Culture and Child Development in Early Childhood Programs: Practices for Quality Education and Care

ISBN-13: 9780807750209 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 203 str.

Carollee Howes

Opis

Early childhood education programs are expected to provide exemplary care for all childrenpoor and affluent; children of color and White childrenwhile also adapting care to include childrens families and cultures. These two sets of expectations are often difficult for teachers and programs to meet. In this book, Carollee Howes shows how high-quality programs successfully adapt child development guidelines within cultural contexts, and why quality needs to be and can be measured in culturally specific ways.