Beginning Essentials in Early Childhood Education Book

Beginning Essentials is a condensed foundations textbook designed to introduce the early childhood student to the field, the child and age range, the teacher's role, the environment, and major issues in the field of early childhood education. The four sections of the text are designed to answer the four key questions any student of early childhood education wants answered: What is the Field? Who is the Child? Who is the Teacher? and What is Being Taught? Special features of the text include "Our Diverse World" sidebars, which weave issues of diversity throughout the text; What Do You Think boxes, designed to connect the reader to the content in each chapter; and a presentation of history and issues of the past, present, and future. This well-organized and reader-friendly text takes a developmental approach to the subject and is enhanced by a host of sidebars, photos, chapter activities, integrated technology, and more.Read More