Transitions to Early Care and Education International Perspectives on Making Schools Ready for Young Children

Transitions to Early Care and Education International Perspectives on Making Schools Ready for Young Children / edited by DeAnna M. Laverick, Mary Renck Jalongo.

Transitions to new educational experiences are a universal rite of passage encountered by children worldwide.  This volume in the Educating the Young Child:  Advances in Theory and Research, Implications for Practice series provides early childhood educators with a resource that focuses on the trans...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Laverick, DeAnna M. (Editor), Renck Jalongo, Mary (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edition:1st ed. 2011.
Series:Educating the Young Child, Advances in Theory and Research, Implications for Practice, 4
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Child development.
Learning.
Instruction.
Teaching.
International education .
Comparative education.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword; Mary Renck Jalongo
  • Introduction; DeAnna M. Laverick
  • Part One - Programs and Practices
  • 1. Transitions to Group Care for Infants, Toddlers and Families; Nancy Balaban
  • 2. Examining the State of the Science:  Empirical Support for Kindergarten Transition Practices for Students with Disabilities; Laura Lee McIntyre and Leah K. Wildenger
  • 3. Supporting and Sustaining Transition to Formal Schooling for Children on the Autism Spectrum; Joann M. Migyanka
  • 4. Early Literacy:  Connections and Disconnections Between Oral Language and Literacy; Susan Hill
  • 5. Teacher Outreach to Families Across the Transition to School:  An Examination of Teachers’ Practices and their Unique Contributions to Children’s Early Academic Outcomes; Annemarie H. Hindman, Lori E. Skibbe, and Frederick J. Morrison
  • Part Two -Policies and Issues
  • 6. Critical Perspectives on Transition to School: Reframing the Debate; Anne Petriwskyj and Susan Grieshaber
  • 7. Transition in the Classroom:  The Teacher; Margaret King
  • 8. Preparing Preschoolers for Kindergarten: A Look at Teacher Beliefs; Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo, Allison Sidle Fuligni, and Lynn A. Karoly
  • 9. The School Readiness of Preschoolers from Urban Backgrounds; Regena F. Nelson
  • 10. Culture, Health, and School Readiness: An Integrated Approach to Transition; Suzanne M. Winter
  • Part Three - International Perspectives
  • 11. Reconsidering Readiness: Should the Spotlight be on Children or on Schools?; Nancy K. Freeman and Beth Powers-Costello
  • 12. Preparing Young Children for Schools in China: Critical Transitions for Chinese Children; Yaoying Xu
  • 13. The Socio-Cultural Contexts of Early Education in Caribbean Societies:  A Focus on Transition to Primary School; Jaipaul Roopnarine and James E. Johnson
  • 14. Transition to School:  Child, Family, and Community-Level Determinants; Magdalena Janus
  • 15. Schools as Integrated Hubs for Young Children and Families; Tomoko Arimura, Carl Corter, Janette Pelletier, Zeenat Janmohamed, Sejal Patel, Palmina Ioannone and Saba Mir
  • Index.

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