Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children

Edited by Bernard Spodek, Olivia N. Saracho

The Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children, Second Edition is an essential reference on research in early childhood education not only in...

Published October 26th 2005 by Routledge.

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Playing It Straight

Uncovering Gender Discourse in the Early Childhood Classroom

By Mindy Blaise

In particular, this book uses alternative theoretical perspectives to focus on how young children are 'doing' gender in kindergarten classroom.
Rather than relying exclusively on biological...

Published September 22nd 2005 by Routledge.

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Malik Goes to School

Examining the Language Skills of African American Students From Preschool-5th Grade

By Holly K. Craig, Julie A. Washington

Malik Goes to School: Examining the Language Skills of African American Students From Preschool-5th Grade synthesizes a decade of research by the authors, Holly Craig...

Published September 21st 2005 by Psychology Press.

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Children's Thinking About Cultural Universals

By Jere Brophy, Janet Alleman

Drawing on interview data, the authors describe K-3 students' knowledge and thinking about basic aspects of the social world that are addressed in the elementary...

Published September 7th 2005 by Routledge.

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Baby and Toddler Development Made Real

Featuring the Progress of Jasmine Maya 0-2 Years

By Sandy Green

Readers of "Nursery World" will recognise Jasmine as the baby in Sandy Green's monthly column "A Month in the Life of Jasmine Maya". In this...

Published July 6th 2005 by David Fulton Publis.

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Exploring Time and Place Through Play

Foundation Stage - Key Stage 1

By Hilary Cooper

Published June 29th 2005 by David Fulton Publis.

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Media and the Make-Believe Worlds of Children

When Harry Potter Meets Pokemon in Disneyland

By Maya Gotz, Dafna Lemish, Hyesung Moon, Amy Aidman

Media and the Make-Believe Worlds of Children offers new insights into children's descriptions of their invented or "make-believe" worlds, and the role that the children's...

Published May 17th 2005 by Routledge.

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Doing Foucault in Early Childhood Studies

Applying Post-Structural Ideas

By Glenda Mac Naughton

The theories and analyses of post-structural thinkers such as Michel Foucault can seem a long way from practice in early childhood services. In recent years,...

Published April 28th 2005 by Routledge.

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Unequal Childhoods

Young Children's Lives in Poor Countries

Edited by Helen Penn

An expert in her field, Helen Penn discusses the inequalities between and within countries of childhood poverty and how this poverty is recognized and defined through...

Published February 24th 2005 by Routledge.

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Girls, Boys and Junior Sexualities

Exploring Childrens' Gender and Sexual Relations in the Primary School

By Emma Renold

Girls, Boys and Junior Sexualities takes an insightful and in-depth look at the hidden worlds of young children's sexualities. Based upon extensive group interviews and...

Published January 13th 2005 by Routledge.

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