The Leading Edge of Early Childhood Education

Linking Science to Policy for a New Generation

Nonie K. Lesaux, Stephanie M. Jones (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2016
Harvard Educational Publishing Group (Verlag)
978-1-61250-917-4 (ISBN)

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Aims to support the effort to simultaneously scale up and improve the quality of early childhood education by bringing together relevant insights from emerging research to provide guidance for this critical, fledgling field. It reflects the growing recognition that early childhood experiences have a powerful effect on children’s later academic achievement and long-term life outcomes.

The Leading Edge of Early Childhood Education aims to support the effort to simultaneously scale up and improve the quality of early childhood education by bringing together relevant insights from emerging research to provide guidance for this critical, fledgling field. It reflects the growing recognition that early childhood experiences have a powerful effect on children’s later academic achievement and long-term life outcomes.

Editors Nonie K. Lesaux and Stephanie M. Jones bring together an impressive array of scholarly contributors. Topics include:

creating learning environments that support children’s cognitive and emotional development
identifying and addressing early risk factors
using data to guide educators’ practice; and
capitalizing on the use of technology.

Recent years have seen a surge of local, state, and national initiatives aimed at expanding and improving early childhood initiatives, particularly regarding access to preK programs. The Leading Edge of Early Childhood Education promises to be a valuable resource for those charged with enacting the next level of work in this critical area.

Nonie K. Lesaux is the Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, USA. She leads a research program that focuses on promoting the language and literacy skills of today’s children and youth from diverse linguistic, cultural, and economic backgrounds. Stephanie M. Jones is the Marie and Max Kargman Associate Professor in Human Development and Urban Education Advancement at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, USA. She was awarded the Grawemeyer Award in Education for her work with Edward Zigler and Walter Gilliam on A Vision for Universal Preschool Education.

Erscheinungsdatum	22.07.2016
Nachwort	Jacqueline Jones
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	360 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Vorschulpädagogik
ISBN-10	1-61250-917-7 / 1612509177
ISBN-13	978-1-61250-917-4 / 9781612509174
Zustand	Neuware