Defending Childhood: Keeping the Promise of Early Education Contributor(s): Falk, Beverly (Editor), Ryan, Sharon (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0807753106 ISBN-13: 9780807753101 Publisher: Teachers College Press OUR PRICE: $31.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Early Childhood (incl. Preschool & Kindergarten) |
Dewey: 372.210 |
LCCN: 2011042488 |
Series: Early Childhood Education |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 8.9" (0.90 lbs) 288 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book brings together a group of extraordinary educators and scholars who offer important insights about what we can do to defend childhood from societal challenges. The authors explain new findings from neuroscience and psychology, as well as emerging knowledge about the impact on child development of cultural and linguistic diversity, poverty, families and communities, and the media. Each chapter presents experiences and suggestions from different disciplines about what can be done to ensure that all children gain access to the support they need for optimal physical, social, intellectual, and emotional development. Defending Childhood features:
Contributors include Barbara Bowman, Nancy Carlsson-Paige, Delis Cu llar, Tiziana Filippini, Matia Finn-Stevenson, Eugene Garc a, Howard Gardner, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, James J. Heckman, Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek, Mara Krechevsky, George Madaus, Ben Mardell, Sonia Nieto, Valerie Polakow, Aisha Ray, Robert L. Selman, Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D., Edward Zigler |