Television represents a potent social influence for today's children. Whether it is a positive or negative force, however, continues to be hotly debated. This is the central issue of this second edition. Has television contributed to a decline in literacy skills? Are the charges justified by existing evidence or by the results of current experimentation? Are there certain cultural biases toward television that narrowly define its uses as a learning tool? Can these issues be resolved to take advantage of new opportunities that the television medium presents? Television's influence on...
Television represents a potent social influence for today's children. Whether it is a positive or negative force, however, continues to be hotly de...
Current research increasingly highlights the role of early literacy in young children's development--and facilitates the growth of practices and policies that promote success among diverse learners. "The Handbook of Early Literacy Research" presents cutting-edge knowledge on all aspects of literacy learning in the preschool years. Volume 1 covers such essential topics as major theories of early literacy; writing development; understanding learning disabilities, including early intervention approaches; cultural and socioeconomic contexts of literacy development; and tutoring programs and other...
Current research increasingly highlights the role of early literacy in young children's development--and facilitates the growth of practices and polic...
The second volume of this comprehensive handbook addresses such topics as the transition to school, the teacher-child relationship, vocabulary development, neuroimaging work, Vygotskian theory, findings from international studies, and more.
The second volume of this comprehensive handbook addresses such topics as the transition to school, the teacher-child relationship, vocabulary develop...
The second volume of this comprehensive handbook addresses such topics as the transition to school, the teacher-child relationship, vocabulary development, neuroimaging work, Vygotskian theory, findings from international studies, and more.
The second volume of this comprehensive handbook addresses such topics as the transition to school, the teacher-child relationship, vocabulary develop...
Schools, today, are in the midst of the most major, costly educational reform movement in their history as they grapple with the federal mandates to leave no children behind, says author Susan B. Neuman, former Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education under President George W. Bush. Although some efforts for investing resources will be substantially more productive than others, there is little evidence that, despite many heroic attempts to beat the odds, any of these efforts will close more than a fraction of the differences in achievement for poor minority children and...
Schools, today, are in the midst of the most major, costly educational reform movement in their history as they grapple with the federal mandates t...
Television represents a potent social influence for today's children. Whether it is a positive or negative force, however, continues to be hotly debated. This is the central issue of this second edition. Has television contributed to a decline in literacy skills? Are the charges justified by existing evidence or by the results of current experimentation? Are there certain cultural biases toward television that narrowly define its uses as a learning tool? Can these issues be resolved to take advantage of new opportunities that the television medium presents? Television's influence on...
Television represents a potent social influence for today's children. Whether it is a positive or negative force, however, continues to be hotly de...
Developed by the nationally respected expert who helped establish Reading First and Early Reading First, "CHELLO" is the only observation tool specifically designed to rate the early literacy environment in home-based child care settings. A reliable, field-tested tool derived from the bestselling, classroom-focused "ELLCO", "CHELLO" has been carefully tailored to assess environments that include children of all different ages, from birth to 5 years. Administrators, program directors, and researchers will use "CHELLO" to develop accurate profiles of materials and practices in family/group...
Developed by the nationally respected expert who helped establish Reading First and Early Reading First, "CHELLO" is the only observation tool specifi...
This User's Guide will help professionals administer the CHELLO, a reliable, field-tested observation tool for assessing the early literacy environment in home-based child care settings. The guide contains explicit instructions on conducting the observation, photographs that illustrate successful and unsuccessful environments, practical strategies to support literacy development in home-based settings, and information about the psychometric properties of CHELLO.
This manual is part of CHELLO, the only observation tool designed to rate the early literacy environment in home-based child care...
This User's Guide will help professionals administer the CHELLO, a reliable, field-tested observation tool for assessing the early literacy environmen...
In this insightful and revealing book, the author shows how we can break the cycle of poverty and disadvantage and change the odds for children at risk. Describing how previous reforms have missed the mark, she offers a framework based on seven essential principles for implementing more effective programs and policies. In a highly readable style, Neuman highlights programs that are making a difference in children's lives across the country, weaving together narratives that tell a compelling story of hope and promise for our most disadvantaged children.
In this insightful and revealing book, the author shows how we can break the cycle of poverty and disadvantage and change the odds for children at ris...
For early childhood educators, high-quality professional development can have an enormous positive impact on teaching practices and boost young children's outcomes and school readiness. But since early childhood teachers come from diverse backgrounds and educational levels, it can be a challenge to create effective, customized professional development programs for them. This is the book administrators and program directors need to meet that challenge and take the first critical steps toward improving their training practices.
Bringing together lessons learned from the eight top-performing...
For early childhood educators, high-quality professional development can have an enormous positive impact on teaching practices and boost young childr...
