Cultivating curriculum in early childhood organizations

Summary: A high quality curriculum is at the core of a high quality early childhood program. Cultivating Curriculum in Early Childhood Organizations provides practical, down-to-earth advice from leading experts on curriculum development. Content focuses on child development, curriculum principles, environmental design, and program evaluation. -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780942702620 (softcover)
Physical Description: 166 pages ; 28 cm
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Publisher: Redmond, WA : Exchange Press, Incorporated, [2017]
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

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Includes bibliographical references.

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Introduction -- The leader as keeper of the faith / Roger Neugebauer -- Chapter 1: Understanding child development -- Friendship-loving: what early childhood education is all about / Ashley Montagu -- What should young children be learning? / Lilian G. Katz -- The effects of culture on thinking / Barbara Bowman -- Primed for learning: the young child's mind / Karen Stephens -- Building brains one relationship at a time / Gina Lebedeva -- The wisdom of children / Ruth A. Wilson -- Chapter 2: Crafting the curriculum -- Designing a curriculum for early childhood teachers and caregivers / Lawrence J. Schweinhart -- Everyday differentiation: how administrators support differentiation of curriculum and instruction in early childhood classrooms / Ann Gadzikowski -- The importance of order / Jim Greenman -- Taking a stand on standards of experience / Lilian G. Katz -- Responding to racial and ethnic diversity in early childhood programs / Francis Wardle -- Preparing bicultural, bilingual children to succeed in school / Hazel Osborn -- A journey towards inclusion / Kate Jordan-Downs -- The intangibles in the early childhood classroom / Carol B. Hillman -- Universal early childhood curriculum principles / Lawrence J. Schweinhard and Diane Trister Dodge -- Chapter 3: Designing the space -- The physical environment: a powerful regulator of experience / Elizabeth Prescott -- Places to live: important dimensions of child care settings / Jim Greenman -- How to create an environment that counteracts stereotyping / Alice Sterling Honig -- Places for ALL children: building environments for differing needs / Diane Trister Dodge -- Children need to live in the real world / Jim Greenman -- Planning intentionally for children's outdoor environments: the gift of change / Nancy Rosenow -- Are your children in Times Square?: moving from confinement to engagement / Sandra Duncan and Michelle Salcedo -- Creating environments that intrigue and delight children and adults / Wendy Shepherd and Jennifer Eaton -- Chapter 4: Evaluating the program -- Looking at the quality of early childhood programs / Lilian G. Katz -- Measuring the quality of early childhood organizations: guidelines for effective evaluation tools / Ann. S. Epstein -- Learning to see... seeing to learn: the role of observation in early childhood development / Diane C. MacLean -- Are we doing things just because we've always done them this way / Kim Turner -- Questions to guide our work / Margie Carter -- Conducting a realistic self-assessment with the Environmental Rating Scale / Thelma Harms -- Seeing children's lively minds at work / Deb Curtis -- Be the change you wish to see in your program / Elizabeth Beavers and Donna Kirkwood.