Overview
- Gives a global perspective of early education practices for children living in the global village
- Offers practical and tested international models, case studies and approaches to consider for adaptation
- Guides parents, teachers, community leaders on meeting educational, cultural, and social needs of young children as citizens of the world
- Identifies resources and how to implement them to meet diverse needs in early childhood settings
- Combines theory and practice with a research base which is current
Part of the book series: Educating the Young Child (EDYC, volume 9)
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Keywords
- Chinese education
- Froebelian kindergarten
- Universal Preschool Education movement
- child center models
- community engagement
- early language development
- gender differences
- global education
- integration special education
- literacy development strategies
- model curriculum programs
- playful learning
- second language acquisition
Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Antecedents and Present Developments in Universal Preschool Education
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Curriculum Initiatives for Early Childhood Programs in a Global Age
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Beyond the Walls of the School and Center
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: World Class Initiatives and Practices in Early Education
Book Subtitle: Moving Forward in a Global Age
Editors: Louise Boyle Swiniarski
Series Title: Educating the Young Child
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7853-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-7852-8Published: 19 December 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0292-6Published: 17 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-7853-5Published: 11 December 2013
Series ISSN: 2543-0610
Series E-ISSN: 2543-0629
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 193
Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations
Topics: Early Childhood Education, International and Comparative Education, Sociology of Education, Educational Philosophy