The culture of child care : attachment, peers, and quality in diverse communities

The culture of child care : attachment, peers, and quality in diverse communities / [edited by] Kay E. Sanders and Alison Wishard Guerra.

"As societies are experiencing increasing levels of immigration from contexts outside of the Western, industrialized world, child care programs are experiencing, simultaneously, increasing diversity in enrollment. A question that has been raised by early childhood advocates and practitioners is...

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Other Authors: Sanders, Kay E. (Editor), Wishard Guerra, Alison (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Series:Child development in cultural context.
Subjects:
Developmental psychology > Social aspects.
Child development.
Child care > Evaluation.
Cultural pluralism.
PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > Child.
PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > Adolescent.
EDUCATION > Elementary.
Child care > Evaluation
Child development
Cultural pluralism
Developmental psychology > Social aspects
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Series; The Culture of Child Care Z; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Editors; Contributors; Part I Laying the Groundwork: Connecting Social-​Cultural Context, Teacher-​Child Attachment, and Peer Relations in Child Care; 1 Children and Child Care: A Theory of Relationships Within Cultural Communities; Part II Quality and Context in an Ethnically Diverse Society; 2 Understanding Child Care Quality and Implications for Dual Language Learners
  • 3 "But Mommy Doesn't Do It Like That": Considering Cultural Congruency Between Home and Child Care in the Development of African American Children4 Where the Children Are: Exploring Quality, Community, and Support for Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care; Part III Relationships in Child Care: Beyond Risk and into Resilience; 5 The Fourth "R": Relationships, Shifting from Risk to Resilience; 6 Relationships and Social Trust in Early Childhood Programs: The Importance of Context and Mixed Methods; Part IV Peer Interaction as a Cultural Practice in Early Childhood
  • 7 Young Children's Peer Relations with Cross-​Ethnic Peers: Implications, Limitations, and Future Directions8 Playing Pretend and Ready to Learn: Peer Play as a Scaffold for Development Among Low-​Income Latino Children; 9 The First Peers: Sibling Play Interactions Across African American, Latino, and Asian Childhoods; 10 Preschool Peer Play Interactions, a Developmental Context for Learning for ALL Children: Rethinking Issues of Equity and Opportunity; Part V Methodological Implications for Applied Research on Child Care as a Context for Early Childhood Development
  • 11 Large-​Scale Evaluations of Child Care as a Context for Development: Implications for Research and Practice12 Observation and Interview Methodology in Ethnically Diverse Contexts: Methods and Measurement of the Contexts of Early Childhood Development; Part VI Conclusion and Commentary; 13 Putting the Horse Before the Cart: Why Diversity Must Be at the Forefront of Early Education Policy, and Not Remain a Tagline on the Back of the Policy Wagon; 14 Concluding Commentary: The Long and Winding Road Toward a Culture of Excellence in Early Care and Education; Index

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