter? / Rebecca C. Fauth, Tama Leventhal, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
  • Children as catalysts for adult relations: new perspectives from Italian early childhood education / Rebecca S. New and Bruce L. Mallory
  • Cultural beliefs about childrearing and schooling in immigrant families and "developmentally appropriate practices": yawning gaps! / Jaipaul L. Roopnarine and Aysegul Metindogan
  • Mexican American families: cultural and linguistic influences / Olivia N. Saracho and Frances Martínez-Hancock
  • Involvement of American Indian families in early childhood education / Laura Hubbs-Tait ... [et al.]
  • Contemporary transformations in families, communities, and schools / Olivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek.