Gender sensitive teaching: a reflective approach for early childhood education teacher training programs.
Educators in the 1990's began to notice that boys from all socio-economic and racial groups were not keeping pace, with African-American and Latino boys most at risk. One disappointing evidence came from demonstrated gaps in literacy between girls and boys, reaching 24 points by 12th grade, with the gaps...

Early Childhood Education: History, Theory, and Practice.
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: History, Theory, and Practice. Harry Morgan. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2006. 165 pp. Paperback, $24.95. This paperback discusses early childhood education, beginning with historical and theoretical perspectives and culminating with future initiatives. Chapters also address such topics as assessment, literacy development, and the importance...

Accessing the musical intelligence in early childhood education.
Introduction EVERY STUDENT LEARNS in a different manner. Just as a student's learning style may differ, so must the teaching style differ to allow the student to capitalise on the teachable moment. Students may hear the same information from a teacher or read the same information in...

Concept mapping in early childhood and primary education.
This column presents and summarizes recent resources that explain the use of concept maps in early childhood education or primary education, or that provide a general overview of concept maps. Books CREATIVE CONSTRUCTION OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE CONCEPTS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD. Nancy L. Gallenstein. 95...

Preschool is school, sometimes: making early childhood education matter.
Democrat Tim Kaine, the current governor of Virginia, campaigned on a platform that included universal pre-K education. In Hartford, Connecticut, Mayor Eddie Perez established an Office for Young Children within his cabinet. At the federal level, perhaps the most prominent early-childhood initiative that has come from the Bush administration...

Early childhood education policy.
INTRODUCTION This article provides a Ministry of Education commentary on the policy framework for early childhood education (ECE). It responds to concerns about the policy framework raised in Munford et al.'s "Blending Whanau/Family Development, Parent Support and Early Childhood Education (1) Programme" that the policy framework for...

The role of meaningful dialogue in early childhood education leadership.
Background THE NEW ZEALAND LABOUR Government's vision is for every child to have the opportunity to participate in quality early childhood education, no matter their circumstances. Its recently published 10-year strategic plan, Pathways to the Future: Nga Huarahi Arataki (Ministry of Education, 2002), outlines approaches intended to...

Foundations of early childhood education; teaching children in a diverse society, 4th ed.
9780073525877 Foundations of early childhood education; teaching children in a diverse society, 4th ed. Gonzalez-Mena, Janet. McGraw-Hill 2008 445 pages $81.25 Hardcover LB1139 This textbook introduces teachers in training to the...

Blending whanau/family development, parent support and early childhood education programmes.
Abstract Internationally, the combination of early childhood education and parent support and whanau/family development initiatives are recognised as having the potential to improve child outcomes and overall whanau/ family wellbeing. This paper considers the experience of a community organisation that has successfully blended these two service components....

Effective Partnering for School Change: Improving Early Childhood Education in Urban Classrooms.
EFFECTIVE PARTNERING FOR SCHOOL CHANGE: Improving Early Childhood Education in Urban Classrooms. Jie-Qi Chen and Patricia Horsch (with Karen DeMoss & Suzanne L. Wagner). New York: Teachers College Press, 2003. 173 pp. $22.95 (paper). In the nine chapters of this book, the authors explore the challenges and potential benefits...