Culture and Child Development in Early Childhood Programs

Practices for Quality Education and Care

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Preschool & Kindergarten, Elementary, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Child & Adolescent, Child Development
Cover of the book Culture and Child Development in Early Childhood Programs by Carollee Howes, Teachers College Press
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Author: Carollee Howes ISBN: 9780807775189
Publisher: Teachers College Press Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Carollee Howes
ISBN: 9780807775189
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint:
Language: English

Early childhood education programs are expected to provide exemplary care for all children—poor and affluent, children of color and White children—while also adapting care to include children’s 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. This important book:

  • Closely examines ECE programs considered exemplary for low-income children of color.
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  • Shows how directors and teachers successfully use practices derived from their cultural communities to implement universal standards of child care.
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  • Identifies the commonalities in good early childhood programs that are shared across class, race, and ethnic communities.
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  • Offers best practices based on extensive assessments, interviews, and observations.

“Will have immediate relevance for policy debates, for understanding the mechanisms of program effects, and for educators who wish to deepen their knowledge of practice.”
—Robert C. Pianta, University of Virginia

“I urge all higher education faculty, in-service teacher trainers, accreditation observers, researchers, text-book writers and policymakers of standards to read this book.”
—From the Foreword by Louise Derman-Sparks

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Early childhood education programs are expected to provide exemplary care for all children—poor and affluent, children of color and White children—while also adapting care to include children’s 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. This important book:

“Will have immediate relevance for policy debates, for understanding the mechanisms of program effects, and for educators who wish to deepen their knowledge of practice.”
—Robert C. Pianta, University of Virginia

“I urge all higher education faculty, in-service teacher trainers, accreditation observers, researchers, text-book writers and policymakers of standards to read this book.”
—From the Foreword by Louise Derman-Sparks

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