Early Childhood Education Today

9780135010525

0135010527

Th> Early Childhood Education Todayprovides the current and comprehensive coverage you expect, plus an online course with video-based assignable exercises and practice quizzes with remediation to support student achievement. New accommodations/inclusion content, NAEYC standards, and curriculum coverage are three other significant additions to this revised edition. Other hallmarks of this leading text are its exceptionally strong coverage of professionalism and its profiles of programs and professionals. NEW Web-Based Assessment and Remediation Site. A variety of assessment items, supported by video, research articles, and other content from MyEducationLab, provide practice opportunities and scaffold learning. Contains pre- and posttest multiple-choice items, and essay-format Building Teaching Skills, and Homework and Exercises. NEW Accommodations Sections with Strategies for Diverse Learners. New sections in each chapter provide strategies to accommodate learners with disabilities, English learners, and those with other special needs in inclusive classrooms. In addition, current research-based content and examples of teaching diverse learners are woven through all chapters by two early childhood special education college professors. Chapter Content Aligned with NAEYC Standards. Each chapter begins with NAEYC standards to help students understand how these standards connect with practice and impact quality in teaching and learning. Expanded Coverage of Environments and Curriculum. Each age-specific chapter contains expanded discussions of developmentally appropriate environments and curriculum for young children, along with illustrations and tables to make the content accessible. Curriculum content helps students understand the reality of today’s early childhood classrooms.