"Early Childhood Education" ed. by Donna Farland-Smith

This book will serve as a resource for students, researchers, and practitioners in the area of early childhood education. The information contained in this book provides a foundation for past and/or present research and suggests future research studies.

The 18 chapters are divided and organized into the major areas relevant to early childhood education: early childhood development, play, science, mathematics, technology, literacy, and exceptional learners.
Each chapter contains an overview of background information pertinent to the chapter and a synopsis of research or a new research study.


Contents
1.Compulsory Preschool in Latin America: Comparative Evolution and Future Challenges
2.Opportunities in the Odds; Exploring Adult-Child Interactions and Their Effects on Children’s Cognitive and Learning Progress
3.Jack Be Nimble and Jack Be Quick: Increasing Movement Competence in Early Childhood Settings
4.Play as a Mechanism of Promoting Emergent Literacy among Young Children: The Indian Context
5.To Teach or Not to Teach in the Early Years: What Does this Mean in Early Childhood Education
6.Science Education in Reggio Emilia-Inspired Altın Çağ Preschools
7.Developing Young Scientists: The Importance of Addressing Stereotypes in Early Childhood Education
8.The Importance of Spatial Reasoning in Early Childhood Mathematics
9.Predictors of Early Numeracy: Applied Measures in Two Childcare Contexts
10.Black Students’ Rich Mathematical Experiences: Mathematics Concepts and Xhosa Cultural Games for Reception Class
11.Tourist or Traveler? Unpacking Informal Conversations between Teachers and Young Children across Diversity
12.Evaluating a Course for Teaching Advanced Programming Concepts with Scratch to Preservice Kindergarten Teachers: A Case Study in Greece
13.Screening Young Children at Risk for Reading Failure
14.Emergent Reading and Brain Development
15.Obstacles to Inclusion: One Early Childhood Inclusive Teacher’s Perspective
16.Relationships and Resources: Supporting Exceptional Learners from Birth through Primary School
17.Promoting the Social Competence of Each and Every Child in Inclusive Early Childhood Classrooms
18.Including Children with Visual Impairments in the Early Childhood Classroom