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Who Am I in the Lives of Children? An Introduction to Early Childhood Education

Autor Stephanie Feeney, Eva Moravcik, Sherry Nolte, Doris Christensen
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 27 dec 2008
“What kind of person am I?  What kind of professional will I become?”
 
These are the questions that the authors pose to the reader in Who Am I in the Lives of Children, Eighth Edition.  Taking a child-centered approach and focusing on values and ethics the authors present the foundation and the tools that pre-service teachers need to become the kind of teacher that can make a difference in a child’s life. 
 
The book offers the following pedagogical tools to help accomplish this goal: 
  • Reflection Boxes—encourage reflective thinking.
  • Learning Outcomes—relate to the NAEYC standard for the content covered in each chapter.
  • To Learn More—This section includes suggestions for projects to help students learn more about the content in the chapter.
  • For Your Portfolio—This part suggests items that students may want to add to their professional portfolio to create a document that can be presented later to prospective employers. 
Practical and clear in its orientation, the book lays out the foundation of the field of early childhood education.  Each chapter in the book is constructed to help students to gain awareness, acquire knowledge, or develop skills in an essential are of early childhood education.  Each chapter builds on the one before it to present a constructivist, developmental approach to the field.  It is the hope of the authors that students reading the book will be empowered to become a competent, nurturing, and reflective early childhood educator and an active and committed advocate for young children.
 
New To This Edition:
 
NEW:Alignment with NAEYC standards — a supplement to the table of contents shows how each chapter addresses NAEYC Standards for Professional Preparation.
 
NEW: Ethics Reflections—Throughout the text examples of common ethical dilemmas are presented with thought-provoking questions designed to help students to reflect on their ethical responsibilities and the use of the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct.
 
NEW: Golden Rules—Clear, concise, easy-to-remember guidelines and recommendations for practice are presented in boxed format in chapters related to classroom practice (e.g. Golden Rules for Writing Anecdotal Records, Golden Rules for Designing Learning Environments, Golden Rules for Talking with Children).
  
 If you want MYEducationLab included with the book purchase: 
ISBN  0136101119  9780136101116   Who Am I in the Lives of Children? An Introduction to Early Childhood Education (with MyEducationLab), 8/e
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780137151936
ISBN-10: 0137151934
Pagini: 528
Dimensiuni: 203 x 254 x 23 mm
Greutate: 1.07 kg
Ediția:8Nouă
Editura: Prentice-Hall
Locul publicării:Upper Saddle River, United States

Cuprins

Chapter 1   The Teacher
 
Chapter 2    The Field of Early Childhood Education and Care
 
Chapter 3   History and Educational Models
 
Chapter 4   Observing, Documenting, and Assessing
 
Chapter 5   Child Development
 
Chapter 6   Relationships and Guidance
 
Chapter 7   Health, Safety, and Well-Being
 
Chapter 8   The Learning Environment
 
Chapter 9   Understanding and Supporting Play
 
Chapter 10   The Curriculum
 
Chapter 11   Curriculum Planning
 
Chapter 12  Inclusion of Children with Disabilities
 
Chapter 13  Working with Families
 
Chapter 14   Becoming an Early Childhood Professional
 
Bibliography
Appendix A   NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct and Statement of Commitment
 
Appendix B   Environment Checklists
 
Name Index
Subject Index

Textul de pe ultima copertă

Who Am I in the Lives of Children? An Introduction to Early Childhood Education, Eighth Edition Stephanie Feeney, Professor Emerita, University of Hawaii
Eva Moravcik, Professor, Honolulu Community College
Sherry Nolte, Professor, Honolulu Community College
Doris Christensen, Honolulu Community College
 
Discover who you are as an educator!   
The authors’ vision in writing this text was to teach others to work with young children.  This child-centered text, now in its eighth edition, continues to help students discover who they are as educators, and what they value for children rather than focusing exclusively on content and skills.  Embracing a constructivist philosophy, it provides a foundation for a career in early childhood that is built on respect for children, the importance of teachers' reflections on their own values and actions, and a clear presentation of principles and practice. 
Written in conversational and personal voice and appealing to a wide range of students, this text supports readers' personal and professional development.  The authors' unique talents as university and community college professors, teachers of young children, and national policy makers have come together to help students understand children and their important role in children's lives. 
 
New to this edition
 
NEW:Alignment with NAEYC standards – a supplement to the table of contents shows how each chapter addresses NAEYC Standards for Professional Preparation.
 
NEW: Ethics Reflections–Throughout the text examples of common ethical dilemmas are presented with thought-provoking questions designed to help students to reflect on their ethical responsibilities and the use of the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct.
 
NEW: Golden Rules–Clear, concise, easy-to-remember guidelines and recommendations for practice are presented in boxed format in chapters related to classroom practice (e.g. Golden Rules for Writing Anecdotal Records, Golden Rules for Designing Learning Environments, Golden Rules for Talking with Children).
 
 If you want MYEducationLab included with the book purchase: 
ISBN  0136101119  9780136101116   Who Am I in the Lives of Children? An Introduction to Early Childhood Education (with MyEducationLab), 8/e

Caracteristici

Includes the Relevant NAEYC Standards for Professional Preparation--at the end of every chapter in a section called Learning Outcomes.  
Encourages a Values Examination Approach--helps students to understand the relationship between personal values to professional values. Also helps them to evolve a personal commitment to the field.
 
Brings the subject matter to life with exceptional photographs—Superior quality photographs engage students in the written text and enable them to visualize what is being described.
 
Offers aFor Your Portfolio section--Suggestions are provided throughout the book for creating a professional portfolio for documenting competence, achievement, and experience. Completed portfolios will be appropriate to share with future employers.
 
Provides reflection questions and end-of-chapter projects (called To Learn More)—these pedagogical tools enhance the text's content and provide personal ways for students to connect with the content of the text and be more reflective as they work toward developing competence.
 
Provides exceptionally strong coverage of Professionalism, Ethics, and Advocacy-- in Chapters 1 and 14 students are helped to understand these important topics. Notable features include:
  • Anin-depth approach to ethics provides a foundation for understanding the moral dimensions of working with young children and a foundation for ethical behavior. (The lead author is a co-creator of NAEYC's Code of Ethical Conduct so material on the code is current and accurate)
  • The full text of the Practitioner’s Code of Ethical Conduct appears in Appendix A.
  • Gives an introduction to practical ways that beginning teachers can advocate for the welfare of young children and their families (Chapter 14). 
Develops awareness of the history of the field in the history chapter--consistent with current teaching of the broader history of western thought, that the history of the field involved both education and care.
  • Increases understanding that many contributions were made by women. 
Uses stories and examples throughout to bring the content to life.
 
Gives practical forms for classroom use--(Planning, child observation, working with families.)
  • Encourages the integration of experiences in real-life settings with information in the text.  
Relates curriculum content standards to programs for children--Described in Chapter 10, The Curriculum.
 
Suggests a thoughtful approach to early childhood curriculum--Helps beginning students to design meaningful, appropriate learning experiences for young children.
  • Videos on a MyEducationLab site illustrate specific examples of how constructivism is translated into classroom practice.
  • Provides extensive description of preschool integrated curriculum along with inspiring artwork by children consistent with a Reggio approach.
  • COURSE-SPECIFIC MyEdLab for this title. Package ISBN: 0-136-10111-9

Caracteristici noi

NEW:Alignment with NAEYC standards – a supplement to the table of contents shows how each chapter addresses NAEYC Standards for Professional Preparation.
 
NEW: Ethics Reflections–Throughout the text examples of common ethical dilemmas are presented with thought-provoking questions designed to help students to reflect on their ethical responsibilities and the use of the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct.
 
NEW: Golden Rules–Clear, concise, easy-to-remember guidelines and recommendations for practice are presented in boxed format in chapters related to classroom practice (e.g. Golden Rules for Writing Anecdotal Records, Golden Rules for Designing Learning Environments, Golden Rules for Talking with Children).
 
NEW: Video examples of environments, adult-child interactions, and teaching (for MyEducationLab website)
 
NEW:  Revises and expands the chapter on the field of early childhood education–discusses current school readiness issues, standards to measure young children’s learning, accountability, and the growing commitment to state funded programs for four-year-olds.
  • Puts issues into perspective for the student to familiarize them with the topics and encourage them to reflect on and be able to discuss them.
 
MyEducationLab! To package this text with the course-specific version of MyEdLab use this ISBN: 0-136-10111-9