Theories of Childhood Second Edition

• Author : Carol Garhart Mooney
• Publisher : Redleaf Press
• Release Date : 2013-02-22
• Total pages : 128
• ISBN : 1605542482

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Summary : Examine the work of five groundbreaking education theorists—John Dewey, Maria Montessori, Erik Erikson, Jean Piaget, and Lev Vygotsky—in relation to early childhood. Theories of Childhood provides a basic introduction to each theorist and explains the relationship of theory to practice and its impact on real children, teachers, and ...

• Author : Carol G. Mooney
• Publisher : Prentice Hall
• Release Date : 2005-07
• Total pages : 103
• ISBN : 1605542482

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Summary : A supplemental text for an Issues in Early Childhood Education or Introduction to Early Childhood Education course in Early Childhood Education departments or in Child and Family Studies departments. Covers five leading theorists whose perspectives are studied and applied widely in early childhood education. The book distills each theorist's work ...

• Author : Lynn E. Cohen,Sandra Waite-Stupiansky
• Publisher : Taylor & Francis
• Release Date : 2017-03-03
• Total pages : 196
• ISBN : 1605542482

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Summary : Theories of Early Childhood Education provides a comprehensive introduction to the various theoretical perspectives influential in early childhood education, from developmental psychology to critical studies, Piaget to Freire. Expert chapter authors examine assumptions underpinning the use of theory in the early years and concisely explore the implications of these questions ...

• Author : Colette Gray,Sean MacBlain
• Publisher : SAGE
• Release Date : 2015-09-10
• Total pages : 240
• ISBN : 1605542482

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Summary : Focusing on the early philosophies of learning and key behavioural, cognitive, and social theorists, including Locke, Rousseau, Montessori, Piaget, Vygotsky, Bandura, Bronfenbrenner & Bruner, this popular book provides a comprehensive overview of children's learning. The authors highlight the strengths and weaknesses of each theoretical perspective, and encourage reflection on how different ...

• Author : Carol Garhart Mooney
• Publisher : Redleaf Press
• Release Date : 2014-11-10
• Total pages : 104
• ISBN : 1605542482

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Summary : A strong comprehension of early childhood theory is fundamental to early childhood educators' abilities to make informed decisions about the ways they support children's development and learning. In this book, Carol Garhart Mooney writes about the important task early childhood educators have to understand the foundational theories behind their daily ...

• Author : Rosalyn H. Shute,Phillip T. Slee
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release Date : 2015-05-15
• Total pages : 298
• ISBN : 1605542482

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Summary : Child Development: Theories and Critical Perspectives provides an engaging and perceptive overview of both well-established and recent theories in child and adolescent psychology. This unique summary of traditional scientific perspectives alongside critical post-modern thinking will provide readers with a sense of the historical development of different schools of thought. The ...

• Author : Mine Conkbayir,Christine Pascal
• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
• Release Date : 2014-11-20
• Total pages : 208
• ISBN : 1605542482

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Summary : Having a good grasp of the theories of child development and how these translate into practice can make a positive difference to how you understand babies and children and the ways in which you can help them learn. This approachable guide offers easy access to a wide range of concepts, ...

• Author : Carol Garhart Mooney
• Publisher : Redleaf Press
• Release Date : 2009-02-01
• Total pages : 120
• ISBN : 1605542482

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Summary : In this book, early childcare professionals will gain an understanding of the theories of attachment as well as the background and research of the prominent minds behind them. This book explains the core elements of each theorist’s work and the ways these elements impact and support interactions with babies, ...

• Author : Harry Morgan
• Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
• Release Date : 2011
• Total pages : 233
• ISBN : 1605542482

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Summary : Harry Morgan lays the foundations of what early childhood education is by integrating the history of the field with the philosophy and theories behind this discipline. With lucid and engaging prose, Morgan delineates the beginnings of early childhood education and how it has become an important field of study in ...

• Author : Dion Sommer,Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson,Karsten Hundeide
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• Release Date : 2009-12-24
• Total pages : 233
• ISBN : 1605542482

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Summary : Recent decades have seen a growing emphasis, in a number of professional contexts, on acknowledging and acting on the views of children. This trend was given added weight by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified in 1990. Today, seeking the perspective of the child has become an ...

• Author : Jean A. Mercer
• Publisher : SAGE
• Release Date : 2018-04-09
• Total pages : 256
• ISBN : 1605542482

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Summary : Understanding child development is essential to ensuring a full and rounded psychological grounding, but given the complex nature of the topic it can be a real challenge. Child Development: Concepts and Theories takes a step back to focus just on the key concepts of child development that all students must ...

• Author : Peter Kibet
• Publisher : Independently Published
• Release Date : 2020-06
• Total pages : 44
• ISBN : 1605542482

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Summary : This e-book focus on theories of child development. Child development theories discuss how children grow and change in early childhood. They mainly focus on different aspects of development that includes emotional, social and cognitive growth. Knowledge of theories helps grasp how children grow and how these translate into practice. These ...

• Author : John Cleverley,Dennis Phillips
• Publisher : Teachers College Press
• Release Date : 1986
• Total pages : 131
• ISBN : 1605542482

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Summary : Throughout history certain theories of childhood have influenced the way we have understood, cared for, and educated our young. These theories form the bases of our attitudes toward children, and underpin our popular childrearing pracitces. Yet they have passed through history fort eh most part unexamined. In Visions of Childhood, ...

• Author : William Crain
• Publisher : Psychology Press
• Release Date : 2015-10-02
• Total pages : 448
• ISBN : 1605542482

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Summary : The result of extensive scholarship and consultation with leading scholars, this text introduces students to twenty-four theorists and compares and contrasts their theories on how we develop as individuals. Emphasizing the theories that build upon the developmental tradition established by Rousseau, this text also covers theories in the environmental/learning ...

• Author : Donald E. Lytle
• Publisher : Greenwood Publishing Group
• Release Date : 2003
• Total pages : 331
• ISBN : 1605542482

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Summary : Based on ongoing research from Australia, American, Korea and Taiwan, this work discusses the applied value and theory of play....