Early Childhood Development
Early Childhood Development
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Information Resources Management Association (IRMA)
Publication Year: 2019
Publisher: IGI Global
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ISBN: 978-1-5225-7507-8
Category: Social Sciences - Education
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Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
Early Childhood Development: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is an innovative reference source for the latest research on the cognitive, socio-emotional, physical, and linguistic development of children in settings such as homes, community-based centers, health facilities, and school.
Table of Contents
- Editorial Advisory Board
- Preface
- Section 1: Fundamental Concepts and Theories
- Chapter 1: Cross-Cultural Psychology of Play and Early Childhood Education
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND: DEFINITIONS
- THEORIES OF PLAY
- RESEARCH ON PLAY
- CULTURE OF PLAY
- EARLY CHILDHOOD PRACTICE
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- ADDITIONAL READING
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 2: Where Are We If Our Batteries Die?
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- THE GUTENBERGIAN MYTH
- ENGELBART'S PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGY
- TOYAMA'S “GEEK HERESY”
- CURRENT STATUS
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 3: Integrating Play Therapy and Mental Health Consultation
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- CHILD-CENTERED AND CENTER-BASED CONSULTATION
- INTAKE
- SETTING UP THE CONTRACT/TREATMENT PLAN
- ONGOING PARENTAL CONSULTATION
- SCHOOL-BASED CONSULTATION
- REFERRAL SOURCES
- CHALLENGES IN PLAY THERAPY CONSULTATION
- ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 4: Play-Based Literacy Instruction
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND AND RELEVANT LITERATURE
- CASE STUDY CONTEXT
- CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY RESPONSIVE PEDAGOGY (CLRP): ONE TEACHER'S CHALLENGE TO SCRIPTED CURRICULUM
- RESPONSIVE CURRICULUM: CREATING SPACE FOR PLAY-BASED LEARNING
- STRUCTURING THE PLAY LITERACY CENTERS: SPACE AND TIME FOR PLAY
- ASSESSMENT AND PLAY: STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 5: Parental Investment in Early Childhood
- ABSTRACT
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. LITERATURE REVIEW
- 3. DATA ANALYSIS AND EMPIRICAL METHODOLODY
- 4. EMPIRICAL RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
- 5. CONCLUSION AND PROPOSAL
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 6: Current Trends and Perspectives in the K-12 Canadian Blended and Online Classroom
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- DEFINITIONS
- CANADIAN DISTANCE EDUCATION: COAST TO COAST TO COAST
- TRENDS AND ISSUES
- THE WAY FORWARD
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 7: Hidden Curriculum Determinants in (Pre)School Institutions
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- CONCLUSION
- FUTURE TRENDS
- REFERENCES
- ADDITIONAL READING
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Section 2: Development and Design Methodologies
- Chapter 8: Constructing a Multidimensional Socioeconomic Index and the Validation of It With Early Child Developmental Outcomes
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- SOCIOECONOMIC CONTEXT AS THE BASIS OF HEALTHY CHILD DEVELOPMENT
- CONSTRUCTION OF THE SOCIOECONOMIC INDEX: A PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS APPROACH
- RESULTS FROM PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS
- A PRELIMINARY LOOK AT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES AND SOCIOECONOMIC INDEX
- CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION
- ACKNOWLEDGMENT
- REFERENCES
- ADDITIONAL READING
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 9: Early Childhood Play With Reclaimed Resources
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- FOCUS OF THE CHAPTER
- ISSUES, CONTROVERSIES, PROBLEMS
- THE RESEARCH PROJECT
- FINDINGS
- SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- ADDITIONAL READING
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 10: Play and Speech Therapy in Schools
- ABSTRACT
- THE CONNECTION BETWEEN PLAY AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
- THE USE OF PLAY IN CHILD-CENTERED PLAY THERAPY AND SPEECH THERAPY IN SCHOOLS
- SPEECH AND LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT AND SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL COMORBIDITIES
- THE ROLE OF CONSULTATION AND COLLABORATION IN PLAY AND SPEECH THERAPY IN SCHOOLS
- TOWARD A MODEL OF INTERPROFESSIONAL COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE
- SUPPORTING ELEMENTS AND BARRIERS TO INTERPROFESSIONAL COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE
- SUMMARY AND FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 11: The Impact of Trauma on Brain Development
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- NEURODEVELOPMENT
- MAIN FOCUS OF THE CHAPTER
- PLAY THERAPY
- SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- IMPACT OF TRAUMA ON CHILDREN'S SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 12: Art Therapy
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- THE DEVELOPMENTAL IMPORTANCE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD
- TRANSGENERATIONAL TRAUMA
- ART THERAPY
- IMPLEMENTING ART THERAPY IN PRACTICE
- CASE STUDY: ART THERAPY IN PRACTICE
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- ADDITIONAL READING
- KEY WORDS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 13: Eye-Tracking as a Research Methodology in Educational Context
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- BRIDGING FRAMEWORK BETWEEN EYE MOVEMENTS AND LEARNING
- SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 14: Using Theory-Based Research in Supporting Creative Learning Environment for Young Children
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BRIEF OVERVIEW OF CREATIVITY THEORY
- CREATIVITY THEORY AND THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT
- REGGIO EMILIA AND CREATIVITY
- OBSERVING CREATIVITY-BASED SCHOOLS IN ITALY
- CREATING THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT: A UNIVERSITY INITIATIVE
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 15: Constructivism in Education
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- THE CONSTRUCTIVIST RESEARCH PROGRAMME IN SCIENCE EDUCATION
- SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 16: Dynamics of Culture and Curriculum Design
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- MAIN FOCUS
- SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 17: An Analysis of Mobile Applications for Early Childhood Students With Bilateral Hearing Loss
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- POTENTIAL RISK
- IMPACT ON STUDENT LEARNING
- IMPACT ON COMMON CORE STANDARDS
- EVALUATING THE EFFICACY
- SEAMLESS STRATEGY
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 18: Toward a Participatory View of Early Literacies in Second Language Contexts
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND: A REVISED CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR PRE K-5 CHILDREN'S LITERACY PRACTICES
- EXPLORING THE ISSUES: TOWARD A REINVENTED PEDAGOGY OF CHILDREN'S LITERACIES IN THE PREK-5 SECOND LANGUAGE CURRICULUM
- SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- ADDITIONAL READING
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 19: Do-It-Our-Way or Do-It-Yourself?
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- LEARNER CONTROL VARIABLES
- THE ESP STUDY
- PARTICIPANTS
- METHOD AND PROCEDURE
- ESP COURSE DESIGN
- CONTENT SEQUENCING
- PACE OF LEARNING
- ACCESS TO LEARNING SUPPORT
- FINDINGS ON LEARNERS’ ILS PREFERENCES
- RESULTS ON LEARNERS’ NAVIGATION BEHAVIOUR
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 20: Resilience and Psychomotricity
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- RESILIENCE: DIFFERENT APPROACHES
- EDUCATION AND PSYCHOMOTRICITY
- THE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVATION MODEL: INTRODUCTION IN BRAZIL
- INSTRUMENTS
- PROCEDURES
- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
- CONCLUSION AND FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 21: Metacognition and Metacognitive Skills
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- INTELLECTUAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY
- SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- ACKNOWLEDGMENT
- REFERENCES
- ADDITIONAL READING
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 22: Using Brain-Based Instruction to Optimize Early Childhood English Language Education
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- PRINCIPLES OF BRAIN-BASED LEARNING
- ELEMENTS OF BRAIN-COMPATIBLE TEACHING
- SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 23: Young Children and Narrative Meaning-Making to Promote Arts and Technology
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- EXPLORING SOCIO-CULTURAL THEORY
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 24: Early Experiences With Family Involvement
- ABSTRACT
- ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- THE PILOT STUDY
- EPSTEIN'S FRAMEWORK OF SIX TYPES OF FAMILY INVOLVEMENT
- PILOT STUDY RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
- COLLABORATION
- SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 25: Social-Emotional Learning and Students’ Transition From Kindergarten to Primary School in Italy
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- GOALS OF THE STUDY
- METHOD
- RESULTS
- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Section 3: Tools and Technologies
- Chapter 26: Using New Technologies to Engage and Support English Language Learners in Mathematics Classrooms
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- THE CHALLENGES OF THE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS IN MATHEMATICS
- THE DIMENSIONS AND FEATURES OF ACADEMIC LANGUAGE
- ESSENTIAL PRACTICE FRAMES
- THE PROMISE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR ACADEMIC LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AND MATHEMATICAL PRACTICE
- LEARNING ACTIVITIES WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- ADDITIONAL READING
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 27: Mathematics Gaming in Early Childhood
- ABSTRACT
- BACKGROUND
- OVERVIEW OF THE CASE STUDY
- TEACHER MOVES THAT ENHANCE LEARNING THROUGH ONLINE INSTRUCTIONAL GAMES
- SUMMARY
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 28: Development of Linguistic Abilities in Bilingual Education Through Musical Stories
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- MUSICAL STORIES IN THE BILINGUAL CLASS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
- MUSICAL STORIES TO DEVELOP LINGUISTIC ABILITIES IN CHILDREN
- DESIGN OF MUSICAL STORIES
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- ADDITIONAL READING
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 29: The Use of Eye-Tracking in Spatial Thinking Research
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- EYE-TRACKING IN SPATIAL THINKING RESEARCH
- SPATIAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 30: Parents and Technology
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS AND ALIGNMENT WITH RESEARCH FOR PARENTS
- RESEARCH ON EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
- MATURATIONAL DEVELOPMENTAL
- ESTABLISHING METRICS TO MEASURE CHILD DEVELOPMENT
- SUMMARY OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION TECHNOLOGY
- ACKNOWLEDGMENT
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- APPENDIX
- Chapter 31: Eye Tracking and Spoken Language Comprehension
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- SPOKEN LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION
- SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 32: Dynamic Electronic Textbooks
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- CLASSROOM COMMUNICATION
- ENHANCING CLASSROOM LEARNING
- E-BOOK FORMATS AND APPS
- THE LEARNING OF TODAY'S LEARNERS
- PRACTICAL/MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS
- FUTURE RESEARCH AREAS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- ADDITIONAL READING
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 33: Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT
- COMPETENCY-BASED FRAMEWORK FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 34: Teaching History of Mathematics Through Digital Stories
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- PROCEDURES FOR PREPARING DIGITAL STORIES
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 35: Active Learning Strategies in Technology Integrated K-12 Classrooms
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- DEFINING ACTIVE LEARNING: A CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACH
- ACTIVE LEARNING'S CRITICAL COMPONENTS IN TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATED CLASSROOMS
- STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT ACTIVE LEARNING AND TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS
- CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 36: Kinesthetic Gaming, Cognition, and Learning
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- COGNITION, KINESTHETIC GAMEPLAY, AND LEARNING
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- ADDITIONAL READING
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 37: Tracking Children's Interactions With Traditional Text and Computer-Based Early Literacy Media
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- ACKNOWLEDGMENT
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 38: 3D Animated Movies, Touch Screen Applications and Visual Motor Development of Five-Year-Old Children
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- METHOD
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 39: The Appropriateness of Scratch and App Inventor as Educational Environments for Teaching Introductory Programming in Primary and Secondary Education
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- WHAT IS SCRATCH?
- WHAT IS APP INVENTOR?
- SCRATCH AND APP INVENTOR AS TEACHING AND LEARNING TOOLS FOR NOVICE PROGRAMMERS
- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION
- AUTHORS’ NOTE
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 40: Comparing the Effectiveness of Using Tablet Computers for Teaching Addition and Subtraction
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- METHODOLOGY
- RESULTS
- DISCUSSION
- CONCLUSION
- ACKNOWLEDGMENT
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 41: The Effects of Interactive Multimedia iPad E-Books on Preschoolers’ Literacy
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- LITERATURE REVIEW
- RESEARCH QUESTIONS
- METHOD
- RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
- CONCLUSION, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND FURTHER STUDIES
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- APPENDIX A
- APPENDIX B
- Chapter 42: Emerging Use of Tablets in K-12 Environments
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- ADDITIONAL READING
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 43: Computational Thinking and Young Children
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 44: Robotics in Early Childhood Education
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- LITERATURE REVIEW ON ROBOTICS IN EDUCATION
- METHODOLOGY
- FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS: ROBOTICS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- Section 4: Utilization and Applications
- Chapter 45: Meaningful Language and Cultural Experiences for Future Teachers in Puerto Rico
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- MAIN FOCUS OF THE CHAPTER
- SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 46: Bee Pollination
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- LITERATURE REVIEW
- CONTENT INFORMATION
- CASE DESCRIPTION
- IMPLEMENTING AN INQUIRY-BASED LESSON
- IMPACT ON PRESERVICE TEACHERS
- SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 47: In Search of Transformative 21st Century Pedagogy
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- CRITICAL SERVICE-LEARNING IN THE ELEMENTARY ENVIRONMENT
- SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- FUTURE REASEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 48: Portfolios2
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- MAIN FOCUS OF THE CHAPTER
- SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 49: The Dialogic Nature of Meaning Making Within a Hybrid Learning Space
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- PEDAGOGICAL TOOLS: A QUEST TO DEEPEN LEARNING
- IMPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 50: Literacy and Early Childhood
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- COMMUNITY ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PARENTAL PROGRAMS
- CONNECTING WITH FAMILIES
- BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH FAMILIES: A WORKSHOP EXPERIENCE
- SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 51: Collaboration, Teamwork and Service Learning Within an After School Community Arts Project
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- THE AFTER SCHOOL COMMUNITY MURAL ART PROJECT
- SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- MAKING A CASE FOR COMMUNITY AFTER SCHOOL VISUAL ART PROGRAM
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 52: Mobile Technology Integration and English Language Learners
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- LITERATURE REVIEW
- THE CASE
- RESUTLS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- ADDITIONAL READING
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 53: Improving Teaching Practice in Early Childhood Supported by Mobile Technology
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- PERSPECTIVES ON CHILDREN'S LEARNING
- TEACHER KNOWLEDGE AND INQUIRY
- THE ROLE OF MOBILE TECHNOLOGY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
- STUDY BACKGROUND
- CURRENT STUDY APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY
- FINDINGS
- DISCUSSION
- IMPLICATIONS FOR LEARNING OUTCOMES AND TEACHING PRACTICE
- CONCLUSION AND FUTURE RESEARCH
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 54: Providing Early Childhood Education Teacher Candidates Diverse Clinical Understandings Through Professional Development School Experiences
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- MAIN FOCUS OF THIS CHAPTER
- ISSUES, CONTROVERSIES, PROBLEMS
- SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 55: Computer-Presented and Physical Brain-Training Exercises for School Children
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- RESULTS COMPARING ACTIVATE TO CONTROL GROUPS
- DISCUSSION
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 56: Parent Involvement in the Education of Children With Chronic Diseases
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- WORKING AND SHARING TOGETHER
- SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 57: Talk and Play Family Education Perspective
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- UNDERLYING IDEAS OF PARENT EDUCATION
- PARENT EDUCATION
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- ADDITIONAL READING
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 58: Translanguaging Practices in a Hungarian-English Early Childhood Classroom
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
- MAIN FOCUS
- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
- DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
- SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- ACKNOWLEDGMENT
- REFERENCES
- ADDITIONAL READING
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 59: Studying the Effectiveness of the Storytelling/Story-Acting (STSA) Play Intervention on Ugandan Preschoolers’ Emergent Literacy, Oral Language, and Theory of Mind in Two Rural Ugandan Community Libraries
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- METHOD
- RESULTS
- DISCUSSION
- CONCLUSION
- ACKNOWLEDGMENT
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 60: Program Development, Assessment, and Evaluation in Early Childhood Care and Education
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
- EARLY CHILDHOOD ASSESSMENT
- EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM EVALUATION
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 61: Informing Teaching Through Community Engagement
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- SUPPORTING PRESERVICE TEACHERS DISPOSITIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL COMPETENCE THROUGH COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE LEARNING
- THE NEED TO THINK OTHERWISE: RESPONDING TO NATIONAL AND LOCAL CONTEXT
- CREATING A NEW COURSE: INFORMING TEACHING THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
- LESSONS LEARNED AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 62: Digital Technologies in Kindergarten
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND PRESCHOOL EDUCATION
- ADDED-VALUE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR CHILDREN
- WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER?
- FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE INTEGRATION OF DIGITAL MEDIA IN THE CLASSROOM
- “PISCA FAZ FAÍSCA”: PROMOTING THE SAFE USE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES BY PRESCHOOL CHILDREN IN PORTUGAL
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- Section 5: Organizational and Social Implications
- Chapter 63: “If Not Me, Then Who?”
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- LITERATURE REVIEW
- INTEGRATION OF ADVOCACY THROUGHOUT PROGRAM
- METHODOLOGY
- FINDINGS
- SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 64: The Ethical Dilemma of Early Global Childhood Education
- ABSTRACT
- BACKGROUND
- PARENTS VS. PROFESSIONALS
- CONSEQUENCES OF UTILITARIAN PITFALLS
- FUTURE STUDIES
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 65: Creating Spaces for Critical Literacy for Bilingual Learners
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- METHODS
- FINDINGS
- IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 66: Disposition and Early Childhood Education Preservice Teachers
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- ISSUES, CONTROVERSIES, PROBLEMS
- RESULTS
- DISCUSSION
- IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHER EDUCATION
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 67: It Is Real Colouring?
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- SUCCINCT OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH
- CURRENT ISSUES IN THE FIELD
- GAPS IN THE EXTANT RESEARCH AND FUTURE RESEARCH
- IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, SOCIAL PRACTICE, AND POLICY
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- ADDITIONAL READING
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 68: Psychological Injury to Children at Work
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- LITERATURE REVIEW
- CHILD LABOUR AFFECTS CHILD DEVELOPMENT
- IMPACT OF CHILD WORK: PSYCHOSOCIAL ANALYSIS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 69: Improving K-12 Online Learning
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- METHOD
- FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
- CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 70: What Research Tells Us
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- RESEARCH STRANDS
- EARLIER COMPLETED RESEARCH
- LIMITATIONS AND PROBLEMS WITH EXISTING RESEARCH
- DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS IN RESEARCH
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 71: Revitalizing ICDS
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- LITERATURE REVIEW
- RESEARCH OBJECTIVE
- ICDS: A LIFELINE OF INDIA'S UNDERNOURISHED CHILDREN
- Challenges Faced by ICDS
- SIMILAR PROJECTS WORLDWIDE
- ICDS STRENGTHENING AND RESTRUCTURING: RESOLVING THE CHALLENGES
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 72: An Investigation of the Relationship Between Preschool Teachers’ Picture Story Book Reading Activities and Children's Language Development
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- METHOD
- RESULTS
- DISCUSSION
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 73: Enhancing Early Childhood Education Teacher Candidates’ Experiences
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- PROJECT GEM
- TRAINING AND PREPARATION
- OUTCOMES
- SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 74: The Schooling Experiences of African Youth From Refugee Backgrounds in South Australia
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- CASE STUDY: BELEE
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- ADDITIONAL READING
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Section 6: Critical Issues and Challenges
- Chapter 75: Empowering Practitioners Through Training to Ensure Safety and Health of Early Childhood Development Learners
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- TRAINING AND ITS IMPORTANCE
- TRAINING DELIVERY METHODS
- PLANNING FOR TRAINING
- DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF ALL TRAINING MATERIAL
- BENEFITS OF TRAINING
- ADULT TRAINING AND LEARNING
- CREATING CONDUCIVE LEARNING ATMOSPHERE DURING TRAINING
- QUALITY ASSURANCE
- IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE WITHIN THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONTEXT
- RECOMMENDATIONS
- FUTURE TRENDS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- ADDITIONAL READING
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 76: Social Welfare Issues in Childhood
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- CONTEXTUAL BACKGROUND
- METHODOLOGY
- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
- CHILDHOOD ISSUES IN BOTSWANA
- SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 77: Digital Technology in Kindergarten
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION WITHIN KINDERGARTEN
- SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- ADDITIONAL READING
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 78: Does Gadget Usage Hamper the Psychological Aspects of Pre-Schoolers?
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- METHODOLOGY
- RESULTS
- DISCUSSIONS
- FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
- CONCLUSION
- ACKNOWLEDGMENT
- REFERENCES
- ADDITIONAL READINGS
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 79: Foundational Processes, Home-School Partnerships, and Culturally Responsive Practices for Dual Language Learners
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- FOUNDATIONAL PROCESSES
- IMPLICATIONS FOR TEPS IN THE AREA OF FOUNDATIONAL PROCESSES
- HOME-SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS
- IMPLICATIONS FOR TEPS IN THE AREA OF HOME-SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS
- DEVELOPING CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PROFESSIONALS
- IMPLICATIONS FOR TEPS IN THE AREA OF CULTURAL RESPONSIVITY
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 80: Parents as Partners in the Special Education Process
- ABSTRACT
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PROCESS
- INCLUSION IN THE TRADITIONAL CLASS
- RECOMMENDATIONS
- CONCLUSION: IT TAKES A VILLAGE
- REFERENCES
- KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS