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Fundamentals of Early Childhood Education, 5/E
ISBN-10: 0132331292
ISBN-13: 9780132331296
Publisher: Merrill
Copyright: 2008
Format: Paper; 432 pp
Published: 06/01/2007
Description
For Introduction to Early Childhood Education courses.
Covers ages 0-8. The fifth edition of this brief, paperback, best-selling text has been thoroughly updated to ensure that future teachers of young children encounter the most current ideas about how children learn, how best to teach them, and how to effectively include their families and their communities in their education. This revision offers a new 4-color design, increased curriculum coverage via new Environments and Curriculum sections in the ages/grades chapters, new step-by-step Competency Builder features demonstrating how to do key teaching tasks, new Ethical Dilemma scenarios, and is a Teacher Prep integrated media edition. Plus, it again provides Morrison's trademark trio–comprehensive coverage, inviting format, and appealing writing. A low cost, paperback alternative to the full edition.
Features
- Diversity Tie-in feature in each chapter – Includes a variety of topics to create an awareness of the uniqueness and diversity of all children and families, including children’s mental health, cultural eating habits, a Native American Head Start, minority students’ performance on high-stakes tests.
- Provides strategies for reflecting on and engaging in supportive actions to celebrate diversity.
- Strong emphasis on professional development/professional standards—Reflected in a Professional Development Checklist in Chapter 1 consisting of thirteen core professional outcomes consistent with NAEYC and CDA guidelines—each chapter opens with one of these components, each chapter concludes with Activities involving that component.
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- Serves as a graphic organizer to help focus students' attention on the major theme of text coverage—professionalism—and provides a means for students to asses their development as professionals as the course progresses. (Ex. pp ).
- Professionalism in Practice features in each chapter—Spotlight the voices of award-winning teachers—national, state, and Teachers-of-the-Year.
- Shares with students the philosophies, beliefs, and program practices of the best teachers in the country. (Ex. pp ).
- Technology Tie-Ins in each chapter—Include specific examples of technology use specifically involving the chapters' content.
- Helps future teachers become technologically literate, understand the options available, and use them to their fullest extent to teach, communicate with parents, and manage a classroom. (Ex. pp ).
- Programs in Action features—Address a broad range of topics, including character education, conflict resolution, brain research, diversity, inclusion, and improving mental health.
- Allows students to explore early childhood education “up close,” to see what teaching youngsters is really like. (Ex. pp ).
- Integration of multicultural/diversity topics—Includes a chapter on appropriate education for young children with special needs.
- Encourages future teachers to see inclusion as the norm, rather than the exception. (Ex. pp ).
- Margin notes and icons in each chapter—Link chapter content to the companion website.
- Leads students to reliable web resources for exploration, assignments, and practice self-assessments. (Ex. pp ).
- An appendix on NAEYC guidelines for ethical standards.
- Introduces students to their chosen profession's recommendations and expectations. (Ex. pp ).
- Part of the Merrill Teacher Prep Textbook Series. Your students' textbook is now the ultimate resource for applying learned strategies to classroom practice. "Things to Take Into Your Classroom" featured on the front and back cover of every Teacher Prep text lists page references for the book's strategies, plans, activities, lessons, and other resourceful materials for students to use in the classroom--making this text not just a book for learning, but a book for teaching.
New To This Edition
NEW! 4-color design.
- Makes the content more visually appealing and accessible to students and instructors alike.
NEW! Increased curriculum coverage via new Environments and Curriculum sections in the ages/grades chapters. (Ex. pg. x, 217, 190).
- Provides coverage of key content that students will need to be abreast of.
NEW! Will incorporate Competency Builder and Ethical Dilemmas features. (Ex. pg. ix, 160, 261).
- Competency Builder feature in each chapter - Includes step-by step strategies or guidelines or steps to walk students through the details of key tasks expected of them, such as observation, planning lessons, and how to create a multicultural classroom.
NEW! Chapter 5, Standards and You –Discusses an overview of what beginning teachers need to know about national, state, local, Head Start, and association standards. (Ex. pg. 120).
- Familiarizes students with standards in light of developmentally appropriate practice–what they are, why we have them, how they are changing teaching and learning, how to align curriculum with standards, and what they mean for children.
- This chapter was moved from Chapter 3 to Chapter 5 in this edition to provide more foundational chapters early on.
NEW! Strong Supplements to the Text. (Ex. pg. xiv-xv).
- Includes Instructor's Manual, Online Test Bank, TestGEN Test Management Software, Online PowerPoint Slides, Companion Website at www.prenhall.com/morrison, and WebCT and Blackboard Course Cartridges.
NEW! Teacher Prep Website now fully integrated and an access code card included with text - Margin notes throughout text show students where to find video clips, student artifacts, lesson planning templates, and teaching strategies on the TeacherPrep Website. Early childhood videos and other resources are linked to key concepts and big ideas in every chapter to support student understanding. (Ex. pg. inside front cover, viii, 4, 12, 23, 48).
NEW! Every copy of the fifth edition comes with access to Merrill's Teacher Prep Website (http://www.prenhall.com/teacherprep). This amazing new online resource built for pre-service teachers includes the following unique features and more:
- Lesson Planning Software offers step-by-step guidelines and lesson-plan examples to support users as they build quality lesson plans.
- New content areas for students to explore include Classroom Management and Child Development.
- Over 300 video clips students can analyze accompanied by questions patterned after the PRAXIS Exam.
- Over 200 authentic student and teacher artifacts for pre-service teachers to assess and interpret.
- Research Resources allows users access to over 600 articles from the ASCD's renowned journal Educational Leadership as well as full access to Research Navigator.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 You and Early Childhood Education: Becoming a Professional
Chapter 2 Early Childhood Education Today: Understanding Current Issues
Chapter 3 History and Theories: Foundations for Teaching and Learning
Chapter 4 Implementing Early Childhood Programs: Applying Theories to Practice
Chapter 5 Standards and You: Teaching Children to Learn
Chapter 6 Observing and Assessing Young Children: Guiding, Teaching, and Learning
Chapter 7 Infants and Toddlers: Critical Years for Learning
Chapter 8 The Preschool Years: Getting Ready for School and Life
Chapter 9 Kindergarten Today: Meeting Academic and Developmental Needs
Chapter 10 The Early Elementary Grades: 1–3: Preparation for Life
Chapter 11 Educating Children with Diverse Backgrounds and Special Needs: Ensuring All Children Learn
Chapter 12 Guiding Children’s Behavior: Helping Children Act Their Best
Chapter 13 Parents, Families, and the Community: Building Partnerships for Student Success
Appendix – NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct and Statement of Committment
Endnotes
Glossary
Index
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Author Bios
George S. Morrison, Ed.D., is professor of early childhood education at the University of North Texas where he teaches early childhood courses to undergraduate and graduate students. Professor Morrison's accomplishments include a Distinguished Academic Service Award from the Pennsylvania Department of Education and an Outstanding Service and Teaching Award from Florida International University. His books include Early Childhood Education Today, Tenth Edition; and Teaching in America, Fourth Edition; Education and the Development of Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers; The World of Child Development; The Contemporary Curriculum; and Parent Involvement in the Home, School, and Community.
Dr. Morrison is a popular author, speaker, and presenter. He is Senior Contributing Editor for the Public School Montessorian and contributes his opinions and ideas to a wide range of publications. His speaking engagements and presentations focus on the future of early childhood education, the changing roles of early childhood teachers, and the influence of contemporary educational reforms, research, and legislation on teaching and learning.
Dr. Morrison's professional and research interests include integrating best practices into faith-based practices; developing programs for young children and their families with an emphasis on readiness and learning; and the influences of families on children's development. He is also involved in providing technical assistance about graduate and undergraduate teacher education programs and early childhood practices to government agencies, university faculty, and private and public agencies in Thailand, Taiwan, and China.
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Fundamentals of Early Childhood Education
Fifth Edition
George S. Morrison
Fundamentals of Early Childhood Education provides a brief, reader-friendly introduction to the field of early childhood education. Featuring an exciting, new, and colorful design, Fundamentals presents engaging chapter features on early childhood programs, professionals in practice, diversity strategies, technology issues, and ethical decision-making. Separate chapters on infants and toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, and primary grades explore young children’s unique developmental and educational needs. Fundamentals’ emphasis on professionalism throughout keeps the focus on meeting the needs of all children and providing up-to-date information and strategies to develop competent, informed early childhood professionals.
New to this edition:
- Margin notes throughout the text guide readers to the Teacher Prep Website that integrates high-quality video clips, artifacts, and teaching strategies (an access code card is included in the text and provides full access to the site)
- Expanded coverage of curriculum and environments in Chapters 7-10
- Step-by-step “Competency Builder” features demonstrate how to perform key teaching tasks, such as observation, lesson planning, and promoting cognitive development
- “'Ethical Dilemma” features challenge students to apply their understanding of NAEYC's Code of Ethical Conduct to scenarios
- An emphasis on cultural and linguistic diversity, including strategies for working with English Language Learners
- Additional citations throughout the text to familiarize readers with key research
- A more focused and applied body of features and figures
Resources include an online and print Instructor’s Manual, Online Test Bank, TestGen, WebCT and Blackboard, and a Companion Website. To visit the website that accompanies this text, please go to http://www.prenhall.com/morrison
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