Issues in Early Childhood

Curriculum

Edited by

Bernard Spodek & Olivia N. Saracho

Modern curriculum study is an essential component of teacher education.  Recently, multiculturalism. technology, family systems, and developmentally appropriate practices have moved awareness of curriculum issues onto legislative agendas and into the public media.  Issues in Early Childhood Curriculum illuminates many of the issues related to early childhood curriculum development as it exists in the 1990's and as it has evolved over time.  The editors and contributors have written their chapters in the hopes that these issues will guide the future development of early childhood curriculum.  This text will assist educators who strive to be sensitive to the new social and educational structures and institutions that will be evolving in the future.

Contributors & Topics

Douglas H. Clements—computer-assisted instruction

Harriet K. Cuffaro—toys as essential texts

Sharon L. Kagan—continuity & transitions

Cassie Landers—programs in the developing world

Anthony D. Pellegrini & Janna Dresden—dev. approp. curriculum

Douglas R. Powell & Irving E. Sigel—validity of evaluation measurements

Olivia N. Saracho—the role of play

Lorrie A. Shepard—standardized tests

Bernard Spodek—cultural definitions of knowledge

Joseph H. Stevens, Jr.—community-based family support programs

Herbert Zimiles—diversity & change

Issues in Early Childhood Curriculum is of special interest to policy makers, curriculum planners, and other early childhood education professionals.

1999 / 260 pp. / paper $30.95 / ISBN: 1-891928-04-X